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| + | | image = [[File:Raych.png]] |
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| + | | relatives = *[[Hari Seldon]] (foster father)<ref name="UA">"[[Upon Awakening]]"</ref> |
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| + | *[[Salvor Hardin]] (biological daughter)<ref name="TL">"[[The Leap]]"</ref> |
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| + | | affiliation = [[Foundation]]<ref name="PTL">"[[Preparing to Live]]"</ref> |
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| + | | occupation = [[Hari Seldon]]'s aide<ref name="TEP">"[[The Emperor's Peace]]"</ref> |
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| + | | birthPlace = [[Trantor]]<ref name="PTL" /> |
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| + | | deathDate = [[Timeline|12,068 Era Imperial]]<ref name="UA">"[[Upon Awakening]]"</ref> |
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| + | | deathPlace = ''[[Deliverance]]''<ref name="UA" /> |
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| + | | species = [[Human]]<ref name="TEP" /> |
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| + | | gender = Male<ref name="TEP" /> |
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| + | | portrayedby = *[[Alfred Enoch]] |
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| + | *[[Isaiah Chambers]] (young) |
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| + | | debut = "[[The Emperor's Peace]]" |
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| + | '''Raych Foss''' is a recurring character in the [[Apple TV+]] series ''[[Foundation (TV series)|Foundation]]''. Raych is [[Hari Seldon]]'s aide and confidante, privy to Hari's plans for the [[Foundation]]. He is portrayed by [[Alfred Enoch]], first appearing in the episode "[[The Emperor's Peace]]." |
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| + | ==Biography== |
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| + | ===Early Life=== |
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| + | As a young child, Raych Foss was raised on [[Trantor]]. At the age of six or seven, he was caught by [[Hari Seldon]] stealing two [[Alvarez folio]]s from the rare books section of [[Streeling University]]. Raych's mother had died, and his father had been in an accident while working in the [[heat sinks]]. The young boy stole to sell items on the black market to pay for medicine to treat a burn on his father's back.<ref name="PTL" /> |
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| + | ===Foundation=== |
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| + | Raych went on to work for Hari Seldon who had developed a new science known as [[Psychohistory]], a methodology that could predict the large scale movements of societies. Raych is the only person that Hari trusted to know about his plan for the [[Foundation]] to be intentionally exiled to the planet [[Terminus]]. He meets [[Gaal Dornick]] when she arrives on Trantor via the [[Star Bridge]], and escorts her to the [[Imperial Library]] to meet with Hari. After the meeting, and Gaal learning that she is likely to be arrested in the morning, Raych takes her to the [[Trantorian Seer Church|Seer Church]] on Trantor before escorting her to the hotel. Raych and Gaal begin to forge a connection as Hari's plan unfolds and the Empire exiles the project to the edges of the galaxy following the terrorist [[Bombing of the Star Bridge|bombing]] of the [[Star Bridge]].<ref name="TEP" /> |
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| + | Raych joins the crew of the Foundation's [[slow ship]] ''[[Deliverance]]'' en route to Terminus, along with Hari, Gaal, and over seventeen hundred other volunteer colonists. During the journey, Raych and Gaal developed an attraction that blossomed into a relationship. They kept it a secret from Hari on Raych's insistence since he believed that Hari would not approve since relationships were a distraction from the work.<ref name="PTL" /> |
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| + | Several months into the voyage, Hari orders Raych to kill him, telling him that it is the only way that Gaal can be saved. At Hari's insistence, Raych reluctantly follows his orders, though Gaal manages to witness Raych in the act of killing Hari.<ref name="DM">"[[Death and the Maiden]]"</ref> Raych ushers a distraught Gaal to a [[cryopod]] which he fills with fluid and ejects her from the ship in stasis.<ref name="PTL"/> Raych is found and arrested by the others on the ship, and it is believed that he and Gaal murdered Hari. He is executed for his supposed crime, and looks into the camera in order to give a secret message to Gaal, hoping that she would access the archive footage of the execution after she awakened in the future.<ref name="UA">"[[Upon Awakening]]"</ref> |
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| + | ===Legacy=== |
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| + | Over thirty years after his death, his biological daughter, [[Salvor Hardin]], would have visions of him running across the plains of [[Terminus]]. Not knowing the boy's identity, and believing it was a colonist out after curfew and beyond the [[perimeter fence]], she would give chase. This led her to discover that the [[Anacreon]]s had secretly landed on the planet.<ref name="TMG">"[[The Mathematician's Ghost]]"</ref> |
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| + | The [[mentalic]] [[Tellem Bond]] used Raych's image to talk to [[Hari Seldon (Raven)|Hari Seldon]] aboard the ''[[Beggar's Lament]]''. She wanted to trigger memories of his death and resurrection to learn what had happened to him.<ref name="TSATS">"[[The Sighted and the Seen]]"</ref> |
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**"[[Preparing to Live]]" |
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*[[Season Two]] |
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| − | **"[[A Glimpse of Darkness]]" |
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| + | ==External Links== |
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| + | *[[w:c:asimov:Raych Seldon|Learn more about Raych]] on the [[w:c:asimov:Main Page|Isaac Asimov Wiki]] |
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Revision as of 16:17, 11 August 2023
Raych Foss is a recurring character in the Apple TV+ series Foundation. Raych is Hari Seldon's aide and confidante, privy to Hari's plans for the Foundation. He is portrayed by Alfred Enoch, first appearing in the episode "The Emperor's Peace."
Biography
Early Life
As a young child, Raych Foss was raised on Trantor. At the age of six or seven, he was caught by Hari Seldon stealing two Alvarez folios from the rare books section of Streeling University. Raych's mother had died, and his father had been in an accident while working in the heat sinks. The young boy stole to sell items on the black market to pay for medicine to treat a burn on his father's back.[3]
Foundation
Raych went on to work for Hari Seldon who had developed a new science known as Psychohistory, a methodology that could predict the large scale movements of societies. Raych is the only person that Hari trusted to know about his plan for the Foundation to be intentionally exiled to the planet Terminus. He meets Gaal Dornick when she arrives on Trantor via the Star Bridge, and escorts her to the Imperial Library to meet with Hari. After the meeting, and Gaal learning that she is likely to be arrested in the morning, Raych takes her to the Seer Church on Trantor before escorting her to the hotel. Raych and Gaal begin to forge a connection as Hari's plan unfolds and the Empire exiles the project to the edges of the galaxy following the terrorist bombing of the Star Bridge.[4]
Raych joins the crew of the Foundation's slow ship Deliverance en route to Terminus, along with Hari, Gaal, and over seventeen hundred other volunteer colonists. During the journey, Raych and Gaal developed an attraction that blossomed into a relationship. They kept it a secret from Hari on Raych's insistence since he believed that Hari would not approve since relationships were a distraction from the work.[3]
Several months into the voyage, Hari orders Raych to kill him, telling him that it is the only way that Gaal can be saved. At Hari's insistence, Raych reluctantly follows his orders, though Gaal manages to witness Raych in the act of killing Hari.[5] Raych ushers a distraught Gaal to a cryopod which he fills with fluid and ejects her from the ship in stasis.[3] Raych is found and arrested by the others on the ship, and it is believed that he and Gaal murdered Hari. He is executed for his supposed crime, and looks into the camera in order to give a secret message to Gaal, hoping that she would access the archive footage of the execution after she awakened in the future.[1]
Legacy
Over thirty years after his death, his biological daughter, Salvor Hardin, would have visions of him running across the plains of Terminus. Not knowing the boy's identity, and believing it was a colonist out after curfew and beyond the perimeter fence, she would give chase. This led her to discover that the Anacreons had secretly landed on the planet.[6]
The mentalic Tellem Bond used Raych's image to talk to Hari Seldon aboard the Beggar's Lament. She wanted to trigger memories of his death and resurrection to learn what had happened to him.[7]
Appearances
- Season One
- "The Emperor's Peace" (First appearance)
- "Preparing to Live"
- "The Mathematician's Ghost"
- "Upon Awakening"
- "Death and the Maiden"
- Season Two
- "In Seldon's Shadow" (Mentioned only)
- "The Sighted and the Seen" (as a mental projection)
External Links
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Upon Awakening"
- ↑ "The Leap"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Preparing to Live"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "The Emperor's Peace"
- ↑ "Death and the Maiden"
- ↑ "The Mathematician's Ghost"
- ↑ "The Sighted and the Seen"