Character Relationship Map: Prometheus

Characters

• Elizabeth Shaw (played by Noomi Rapace) — protagonist

  Archaeologist and scientist seeking the origins of humanity and the Engineers.

• David (played by Michael Fassbender) — supporting

  Curious and manipulative android aboard the Prometheus, experiments with black goo.

• Meredith Vickers (played by Charlize Theron) — supporting

  Weyland-Yutani corporate overseer aboard the Prometheus, skeptical of the mission.

• Peter Weyland (played by Guy Pearce) — supporting

  Elderly CEO of Weyland Corp, funds the Prometheus expedition seeking immortality.

• Charlie Holloway (played by Logan Marshall-Green) — supporting

  Archaeologist and Shaw's partner, drinks black goo seeking answers.

• Janek (played by Idris Elba) — supporting

  Pilot of the Prometheus, pragmatic and loyal to the crew.

• Millburn (played by Rafe Spall) — supporting

  Geologist on Prometheus, first victim of the snake creature.

• Fifield (played by Sean Harris) — supporting

  Geologist on Prometheus, infected by black goo and loses humanity.

• Last Engineer (played by Ian Whyte) — minor

  Surviving Engineer in stasis on LV-223, pilot of bioweapon ship.

• Shaw's Mother (played by Giannina Facio) — minor

  Shaw's mother

• Shaw's Father (played by Patrick Wilson) — minor

  Shaw's father

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• David → Meredith Vickers (Family Sibling)
• Peter Weyland → David (Family Child)
• Shaw's Mother → Elizabeth Shaw (mother)
• Shaw's Father → Elizabeth Shaw (father)
• Millburn → Fifield (Professional Colleagues) — Geology team members who experience shared dread during the exploration phase.

  Crew members Millburn and Fifield grow uncomfortable with the discoveries and attempt to return to Prometheus, but become lost in the structure.

• Peter Weyland → David (Power Master) — Creator and servant dynamic where David acts as a surrogate son and loyal executor.

  Peter Weyland funds an expedition aboard the Prometheus while the android David monitors their voyage.

• Peter Weyland → Meredith Vickers (Family Father) — Corporate patriarch and his appointed overseer, bound by blood and duty.

  Weyland, Vickers' father, has been in stasis aboard Prometheus.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Meredith Vickers → Last Engineer (Conflict Casualty) — Corporate overseer perishes when the alien vessel malfunctions and impacts the surface.

  The Engineer's disabled spacecraft crashes onto the ground, crushing Vickers.

• Elizabeth Shaw → David (Alliance Ally) — Protagonist retrieves the damaged android to navigate toward the creators' homeworld.

  Shaw recovers David's surviving remains and intends to reach the Engineers' home world... With David's help, she launches another Engineer spacecraft...

• Last Engineer → Elizabeth Shaw (Conflict Attacker) — Creator directly targets the sole surviving human in the final confrontation.

  The Engineer forces open the lifeboat's airlock and attacks Shaw, who releases her alien offspring onto him.

• Elizabeth Shaw → Janek (Alliance Ally) — Survivor successfully persuades the captain to abort the launch targeting Earth.

  Shaw desperately flees and warns Janek that the Engineer is planning to release the menace on Earth to exterminate all life forms, convincing him to s...

• Last Engineer → Peter Weyland (Conflict Destroyer) — Awakened creator executes the entire expedition party upon realizing their presence.

  The Engineer responds by decapitating David and killing Weyland and his team, before reactivating the spacecraft.

• David → Last Engineer (Conflict Interrogator) — Android attempts communication with a dormant creator, triggering immediate hostility.

  David wakes the Engineer from stasis and speaks to him in Proto-Indo-European to try to explain what Weyland wants.

• Meredith Vickers → Charlie Holloway (Conflict Executioner) — Corporate overseer denies entry and incinerates the infected crewman to protect the ship.

  Mission director Meredith Vickers refuses to let him aboard. At his urging, she burns him to death with a flamethrower.

• David → Charlie Holloway (Conflict Manipulator) — Android secretly experiments on the archaeologist using biological agents.

  David intentionally taints a drink with a minute sample and proposes a toast to the unsuspecting Holloway, who drinks it.

Story Analysis

A scientific expedition to find humanity's creators descends into a fight for survival against biological warfare.

Plot Progression

1. Ancient Invitation — Archaeologists uncover matching celestial charts across disparate cultures, prompting Peter Weyland to finance an interstellar expedition. The crew travels in suspended animation aboard the Prometheus...
2. Descent into Darkness — The team lands on LV-223 and explores a massive facility filled with decapitated alien corpses. David secretly experiments with black goo, infecting Holloway, while two crew members vanish during a pl...
3. Betrayal and Mutation — Vickers incinerates the infected Holloway at the airlock. Shaw discovers a parasitic pregnancy and extracts the embryo. Meanwhile, Fifield mutates into a monster and slaughters crew members inside the...
4. Extinction Protocol — David awakens a dormant Engineer, who immediately executes Weyland and his team. Shaw warns Janek about the impending attack on Earth, leading the captain to pilot the Prometheus into the alien vessel...
5. New Genesis — In the ejected lifeboat, Shaw confronts the Engineer while her offspring defends her. She recovers David's remains, launches a new spacecraft, and departs to demand answers from the creators.