Robert Langdon

Langdon is a professor of religious iconology at Harvard. He is forty years old with slightly graying hair, a deep voice and the toned body of a swimmer. He is around six feet tall. His house in the United States is filled with religious artifacts from around the world. His friends view him as man caught between centuries, both a modern and Renaissance man. He likes to have fun and work hard.

Langdon is summoned to the CERN campus by Kohler, who faxes Langdon a picture of Vetra with the Illuminati brand on his chest. Langdon has trouble believing that the Illuminati have reemerged. When Vittoria arrives, they realize that the antimatter is missing, and Kohler sends them to Rome in his place when they learn that the antimatter is somewhere in Vatican City. They meet with Commander Olivetti and the camerlengo and are given access to...