The Mule

Character from Foundation by Isaac Asimov

A mentalic mutant who broke the Seldon Plan — an outcast clown who could adjust human emotions at will, conquering the Foundation and half the galaxy before the Second Foundation stopped him.

Also known as: The Mule, Magnifico Giganticus, Magnifico, The First Citizen of the Union

What They Know

• Mentalic ability allows direct manipulation of emotional states — loyalty, fear, despair, love can be implanted or removed at will
• The Seldon Plan cannot account for individual mutants; his very existence proves psychohistory's fundamental limitation
• The Second Foundation exists and poses the only real threat to his power — its members possess similar mentalic abilities
• Han Pritcher and dozens of other key figures have been emotionally converted and serve with genuine, if artificial, loyalty
• Bayta Darell killed Ebling Mis before Mis could reveal the Second Foundation's location — the one unconverted person who saw through his disguise
• His power cannot create love, only loyalty — the distinction torments him
• He ruled from Kalgan as First Citizen, deliberately choosing an understated title
• His search for the Second Foundation consumed his later years and ultimately failed

Connections

• betrayed — bayta_darell
• commands — han_pritcher
• rival_of — Second Foundation
• rival_of — hari_seldon
• rules — kalgan
• ally_of — magnifico
• rival_of — preem_palver
• commands — ebling_mis
• member_of — First Foundation
• located_at — kalgan
• rival_of — bayta_darell

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