<Li> Rhonda Kazembe is also a former student and current assistant to Mr. Benedict . She is very small, giving her the ability to pose as a student during Mr. Benedict's tests of other prospective students . Like Number Two, she also tries to watch for Mr. Benedict's narcolepsy attacks . She grew up in Zambia and was brought to the United States as a child . She is also Mr. Benedict's adopted daughter . </Li> <Li> Milligan is a former government agent and current guard for the children, Rhonda, Number Two, and Mr. Benedict . He is a sad and somber man, even described as a "scarecrow" owing to his shabby and depressing demeanor . His sadness is attributed to his kidnapping by secret agents after which he lost his memory . He woke up one day and was told that he had received a blow to the head, damaging his memory . Although unsure of his actual name, "Milligan" seems to be a familiar name / word to him . He later recovers his memory and discovers he is Kate's father . Milligan also has flax blond hair and ocean blue eyes . </Li> <Li> Ledroptha Curtain is the antagonist of the story and the head of L.I.V.E. - the "Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened". Mr. Curtain created the mind - control device called "the Whisperer" as part of a scheme to control the world and be declared "Minister And Secretary of all the Earth's Regions" (M.A.S.T.E.R.). He is also revealed to be Mr. Benedict's long lost twin brother . He uses a modified wheelchair to get around and wears mirrored sunglasses, in order to deal with and hide his narcolepsy, a condition he shares with his brother . Mr. Curtain's narcolepsy is triggered by anger, which saves the children . </Li> <Ul> <Li> S.Q. Pedalian is an Executive working for Mr. Curtain . He is dim - witted and clumsy, but is the only Executive who is kind to the Mysterious Benedict Society . He is also somewhat oblivious to the evils of Mr. Curtain, the Institute, and the Whisperer's effects on the world's inhabitants . His feet are an enormous size fifteen, causing Kate to joke that S.Q. is short for "Sasquatch ." </Li> <Li> Jackson and Jillson are the Head Executives at the Institute and are noted for their unkind ways . Jackson has icy blue eyes, is stockily built, and has a nose long and sharp like a knife . Jillson is six feet tall, has small piggy eyes, and' arms like a gorilla' . </Li> <Li> Martina Crowe is originally a Messenger and later Executive at the Institute . She despises the members of the Mysterious Benedict Society because she feels threatened by their intelligence, but holds particular enmity for Kate . </Li> <Li> Miss Perumal is Reynie's tutor, of Indian extraction, and is intelligent and friendly . She eventually adopts Reynie in the end . </Li> <Li> Mr. Rutger is the Stonetown Orphanage director . Although not unkind, he is blinded by greed to Reynie's obvious higher educational needs . He gets paid for each student so he doesn't let Reynie go to an advanced school . </Li> <Li> The Helpers make food, do laundry, and perform the many mundane and manual labor tasks that help keep the Institute running . They are not allowed to talk to any students at L.I.V.E. or make eye contact . They share the same vacant, sad expressions as Milligan and Reynie soon discovers that the Helpers may have been brought to the Institute against their wills . </Li> <Li> The Recruiters go around kidnapping children for the Institute, to be used for Mr Curtain's messages . In the following books The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey and The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma ". </Li> </Ul>

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