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SPOILER WARNING: Ender Quintet and Shadow Saga plot details follow.

Peter Arkady Wiggin [6], also known past his pseudonym of Locke, was the blood brother of Andrew and Valentine Wiggin,[1] too as the final Hegemon of Earth.[7] He was outset introduced in Ender's Game.

History

Early Life

Born in 15 BX, Peter Wiggin was the oldest child of John Paul and Theresa Wiggin. Named for two of John Paul's brothers, Peter (Piotr) and Arkady (Arek), he was a proud and often fierce child.[6] At a young age, Peter was given a monitor device from the International Fleet. He did non qualify for Battle School, however, because of his trigger-happy nature and his disability to exist likeable - a necessity for a skilful leader. His monitor was removed shortly before he turned v years former.[1]

Peter showing Ender a mask of a Formic's face up, prompting him to play Buggers and Astronauts.

When his younger brother Ender received a monitor, Peter was jealous and took to torturing his youngest sibling with physical and emotional abuse, oftentimes threatening to kill him. Peter would sometimes force Ender to play Buggers and Astronauts, a game usually resulting in Ender being browbeaten up and Peter looking into the dilated educatee of Ender's right eye.[1]

Thought by his siblings to be a monster at eye, Peter actually loved his family deep down. One nighttime, after physically abusing Ender, Peter came into his room and told Ender he loved him, though it was in private when Peter thought his brother was asleep.[one]

Ii years after Ender had left to Battle School, when the Wiggins moved to Greensboro, Due north Carolina, Peter took to torturing and killing animals in the nearby forest. The sounds the lizards and squirrels made during the torture bothered Peter, but he couldn't stop. The rush of this great life-and-death command was too strong to be ignored.[1]

He was still jealous of Ender's beingness chosen to get to Battle School and was envious of their mother's attention. He stole from Ender's Christmas stocking, only was caught past his mother. She showed Peter that she loved him, but also loved Ender. The conflict had a profound result on Peter. His jealousy of Ender did not fade, simply his eyes were opened to emotions other than hate and jealousy.[8]

Locke and Demosthenes

After following the movements of Russian soldiers for some fourth dimension, Peter realized that the earth was preparing for an international conflict later on the Formic Wars came to their terminate. A clever strategist and talented author, he came up with a plan to participate in the growing conflict on Earth. Peter convinced his younger sister Valentine to create pseudonyms that would allow them both to write political commentary on the Nets, using their father's Denizen Access. The two siblings would fence political positions betwixt each other to stir upward opinions among the populace. They used several different names at starting time, refining their skills, but once they were perfected, took unchanging screen names. Peter was "Locke", a political analyst who attempted to stay neutral and take no sides in international discussions, and was afterwards hired to write weekly columns often arguing against Valentine'southward "Demosthenes." The writings proved to exist incredibly popular and all the while Peter kept his true identity - at present a thirteen-year-old-boy - hidden from the world. The partnership with Valentine had a tempering effect on Peter. He no longer was the aggressive killer he'd one time been.[one]

By the time Peter was fourteen, the International Fleet had figured out the true identities of Locke and Demosthenes. However, they did not censor the young columnists' piece of work. Peter still enjoyed writing as Locke, even when Valentine nearly exposed their identities in school.[1]

After the 3rd Invasion and the presumed xenocide of the Formics, the League War began betwixt the Second Warsaw Pact and the Hegemony and lasted five days, ending with an unsteady truce through Peter's essays as Locke. Under his Locke persona, Peter began laying the groundwork to bring Ender home, where Peter would then come up out from his persona and be a hero alongside his brother. That night at dinner, John Paul told Peter that since he was Ender'south brother he could get into any college he wanted, which insulted Peter every bit he knew he could brand it with his own merit. This made Peter realize that he would always be compared to Ender and seen as junior.[2]

After dinner, Peter told Valentine to write an essay about how America needed to get command of Ender immediately, as this would lead to America'southward rivals wanting to proceed Ender in space, where Locke would step in and propose that he stay in space. Valentine published this essay and Peter wrote the Locke Proposal; a compromise that would let Ender'southward Jeesh to be brought dwelling house to Earth and reunited with their families. However, Ender Wiggin would not be allowed to return to Globe, equally he was seen equally besides valuable to be in the hands of any one country.[ii] This ended the League War for good and increased Locke's fame dramatically.[i]

Some fourth dimension after, Peter regretted banishing Ender to space and tried to enquire Valentine to work out a fashion to become him home. Still, Valentine had decided that Ender would exist improve off in space and that she wanted to join him and retire Demosthenes. When Peter realized that she had locked him out of his backdoors to the Demosthenes accounts, he was furious but let her go.[2]

Locke Alone

Valentine left Globe to go to Eros, where Ender was, and they would both get colonists on a erstwhile Formic planet.[ii] They were gone, and Peter felt alone. He entered the local college in Greensboro, at a younger-than-normal historic period. He had a difficult time associating with his boyfriend students who did not know of his political machinations that had changed the world.[8]

The kickoff of his exposure as Locke was when Peter received a message from Edible bean, revealing the location of Ender'due south Jeesh who had been kidnapped by rogue Russian soldiers under the command of Achilles de Flandres. Equally Locke, Peter exposed Russia'due south unintentional involvement in kidnapping state of war heros. The Russian military mounted a surreptitious rescue mission, freeing all the prisoners except for Petra Arkanian, who remained in Achilles' clutches.[9]

Having successfully helped release ten of Achilles' captives, Peter tried to arrange a meeting with Edible bean and Sister Carlotta. They came to see him at his university, and in the get-go visit, Peter and Bean sniped at each other like children. Peter saw Edible bean as a sort of replacement for Ender while Bean saw Peter as some other Achilles. They didn't like each other, but knew that if they were to accomplish their goals, they had to rely on each other.[3]

After enduring an annoying family dinner that included Bean and Carlotta, Peter joined his guests in a meeting where they spoke privately about him joining them in their hiding. They besides adamant that he should reveal his identity as Locke to the world, and crafted an intricate plan to reach this.[3]

Thanks to contacts in the Vatican, and to Hyrum Graff's assistance in the authorities, Locke would be considered the public'southward pick for Hegemon. Peter would say he was Locke, and as a teenager was too immature to be considered for the office. He knew that this would heighten his chances for taking the office afterward. He told his parents the night before that he was Locke. They had known for years, just had kept their knowledge a secret to allow Peter and Valentine to role in their roles unimpeded. His mother told him that she was equally proud of what he'd accomplished as she'd ever been of Ender. The words were what Peter had longed to hear his whole life, and affected him deeply.[3]

He revealed his identity and supported Carlotta and Edible bean every bit they went to Thailand to hibernate from Achilles. When an assassination attempt was fabricated on Bean, Peter used his influence in the Thai authorities to reassure them that Bean was loyal to Thailand and would do all that he could to protect the nation from Achilles' aggressive movement into Asia using the Indian and Pakistani militaries.[3]

With the insurgence in Asia, at present a year after Peter's revelation, many political observers were calling for Peter Wiggin to seek the office of Hegemon. While some doubted his ability due to his young historic period, many others recognized his luminescence and supported his candidacy. Peter was noticeably silent on the matter, simply watching and waiting as the events in Asia and elsewhere unfolded. But he was calculating his run for office and preparing to lead the world.[3]

Sis Carlotta sent Peter and Graff a message to forward to Bean if they didn't hear from her after a set menstruum of fourth dimension. When they learned that the airplane that she was on had been shot down by Achilles' people, Peter dutifully forwarded the message. Bean determined that Achilles' goal was not to command India, simply Achilles had aligned himself with China and was spreading the Indian and Pakistani armies besides thin, which would allow Red china to accept over Asia with ease. Peter, though taking a long time to do and then, posted this plan on his Locke forum, exposing Achilles and his plot to the world.[3]

Peter was elected Hegemon following the crisis. Though his power was express since much of Asia and Europe did non acknowledge his authority, he nonetheless had risen to be the figurehead of the earth government.[iii]

Peter as Hegemon

Peter sent a message to Valentine as she traveled to the colony world of Shakespeare, updating her on his rise to power. He also sought her advice, having grown to miss her thoughts and comments on his courses of action. The message caused a brief problem on the colony ship because it interfered with regular communications. Peter agreed not to transport then big a bulletin once again in the future.[ii]

He moved the home of the Hegemony to Brazil and reinstalled Chamrajnagar and Hyrum Graff in their positions every bit Polemarch and Minister of Colonization respectively. He fabricated Bean, with whom he withal had a tenuous relationship, Strategos, and promised protection for all Battle School graduates and their families. He gave his parents jobs in the Hegemony and sought to govern the portions of the world where he had authorization adequately.[3]

A few months later, Peter made the questionable decision of rescuing Achilles from a Chinese prison house. The move had potentially disastrous political consequences and drove Petra Arkanian, Bean, and their families into hiding. Peter was confident it was a smart move, though, and soon Achilles was in Brazil living in the Hegemony compound, working with the Hegemony's regular army.[3]

Peter had brought Achilles to the chemical compound to study him. He hoped to learn from Achilles' correspondence with his allies in Russia, People's republic of china, and the rest of Asia. He promoted Achilles to the newly created position of "Assistant to the Hegemon" and spent a lot of time working closely with him.[iii]

Upon feeling that there was goose egg left to learn from Achilles, Peter began the process of plotting Achilles' destruction. He was shocked to find that his female parent, Theresa, was trying to break into Achilles' quarters. His initial reaction was that Theresa was betraying Peter, only after conferring with John Paul he realized she was going to assassinate Achilles.[3]

John Paul told Peter in that conversation that he loved him, but Peter couldn't bring himself to believe it. John Paul left peter to effigy out what was actually going on with Theresa and Achilles on his own.[3]

Peter believed that everything was under command and did not listen the warnings nigh Achilles actually being the 1 in control. His parents tried to protect Peter by claiming that Achilles was going to kill him, but that programme failed. Peter grew increasingly irritated with his parents.[3]

When Theresa and John Paul learned that Achilles had gear up up his ain rescue and that he was playing with Peter, they convinced their son to go out the Hegemony compound and find a safe location from where he could conduct his business. Peter was humiliated that he hadn't seen Achilles' power grabs and manipulations, just agreed to flee with his parents.[iii]

Though being discredited as an embezzler by Achilles, Peter held a printing conference in the United States that reasserted his authority and position every bit the true Hegemon. Achilles had tried to play off Suriyawong equally Acting Hegemon, but after the success of Peter's printing conference, few aligned themselves with Achilles' vision.[3]

Hyrum Graff invited the Hegemon and his parents to stay in hush-hush at the Ministry building of Colonization, which was housed in the old Battle Schoolhouse, in orbit around Earth. With the pseudonym Dick Raymond, Peter walked the halls where Ender had made a name for himself years before. There was no sentimentality for Peter, who continued to write as Locke and to sway public stance against Red china.[iii]

The Wiggins learned that they were not safety for long at the Ministry as someone had secretly leaked their location to Achilles sympathizers on World. Peter created a plan with Graff that would get the Wiggins dorsum to Globe safely and expose the mole on the station.[3]

Information technology was all a lie, even so. The Wiggins did not render to Earth, only rather pretended to in order to expose the mole. They discovered that Uphanad, the Ministry building's security head, was leaking the information to Achilles. Achilles had blackmailed Uphanad by threatening his family unit on Earth. Peter, as Hegemon, showed pity to the officer past not having him arrested for treason.[3]

With the mole exposed, Peter and Graff made new plans to return the Wiggins to Earth. The plan used a decoy shuttle that Achilles shot down, hoping to kill Peter. This assail led to an authorized International Fleet attack on Achilles, led by Peter and Edible bean. The two men stormed the Hegemony compound, accompanied by several bodyguards. Bean shot and killed Achilles, and Peter resumed his role as Hegemon.[3]

A few weeks after, Peter traveled to Damascus to run across with the Muslim Caliph, Alai. He hoped to find an ally for the Hegemony in the Muslim world, but was unsure if it was realistic. He took Petra with him, posing as bickering lovers. It was an like shooting fish in a barrel role for Petra to play since she hated Peter for putting her husband Bean'south life in jeopardy for his own proceeds. Furthermore, she resented that he would ask her to come, taking away valuable time she had with Bean, who was slowly dying from the genetic manipulation with which he'd been cursed.[4]

In their meeting with Alai, Peter and Petra told the Islamic leader that his people were murdering innocents in India and that he had little real authority. Alai believed them and undertook measures to reassert his true influence over the Muslim world politically and spiritually. He did not promise to be an ally of the Hegemon, but was beholden that his disloyal followers were exposed. He assured Peter information technology would not be forgotten.[iv]

Matters grew more complicated, nevertheless, when Virlomi in Republic of india caused an insurgency there that threatened to bring about a war with both the Muslim earth and China. Peter turned to Bean and Petra for counsel, and they helped him develop a strategy to bring most peace once the impending war began. He would swoop in when the war seemed to be the last thing anyone wanted, with offers of peace and unity in a worldwide government.[4]

He returned to writing essays on the nets, now as "Lincoln", criticizing his ain policy, along with essays of a foil named "Martel", which were written past Petra nether his management. He realized that he needed to become as many Boxing Schoolhouse graduates, who were now weapons in a virtual worldwide artillery race, off the planet. He traveled around the world to offer a new life in the colony planets to all of Ender's colleagues, merely his offer was always rejected.[4]

Complimentary People of Earth

Undeterred, Peter drafted a constitution that would unite the world in a peaceful society. He invited many Battle School graduates to ratify the document and bring their nations into the ever-growing Hegemony. He was successful in gaining the support of smaller countries such as Rwanda. The leader of the African nation insisted that in exchange for ratifying the document and joining Peter'southward regime, Rwanda would receive Bean as leader of its armies. Peter consented, and Bean was sent.[iv]

Bean discovered that Peter had been embezzling Ender'due south military pension to fund the Hegemony. Thinking this was a grave injustice, Edible bean had Ender's money transferred to a reckoner program from Boxing School. Peter responded by cutting off the funding for Bean and Petra'south worldwide search for their stolen embryos. Bean, prepared for that, had already establish other funding.[4]

Regardless, Bean and Petra agreed to go to Rwanda. With Bean leading the ground forces at that place, Peter was able to gain a lot of worldwide support for his constitution. Many more than nations ratified it, and the Hegemony was reformed into the Free People of Globe. Peter promised to resign from his position every bit Hegemon, with no successor, once the wars on Earth ended.[4]

He had used the wars in Asia to ignite the earth'due south population fear of state of war. This fear led to many countries joining the Free People of Earth. Bean and his armies dedicated member states of the Free People when they were attacked by outside nations. Their swift victories led to more nations to bring together.[4]

Peter had succeeded in unifying the earth, to a signal. He had a long way to go earlier all the world would unite, as nigh of Asia was nonetheless divided among the Chinese, the Muslim Caliphate, and India. Merely he was on the right path to victory.[4]

To advance his earth government, Peter traveled to a neutral site where he met with Virlomi, the self-appointed goddess of Bharat, to negotiate India'due south entrance into the Free People of Earth. Virlomi refused to join his government, every bit she had designs of her own She tried to convince Peter to ally her, which Peter also refused.[four]

Peter called for his military to intervene when China, India, and Russia went to state of war with each other. Cathay joined the FPE, calculation to the government'south ever-growing influence around the world. He relied on several Battle School graduates, such as Vlad and of form Edible bean and Petra, to help him in the wars. But during a conversation with Mazer Rackham, the hero of the Second Formic War of a century before, Peter realized that it was time to send Bean and three of his children into space where they could wait for a cure for their life-threatening disease.[iv]

Mazer and Peter facilitated Edible bean'due south divorce from Petra, which was a crushing accident to her. He likewise helped fake Bean's death during a military strike in Iran.[4]

With the help of Vlad, and the eventual joining of Virlomi's Republic of india and Alai's Muslim earth, the FPE had become a massive organisation, and his part as Hegemon had real power. He spent much of his time helping raise Bean and Petra's children. Petra had refused to get out her responsibilities in the battleground, and so Peter watched out for her children.[4]

More than a twelvemonth subsequently when Petra finally returned to Brazil, the military objectives of the FPE finally having been accomplished, Peter professed his love for her and her children. Though Petra nevertheless loved Bean, she somewhen married Peter and together they raised a family of her 5 children and five more she had with Peter.[4]

The Free People of Earth continually grew in influence and size. Shortly, every nation in the world salvage the United States had joined the regime.[four] At some point, Peter rewrote the tax laws to protect the fortunes of rich people, while throwing the main revenue enhancement burden on people in much lower brackets.[10] Many biographers wrote Peter's story, but it wasn't until Peter read The Hive Queen that he plant the "right" biographer.[iv]

Terminal Years

Peter sent a message via Ansible to Valentine, now living on Shakespeare, complimenting her on her contempo compiled history of the Formic Wars. As a postscript, he mentioned to her that he knew who had written The Hive Queen - their younger brother Ender, saying that if he could speak for the Formics, and then he could speak for him. This allowed Peter, now an older man with grandchildren, to reconcile with Ender. The two brothers, decades apart in age, were able to put by childhood differences generally behind them. Ender wrote the biography of his brother, The Hegemon, but said he could only publish information technology after he had died, equally otherwise he would not exist Speaking for the Dead.[2]

Peter died around the year 43 AX at historic period 57 after his heart gave out in his sleep. Later his death, the position of Hegemon was retired and the earth was governed past an elected council.[ii]

Personality

Trivia

  • Known Email addresses:
    • Locke%espinoza@polnet.gov
    • PeterWiggin@hegemony.gov/hegemon[ii]
  • Peter is portrayed past Jimmy Jax Pinchak in Ender's Game (Movie).[11]

Quotes

"Information technology's my duty as an American to never potable Coke or Pepsi in a country that has an indigenous soft drink. "
— Shadow of the Behemothic, folio 121
"If he can speak for the buggers, surely he tin speak for me."
— Ender's Game, page 323

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 ane.01 1.02 one.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 one.07 1.08 one.09 i.10 i.11 1.12 1.xiii 1.xiv 1.15 1.16 ane.17 one.eighteen Ender's Game
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.i two.two 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.vii 2.viii 2.nine Ender in Exile
  3. ↑ 3.00 iii.01 3.02 iii.03 three.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.ten 3.eleven 3.12 iii.13 3.xiv three.15 3.xvi 3.17 iii.18 3.nineteen 3.20 Shadow Puppets
  4. ↑ 4.00 four.01 4.02 four.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 four.x 4.xi iv.12 iv.13 4.xiv four.xv 4.16 4.17 Shadow of the Giant
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 v.2 Ender'due south Game (Film)
  6. ↑ six.0 6.1 The Authorized Ender Companion
  7. ↑ Shadow of the Giant
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Ender's Stocking"
  9. ↑ Shadow of the Hegemon
  10. ↑ "The Investment Counselor"
  11. ↑ Ender's Game (Picture)

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