A quick guide to every major character in 'Westworld'

Ford was Westworld's park director and one of its co-founders. The process for creating and programming the hosts is all based on his team's original research conducted over 30 years ago.

On the first season finale, Ford was shot and killed by a host named Dolores. 

This host speaks with a blend of Roberts old and young voice, and is coded to continue representing Ford in the park.

Since she's the oldest park host, that means Dolores was created over 35 years prior to the events in "Westworld."

Stubbs says that she's been updated so many times "she's practically brand new." Dolores was one of the first hosts to get close to sentience. By the end of the first season, it appeared as if she was finally self-aware when she shot and killed Ford. 

Arnold was the one who began experimenting with bootstrapping consciousness into the hosts. Dolores was his first test subject. He created a "maze" inside the park to help lead Dolores into self-awareness and to spur the creation of a subconscious mind in her. 

He eventually decided Westworld shouldn't open, because the hosts were starting to become sentient. Arnold programmed Dolores to kill all of the other hosts as well as himself in an effort to sabotage the park. 

Bernard was Ford's right-hand man, a host who is the the Head of Behavior and a programming specialist. Bernard was programmed to think he was human, but over the course of the first season he learned the truth. 

He's a no-nonsense kind of man who was sent by the Delos company to fix the mess in the parks after Ford's new bloody plot wreaked havoc.

Elsie helps with coding, debugging, and processing the hosts as they receive updates. She was working with Bernard to investigate host glitches when she disappeared. Now we're not sure where in the park she is, but we're pretty sure she's alive. 

He first appeared on the second season premiere, where he extracted a cortical storage device from a host and showed the Delos team the video footage kept there.

Stubbs has a healthy level of skepticism when it comes to the hosts following their programming, and tends to take on potentially risky retrieval missions himself. 

She also first appeared on the opening episode of the second season, where she found Bernard and helped Strand keep the new system in order. 

Most of the storylines and dialogue you see the hosts act out in the park are all Sizemore's design and script. He was helping the Delos board smuggle data out of the park by the end of the first season.

It was Cullen's job to make sure the guests are happy and the hosts are behaving according to regulations. But Theresa was secretly helping the Delos board smuggle data out of the park. 

Ford had Bernard kill Theresa on his orders and make the murder look like an accident. 

Her friendly demeanor gives way to a stern and calculating woman who has been smuggling data out of the Westworld park. Though she hadn't yet revealed specific details about the data on the first season, we're sure her secrets will eventually come out. 

Maeve was the madam of the Marisposa — a saloon/brothel in Sweetwater. Now she's the most powerful host in the park, and has the ability to control other hosts with voice commands. 

It's Felix's job to patch up the hosts after they've been shot, stabbed, or otherwise incapacitated. But Felix "borrowed" a coding console from the behavior department and wound up helping Maeve change her core programming and enabling her to escape.  

He had no patience for Felix's experiment with coding, but was roped into the Maeve-escape plot after she threatened his life. 

She specialized in finding newcomers and welcoming them to Westworld. But after Charlotte and Theresa used Clementine as a scapegoat host in a failed experiment, Clementine was lobotomized. 

He often accompanies guests on bounty hunts, or tags along with his programmed love — Dolores. Teddy's primary directive is finding and helping Dolores, though his good-natured side can be manipulated via coding.

She's one of the oldest hosts in the park, along with Dolores and Teddy. She's currently acting as a rallying point for the other rebelling hosts who will support Dolores (as "Wyatt").

He went with Angela to first pitch Westworld to Logan Delos.

We saw this host first appear at the party with Angela and Akecheta, but he was without a mustache then. Later, Dolores meets this host while he's in his solider narrative.

Logan is an ambitious and impetuous bad boy who loves indulging in his vices while visiting Westworld. The scenes featuring Logan on the first season all took place around 30 years prior to "current day" on "Westworld."

James is a no-nonsense man who seems impatient with his son. But James' daughter, Juliet is dating another promising young man.

William came to the park with Logan to celebrate their future lives as in-laws. But by the time they left, William decided to usurp Logan's role in the company and go work with James directly.

William transformed into the Man in Black by the end of the first season. By current day on the show, William is one of the most powerful Delos board members. His wife (Logan's sister) has committed suicide, and after their daughter blamed William for her death he returned to Westworld to confront his demons.

Juliet marries William and they have a daughter, Emily, together.

She was first seen in The Raj park, but after the rebellion began Emily found herself in Westworld and reunited with her dear old dad.

He's referred to by other hosts as an outlaw due to his criminal group run under the name El Lazo. Lawrence is a sardonic host who often winds up tagging along with William on his dangerous adventures.

Hector is a bandit who travels with a group of loyal followers and periodically tries to rob the Mariposa Saloon. He teamed up with Maeve after she showed him the truth about how the park works and their role in it. 

Armistice has a deadly shot and a gigantic snake tattoo covering her body — the relic of a tormented past. She also joined Maeve's escape mission and is becoming more self aware.

Akane is a geisha who has a beloved companion, Sakura, just as Maeve had Clementine at the Mariposa Saloon.

Mushashi is another of the main Shogun World hosts we met on season two. He used to be the captain of the Shogun's army, but left and turned rogue. He and Hector are on similarly designed narrative structures.

Caleb is a construction worker living in Los Angeles, and he encounters Dolores by the end of season three, episode one. 

In the premiere of season three, we see Caleb talking frequently on the phone with an AI version of Francis, voiced by Scott Mescudi aka Kid Cudi.

Liam is the head of Incite, a data tracking company that helps control major aspects of people's lives — everything from traffic control to career pathway determination. 

He makes sure Liam and all the other Incite employees are safe and secure and not messing things up too badly.

Caleb meets up with Ash to help rob an ATM in the season three premiere of "Westworld."

Giggles and Ash seem to come as a pair, and both work with Caleb on various criminal enterprises.

Serac is both the person currently controlling the Incite algorithm system and one of its original creators. As revealed in the third episode, Serac has also been using his powerful anonymity to try and control Delos from the shadows.

He now owns a controlling stake in the company and has been using Charlotte as a mole for corporate espionage after she sold him some of the park's data 20 years ago.

Martel is the one who had a face-to-face meeting with Liam Dempsey, Jr. in the first episode of season three. She seems to be the primary connecting link between Serac and anyone he wants to speak to (with the exception of Maeve).

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