Connor Cavanagh

Connor Cavanagh is the fourth character introduced in The Human Game. He is one of the players.

Appearance
His appearance is that of a fairly normal scientist, still wearing a lab coat and an orange shirt. His shoulder-length hair is tied up.

Personality
A highly intelligent thinker and zoologist who relies on logic and reasoning to solve problems. He is willingly to stand by anyone who needs a companion, which he had to do often due to Seth. While loyalty and faithfulness has to be a standard thing the facility asks from the players, Connor is an exceptionally true friend in the most literal sense. He's perfectly content to either talk with someone else about their lives before the facility (or what they remember of it), charge into a fight if danger rears its head, or simply provide some companionship to a person in need. This multifaceted scientist may not win best in show, but he's got it all where it counts.

Role in the story
Connor was introduced after a character select screen, and after Seth rejected the reader to be him, the reader was forced to be Connor instead. He introduces himself quickly and meets up with Seth, who has a pendant with the symbol of the Achronists on it. This does not go well and the two part again.

He is seen again at the first main meeting, where he meets several of the others and is grouped with Seth and Thalia to seek out the two missing people who did not appear at this main meeting.

Soon thereafter, they find Abigail outside of her room. He takes care of her and is outraged that Cancel even keeps blind children inside this facility. He continues to do so when a nullified Seth appears and he scoops her up in his arms.

Later, his is tasked (together with Camilla) to block the door in an attempt of preventing Seth getting in. He is fully prepared to give what it takes, when a distraction relieves him and Camilla of their tasks.

In the library, he has a conversation with Kate, talking about how they might be missing more memories than he initially thought. She thinks of this as strange, since her memory is an eidetic one.

Abigail Faust
When confronted with Abigail, he immediately takes on a fatherly persona to relieve her situation for the time being. He still does so in the rest of the story, even if he does not believe in her spiritual ability.

Outside of the facility
He has a loving family, consisting of a wife and twin sons (Liam and Thomas). He would do anything to protect him, even noting that if one of the twins got stuck in the facility instead of Abigail, he'd beat up Cancel personally.