About Charactorium
Charactorium is a universal and inclusive gallery of historical and mythological figures — famous or little-known, from every continent and every era. Here's how it's made, and in what spirit.
The spirit of the project
Discover
Famous figures and others far less well-known. Queens, scientists, pirates, philosophers, warriors, poets, mythological deities — from every continent.
Sources & method
The catalog is generated by AI (Claude), then reviewed and corrected by hand. For well-documented figures: Wikidata, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons. For others — Africa, Oceania, pre-colonial Americas — oral traditions synthesized by AI serve as a starting point.
Project spirit
No encyclopedic claims: it's a tool for discovery, educational and (we hope) interesting. If a character intrigues you, dig deeper — read a book, explore the sources.
Method & safeguards
AI-generated, human-validated
Charactorium content is automatically produced by Claude (Anthropic's language model), then reviewed and corrected. For well-documented figures, data comes from Wikidata, Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. For figures from oral traditions — Africa, Oceania, pre-colonial Americas — AI synthesis serves as the starting point, for lack of accessible written sources.
Against biases
A deliberate effort was made to counter the usual Eurocentric and male biases. The catalog includes nearly 50% women, from every continent — including figures recovered through African, Oceanian and Amerindian oral traditions.
100% Vibe Coding
This site was built entirely through Vibe Coding with Claude Code. A human supervises, corrects and guides — but the code, design and content are AI-generated. It's intentional, and part of the project's story.
Gateway to Moiki EDU
Eventually, Charactorium will feed interactive stories on Moiki EDU with ready-to-use characters: portraits, typical objects, descriptions, sounds and images. A catalog in service of educational storytelling. edu.moiki.app
This site is an ever-evolving project. It makes no academic or encyclopedic claims — it's a gateway to curiosity. Content may contain errors or approximations. We invite you to verify information independently.