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| name = Mari Hardin
| title = Mysteries and Martyrs
 
| partOfSeason = [[Season One|1]]
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| image = [[File:Mari.png]]
| episodeNumber = 7
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| image = [[File:Foundation Ep7.jpg]]
 
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| relatives = *[[Abbas Hardin]] (husband)<ref name="TMG">"[[The Mathematician's Ghost]]"</ref>
| airDate = October 29, 2021
 
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*[[Salvor Hardin]] (daughter)<ref name="TMG" />
| writer = [[Caitlin Sanders]]
 
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| affiliation = [[Foundation]]<ref name="PTL">"[[Preparing to Live]]"</ref>
| director = [[Jennifer Phang]]
 
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| previousEpisode = "[[Death and the Maiden]]"
 
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| marital = Widow of [[Abbas Hardin]]<ref name="DM">"[[Death and the Maiden]]"</ref>
| nextEpisode = "[[The Missing Piece]]"
 
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| birthPlace = [[Trantor]]<ref name="DM" />
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| species = Human<ref name="PTL" />
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| gender = Female<ref name="PTL" />
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| portrayedby = [[Sasha Behar]]
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| debut = "[[Preparing to Live]]"
 
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{{Quote|Hari Seldon entrusted us with rebuilding civilization after the collapse. We can't assume anything. Whether or not our future survivors will be able to read, or what language they'll speak. We don't even know what worlds they'll be scattered upon.|Mari Hardin|The Mathematician's Ghost}}
'''Mysteries and Martyrs''' is the seventh episode of [[Foundation (TV series)|''Foundation'']]'s [[Season One|first season]] on [[Apple TV+]]. It aired on October 29, 2021. The episode was written by [[Caitling Sanders]] based on the novels by [[Isaac Asimov]]. [[Jennifer Phang]] directed the episode.
 
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'''Mari Hardin''' is a recurring character in the [[Apple TV+]] series ''[[Foundation (TV series)|Foundation]]''. She is a member of the [[Foundation]] and a colonist living on the planet [[Terminus]]. Mari is portrayed by [[Sasha Behar]] in the [[Apple TV+]], first appearing in "[[Preparing to Live]]."
   
== Synopsis ==
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==Biography==
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Mari Hardin lived on [[Trantor]] and fully believed in [[Hari Seldon]]'s predictions that the [[Galactic Empire]] was destined to fall within a few hundred years. She volunteered to join the [[Foundation]], along with [[Abbas Hardin|Abbas]], who had fallen for her.<ref name="DM" /> The pair travelled onboard the [[slow ship]] ''[[Deliverance]]'' to the planet [[Terminus]]. Over the years it took to reach the planet, she trained to survive on Terminus alongside [[Gaal Dornick]], Abbas, [[Briwan]], and [[Shivaughn]]. During a simulation that ended in disaster, Mari was "killed" by exploding rock fragments after Abbas' weapons fire ignited pockets of mercury and arsenic in the [[geothermal tunnels]].<ref name="PTL" />
''The [[Anacreon]]s and their hostages board the fabled [[Invictus]] warship. The bond between [[Brother Dawn]] and [[Azura Odili|Azura]] intensifies.''
 
   
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Mari was also part of the Foundation budgetary committee alongside [[Lewis Pirenne]].<ref name="PTL" /> Arriving on Terminus, Mari was part of the initial scouting team that discovered the [[Vault]]. Over the years, she married Abbas and the pair had a daughter, [[Salvor Hardin|Salvor]]. Mari continued to keep faith with the plan, continuing the training of others as the sought to preserve knowledge for civilization.<ref name="TMG" />
== Plot ==
 
In the [[Anthor Belt]], the ''[[Beggar]]'' approaches the drifting hulk of the ''[[Invictus]]''. With the ship's defenses still active, [[Salvor Hardin]] is forced to lead a boarding party in a space-suited jump to land on the hull of the warship.
 
   
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When the Anacreons arrived on Terminus, Mari held to the belief that Hari Seldon would have accounted for this possibility. She showed Salvor the [[Prime Radiant]], taken from Hari's office on the night he died. Mari hoped that Salvor could understand it since she was an outlier to the Plan.<ref name="BATG">"[[Barbarians at the Gate]]"</ref> During the [[Anacreon]]'s attack on [[Terminus City]], Mari is held hostage by [[Phara Keaen]], hoping to leverage her against Salvor. Salvor managed to rescue her mother, but the Anacreons took control of the settlement.<ref name="UA">"[[Upon Awakening]]"</ref>
On the [[Maiden]], [[Brother Day]] questions [[Demerzel]]'s actions during [[Zephyr Halima]]'s speech. He is also brought word that Halima speech at [[Proxima Opal]]'s funerals have led to her becoming the front runner to be the new Promixa over [[Zephyr Gilat]]. Day meets with Halima near the [[Spiral]], and attempts to begin negotiations with her, believing her position to be a tactic. He is stunned to discover that Halima truly believes that the [[Genetic Dynasty]] is wrong and will lead them to ruin.
 
 
[[Phara Keaen]] leads her team of [[Anacreon]]s and hostages aboard the ''Invictus'', but the boarding is not without casualties. They find the ship powered down and derelict, with the long-dead crew floating in the corridors. Restoring systems, it is discovered that the ship is on a countdown towards its next random jump. The boarders have four hours to take control of the ship.
 
 
Brother Day makes a bold play to counter Halima's rhetoric; he intends to walk the great [[Spiral]] and let the [[Triple Goddesses]] decide his fate. On [[Trantor]], [[Brother Dawn]] and [[Azura Odili]] grow ever closer, rendezvousing in secret. During one meeting, Azura presents Dawn with a gift; [[color-correction 'hesives]] that would fix his color blindness. Dawn thanks her but worries that wearing them could bring Day and [[Brother Dusk|Dusk's]] to notice all of the differences between them and Dawn. Azura begins to convince Dawn that escaping the [[Imperial Palace]] and his duties would be the best course of action.
 
 
On the ''[[Raven]]'', [[Gaal Dornick]] finds that she carried a digitized version of [[Hari Seldon]]'s consciousness with her to the ship. Disorientated, the projection learns that [[Raych Foss]] is dead, Gaal is not where she is supposed to be on [[Terminus]], and that he is dead. Hari's digital avatar explains why Raych killed him and the some of the finer details of the Plan. As Hari questions Gaal about why she came to his cabin on that night, Gaal comes to a revelation about her own abilities.
 
 
== Cast ==
 
=== Starring ===
 
*[[Jared Harris]] as [[Hari Seldon]]
 
*[[Lee Pace]] as [[Brother Day]] ([[Cleon XIII]])
 
*[[Lou Llobell]] as [[Gaal Dornick]]
 
*[[Leah Harvey]] as [[Salvor Hardin]]
 
*[[Laura Birn]] as [[Demerzel]]
 
*[[Terrence Mann]] as [[Brother Dusk]] ([[Cleon XII]])
 
*[[Cassian Bilton]] as [[Brother Dawn]] ([[Cleon XIV]])
 
 
=== Guest Starring ===
 
*[[Elliot Cowan]] as [[Lewis Pirenne]]
 
*[[Daniel MacPherson]] as [[Hugo Crast]]
 
*[[Sasha Behar]] as [[Mari Hardin]]
 
*[[Kubbra Sait]] as [[Phara Keaen]]
 
*[[Amy Tyger]] as [[Azura Odili]]
 
*[[Pravessh Rana]] as [[Rowan]]
 
 
=== Co-Starring ===
 
*[[Nikol Kollars]] as [[Jacenta Rov|Jacenta]]
 
*[[Christian Contreras]] as [[Kray Dorwin|Dorwin]]
 
*[[Vanessa Ifediora]] as Herald
 
*[[Martin McDougall]] as [[Akiva Lee|Akiva]]
 
*[[T'Nia Miller]] as [[Zephyr Halima]]
 
*[[Julia Farino]] as [[Zephyr Gilat]]
 
*[[Juan Carlos Tacaoronte]] as Field Hospital Patient
 
*[[Shauna Black]] as [[Raven|The Raven]] Computer
 
*[[Ryan Ali]] as [[Beggar|The Beggar]] Computer
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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*[[Season One]]
{{Appearances
 
 
**"[[Preparing to Live]]" {{1st}}
|characters=
 
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**"[[The Mathematician's Ghost]]"
*[[Cleon I]]
 
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**"[[Barbarians at the Gate]]"
*[[Cleon XII]]
 
*[[Cleon XIII]]
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**"[[Upon Awakening]]"
*[[Cleon XIV]]
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**"[[Death and the Maiden]]"
*[[Hugo Crast]]
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**"[[Mysteries and Martyrs]]"
 
**"[[The Missing Piece]]"
*[[Demerzel]]
 
*[[Gaal Dornick]]
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**"[[The First Crisis]]"
*[[Kray Dorwin]]
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*[[Season Two]]
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**"[[In Seldon's Shadow]]" {{Mo}}
*[[Mari Hardin]]
 
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**"[[Why the Gods Made Wine]]" {{Mo}}
*[[Salvor Hardin]]
 
*[[Phara Keaen]]
 
*[[Akiva Lee]]
 
*[[Azura Odili]]
 
*[[Lewis Pirenne]]
 
*[[Jacenta Rov]]
 
*[[Rowan]]
 
*[[Hari Seldon]]
 
*[[Taurelian]] {{1stm}}
 
*[[Zephyr Gilat]]
 
*[[Zephyr Halima]]
 
   
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==Notes and references==
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|events=
 
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[[Category:Characters]]
*[[Bombing of the Star Bridge]] {{Mo}}
 
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[[Category:Females]]
 
 
[[Category:Foundation members]]
|locations=
 
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[[Category:Humans]]
*[[Helicon]]
 
*[[Outer Reach]]
 
**[[Anthor Belt]] {{1st}}
 
**[[Terminus]] {{Mo}}
 
*[[Maiden]]
 
**[[Salt Palace]]
 
**[[Spiral]]
 
**[[Womb of the Mother]]
 
*[[Trantor]]
 
**[[Imperial Palace]]
 
***[[Imperial Gardens]]
 
***[[Principium]]
 
**[[Scar]]
 
**[[Star Bridge]] {{Mo}}
 
 
|organizations=
 
*[[Foundation]]
 
*[[Galactic Empire]]
 
**[[Genetic Dynasty]]/[[Cleonic Dynasty]]
 
***[[Brother Dawn]]
 
***[[Brother Day]]
 
***[[Brother Dusk]]
 
*[[Luminism]]
 
**[[Triple Goddesses]]
 
***[[The Crone]]
 
***[[The Maiden]]
 
***[[The Mother]]
 
 
|species=
 
*[[Human]]
 
*[[Robot]]
 
 
|vehicles=
 
*''[[Beggar]]''
 
*[[Jumpship]]
 
**''[[Invictus]]''
 
**''[[Rubicon]]''
 
*''[[Raven]]''
 
 
|technology=
 
*[[Aura]]
 
*[[Color-correction 'hesives]] {{1st}}
 
*[[Hari Seldon Quantum Consciousness Protocol]]
 
*[[Nanobot]] {{1st}}
 
 
|miscellanea=
 
*[[Abraxas Conjecture]]
 
*[[Lethe Syndrome]] {{1stm}}
 
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Revision as of 16:51, 22 August 2023

"Hari Seldon entrusted us with rebuilding civilization after the collapse. We can't assume anything. Whether or not our future survivors will be able to read, or what language they'll speak. We don't even know what worlds they'll be scattered upon."
—Mari Hardin[src]

Mari Hardin is a recurring character in the Apple TV+ series Foundation. She is a member of the Foundation and a colonist living on the planet Terminus. Mari is portrayed by Sasha Behar in the Apple TV+, first appearing in "Preparing to Live."

Biography

Mari Hardin lived on Trantor and fully believed in Hari Seldon's predictions that the Galactic Empire was destined to fall within a few hundred years. She volunteered to join the Foundation, along with Abbas, who had fallen for her.[3] The pair travelled onboard the slow ship Deliverance to the planet Terminus. Over the years it took to reach the planet, she trained to survive on Terminus alongside Gaal Dornick, Abbas, Briwan, and Shivaughn. During a simulation that ended in disaster, Mari was "killed" by exploding rock fragments after Abbas' weapons fire ignited pockets of mercury and arsenic in the geothermal tunnels.[2]

Mari was also part of the Foundation budgetary committee alongside Lewis Pirenne.[2] Arriving on Terminus, Mari was part of the initial scouting team that discovered the Vault. Over the years, she married Abbas and the pair had a daughter, Salvor. Mari continued to keep faith with the plan, continuing the training of others as the sought to preserve knowledge for civilization.[1]

When the Anacreons arrived on Terminus, Mari held to the belief that Hari Seldon would have accounted for this possibility. She showed Salvor the Prime Radiant, taken from Hari's office on the night he died. Mari hoped that Salvor could understand it since she was an outlier to the Plan.[4] During the Anacreon's attack on Terminus City, Mari is held hostage by Phara Keaen, hoping to leverage her against Salvor. Salvor managed to rescue her mother, but the Anacreons took control of the settlement.[5]

Appearances

Notes and references