Dr. Hari Seldon

Early Life

Hari Seldon was born on Helicon .
As an early child, his mother cared a great deal for him, encouraging his intelligence. However, she was unable to protect him from the cruelty of his father. He physically abused Seldon for the merest infraction, such as tearing a page out of a book.

Adulthood

Seldon would come to know a woman named Yanna , for whom he cared a great deal.
In later life, Seldon became the Professor of Probability Theory at Streeling University on Trantor . His area of expertise was Psychohistory .


He started the Foundation and the Second Foundation .

Death

He was killed by Raych Foss on 8/8/12,068 on board the slow-ship Deliverance .

Relationships

Dr. Hari Seldon

Mentor (Vital)

Towards Gaal Dornick

5

5

Frank

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Gaal Dornick

Mentee (Important)

Towards Dr. Hari Seldon

0

2

Honest

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History

The relationship begins when Gaal Dornick wins a maths competition started by Dr. Hari Seldon.
Upon arrival, Dr. Seldon tells Dornick that she will be arrested, along with himself.
Despite feeling as if she is being used, she opens up to him and begins to trust him more. It seems his ability to be frank breeds trust.

Relationship Reasoning

Dr. Seldon needed someone to be able to not only understand his theories, but confirm them. His contest was meant to do just that, find someone in the universe that could serve that role.

Commonalities & Shared Interests

No real substantive commonalities or shared interests outside of complex maths.

Shared Secrets

Gaal Dornick lied to Empire during their private meeting. She said that by killing Dr. Seldon, it would accelerate the ruin of the Galactic Empire and that only he could shorten the period of darkness following.
In truth, which Dr. Seldon realized, was that she had no idea if this was true. But she believed that his maths were correct and so she guessed that this was a probable outcome.

Shared Acquaintances

Rayche

Spouses

Siblings