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Malcolm ‘Mal’ Reynolds is a human man. He is the captain of the Firefly-class transport ship Serenity. During the Unification War, Mal fought for the Independents and was the highest ranking Browncoat to participate in and survive the Battle of Serenity Valley.

Zoë Alleyne Washburne was a Browncoat born February 15, 2484, “Vesselside”. Zoë served in the Unification War under Sergeant Malcolm Reynolds for two and a half years, and was one of the few to survive the Battle of Serenity Valley. Zoë continued under his command on his spaceship, Serenity, as first mate, and is the wife of pilot Hoban Washburne. A loyal second-in-command and a tough, deadly fighter, Zoë is the only member of Mal’s crew to regularly call him “sir”, while taking orders as if receiving them from a superior officer.

Hoban “Wash” Washburne is the pilot of Serenity, a smuggling ship captained by Malcolm Reynolds. He is married to the ship’s first mate, Zoë Alleyne Washburne.

Kaywinnet Lee “Kaylee” Frye is Serenity‘s mechanic. She is an exceptional engineer and has a natural intuition for machines, despite her lack of formal training. She is kind, trustworthy, sees the best in people, and is known as the “Heart of Serenity.”

Jayne Cobb, also known as the “Hero of Canton,” is a mercenary who works for Captain Malcolm Reynolds, aiding him on smuggling jobs aboard Serenity.

Inara Serra is a Companion who leases a shuttle from Captain Malcolm Reynolds and travels with Serenity‘s crew.

Shepherd Derrial Book (born Henry Evans) is a passenger aboard Serenity, and a friend and spiritual teacher to its crew. Before his time aboard the ship, he led a life marked by violence and conflict, both inside and out, which remained a secret from the crew.

Simon Tam gave up his life as a top trauma surgeon on Osiris, a central planet, in order to rescue his little sister, River Tam, from an Alliance academy, becoming a wanted fugitive in the process. He now practices aboard Serenity as the ship’s doctor and attempts to heal River.

River Tam is the teenage sister of Dr. Simon Tam, both of whom took refuge aboard Malcolm Reynolds‘ Firefly-class transport ship known as Serenity. She is considered a child prodigy, intelligent beyond her years and athletically gifted. After intense experimentation by Dr. Mathias on behalf of the Parliament – the Alliance ruling body – River was partially transformed into a mentally unstable psychic weapon intended for secret governmental use. She was rescued at great cost by her brother Simon but tracked relentlessly by several agents of the Alliance.