Bhim: Sculptor and art student in ancient India.
Mani: Sculptor and art student in ancient India.
Amar: Experienced metal-crafter, jeweler and teacher.
Parees: A dark, tall, menacing evil Bedouin.
Nigel: Custom's House six-foot tall, stout, burly guard.
First to call the crow with a white ring around its neck, Vicar.
James: Custom's House similarly built, six-foot tall, stout,
burly guard.
Vicar: An intelligent and wily crow that tags along after
Raj.
Gunalan Sundaram: Fifty-year old spice merchant; husband of
Nangai, father of Raj, Kalai and Vani.
Raj: Twenty-year old Son of Gunalan, Has long black hair
with a knot tied at the back of his head. He is the protagonist for The Alicorn
Quest.
Yasmeen: Raj's betrothed sixteen-year-old cousin promised to
him when she was four and he was nine-years old.
Kalai: Ten-year-old sister to Raj and Vani. She is full of
spontaneous energy and curiosity.
Nangai: Wife of Gunalan and mother of Raj, Kalai and Vani.
Vani: Fifteen-year-old sister of Raj and Kalai. She is a
very emotional artistic and kind-hearted dreamer about to enter adulthood.
Nikhil: Gunalan's younger brother, a former sailor.
Javed and Sanjit Rangarajan: Thirty-year-old identical twin
brothers. Evil fortune tellers and magicians. Both are tall and slender with
dark features accentuated by ebony hair and beards streaked with premature
grey. And they always dress alike in fine silks of black and purple. Their arms
are adorned with matching tattoos of angry unicorns. Javed wears the angry
unicorn tattoo on his left forearm, facing left. And Sanjit has a mirror image
of the same tattoo on his right forearm. They are compelled to to keep Raj from
getting to the special colt
Agilan: Vendor, kindhearted soothsayer, and reader of minds.
He is very wise and knows the complete history of the special star amulet and
bangle. He is a bearded tall older man
with a slight build. His visions tell
Raj what the future holds for him.
Mrs. Blake: She is a mature lady about fifty years of age
properly attired in a long brown dress with a neatly starched white collar. Her
finely styled white hair is set in a bun which compliments her Victorian
appearance. She helps Raj enter the Customs House to meet the captain of the
Calista.
Captain Fitz-James O'Brien: The captain has grey hair is
neatly trimmed to collar length. And his face is weathered from the thirty
years he has been sailing. His ship’s name is "Calista" originating
from Greek meaning: most beautiful.
Nicholas Kelly: He is a stocky, seasoned thirty-year-old
Irish sailor of average height. A seaman of vast experience and the Calista’s
coxswain. Well respected by his fellow crew members.
Peter Talbot: Ship's Assistant coxswain: He is a tall,
conditioned man of thirty years who has worked beside Kelly for the past
decade.
Annie Thomsett: Twelve-year-old girl with blonde hair and a
strong constitution.
Samuel Thomsett: Fourteen-year-old boy has taken on an adult
role in running the ranch since his father died.
Elizabeth Thomsett: Thirty-two-year-old Widowed mother of
Anne and Samuel