Fire Star (novel) - Characters

Characters

David Rain - The main character of the series. David has got a job in the Arctic to research the melting ice caps. He has three dragons, one named Gadzooks a writing dragon, which helps David with his stories. Also G'reth a wishing dragon and a dragon he made himself and calls it Gollygosh "Golly" Golightly, a natural healing dragon. Zanna is his girlfriend. He has written a book called “Snigger and Nutbeast" and he is writing a new book called "White Fire".

Elizabeth Pennykettle (Liz) - Liz is able to make clay dragons. She made them come to life with icefire. She has a daughter named Lucy.She is a landlady to David. Liz is a descendant of Guinevere and can speak in dragontongue. Her dragon is Guinevere.

Lucy Pennykettle - Lucy is Liz's daughter. She is very fond of animals especially squirrels. Lucy can make clay dragons as well. She is the one who created G'reth. Her dragon is Gwendolen.

Suzanna Martindale (Zanna) - Zanna is a goth girl who goes to Scrubbley College with David. She is currently in the Arctic studying the ice caps melting. David is Zanna's boyfriend. Her dragon is Gretel, a potion-making dragon. She is a sibyl like Gwilanna. She is a distant relative of Gwendolen(the 'hybrid' daughter of Guinevere).

Gwilanna - An ancient sibyl who has help the Guinevere line with child/egg birth. Others know her outside the Guinevere family as "Aunty Gwyneth". She is very curious of David inner powers. Gretel was her old dragon. Gwilanna is always trying to learn about the fire tear to bring dragons back to life.

Arthur Merriman - Liz's ex-boyfriend. He left Liz because he knew Lucy was not his baby and because of Gwilanna. Arthur is known as Brother Vincent on Farlowe Island.

Henry Bacon - Henry is Liz's neighbour. He is always helping Liz with electronics, like her car. Henry is very interested in cosmology. Mr. Bacon works at Scrubbley Library and also knows Zanna from the library.

Dr. Bergstrom - A scientist who works in the Arctic, he is a strange man who knows about polar bears. He has a dragon named Groyne, but Liz or Lucy did not make him. He is immortal prior to David seeing him in a photo with Mr. Bacon’s ancestor. He is able to turn into the polar bear Thoran.

Tootega - He is an Inuit who works with David and Zanna in the Arctic. He doesn't get along with most people especially Zanna. He is later controlled by the Ix to kill grockle but kills David instead.

Brother Bernard - He is a monk who lives on Farlowe Island. At first he doesn't believe in dragons, but brother Vincent (Arthur) convinces him, with the help of Grockle. He goes to Farlowe island because he stole candy when he was younger and never forgave himself.

Guinevere - She is the one who caught Gawain's fire tear and brought it to Gwilanna. She is an ancestor to Liz and Lucy.

Gwendolen - Daughter of Guinevere and Gawain, was raised by Gwilanna.

Fain - A creature that likes to commingle with people. This creature accepts dragons.

The Ix - Fain-like creatures. One had attempted to make anti-dragons with the fire star and Gawain's fire tear.

Bonnington - The Pennykettle's tabby cat. invaded by a Fain at the end of Fire Star, which becomes permanently bonded to him, allows him to randomly change his appearance into any feline animal he wishes.