Main Characters
- Gentian-an eight year old girl with copper colored hair, Kay's younger sister.
- Kay- a nine year old boy with copper colored hair, Gentian's older brother.
- Nan- a very pretty girl with shoulder-length hair and eyes like the mountains. She is more than she seems, and she is the one who takes Kay and Gentian into the Clear Land for the first time.
- The Wind Boy-a blond-haired boy with magnificent purple wings, probably a few years older than Gentian and Kay.
- Rosemarie- a pretty girl that Kay wishes he knew better. She lives in a rich family.
- The Masker- a person wearing a horrible mask who has been scaring children.
- Detra- Kay and Gentian's mother, a sculptor who visits the Clear Land without knowing while making a statuette of The Wind Boy.
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