Characters in Kingdom of The Golden Dragon
- Alexander Cold – A teenager and the main protagonist of the novel. After having traveled with his grandmother Kate to the Amazon, he could not wait to go with her on her next adventure. He is a little full of himself, but has a really big heart. His biggest fear is losing his mother to cancer. He also has the ability to become his Totemic animal, the Jaguar.
- Nadia Santos – A Brazilian teenager and Alex's closest friend. Kate invites her along on the adventure and her father, Cesar Santos, reluctantly agrees to let her go. She also has the ability to become her Totemic animal, the Eagle, and is able to turn her self invisible. She is always accompanied by her monkey, Borobá.
- Kate Cold – Reporter for International Geographic. She is characterized as unsentimental, but her love for her grandson is obvious.
- The Collector – The second richest man in the world. Crazed by greed, he wants nothing more than to obtain the Golden Statue in order to predict the stock market. Little does he know that the statue is completely useless to him in that regard.
- The Specialist – A mysterious character who is hired to obtain the statue.
- Tensing – A Buddhist leader who is in charge of training the young prince Dil Badahur for the throne and to be the spiritual leader of the nation.
- Dil Bahadur – The prince. Although he is quite young (18 years old), he is mature beyond his years.
- Tex Armadillo – A cowboy/hippie who is traveling on the same journey as Alex, Nadia, and Kate. He is a dubious character and Alex has a bad feeling about him immediately, in spite of the fact that Tex saved him from a crushing death in India.
- the King (Dorji) – The King of the Kingdom of the Golden Dragon who invited the crew. A wise man who occasionally allows his emotions to cloud his judgment.
- Judit Kinski – A cultured, well-traveled woman who the king hires to plant tulips, and then falls in love with. But does she return his affections?
- Pema – A beautiful 15-year-old girl who, in an effort to save the kingdom, sacrifices her long, beautiful hair, along with some other girls. She and Dil Badahur fall in love and she becomes queen.
- Isaac Rosenblat – Kate's jeweler friend
- The Sect of Scorpions - The Blue warriors as they're called who are hired by "the Specialist" to work with Tex Armadillo and steal the Golden Dragon.
- Timothy Bruce and Joel Gonzalez - Photographers for International Geographic who come along to take snapshots of the rare golden dragon.
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