Rock climbing instructor, amateur sketch artist, home brewer, long-term resident of Berkeley, California, USA and the narrator of our tale.

Alison Hutchins

Drew's ex-girlfriend. English literature major. Division champion women's softball pitcher. Gourmet cook. Passionate liberal.

Leslie Pith

Drew's best friend. Vietnam vet, bicycle messenger, part-time dope dealer, ladies' man and cryptic observer. A slow talker with lightning reflexes and a sharpshooter's eye.

Mantami Khasim

Vomisa. Accidental tourist and stranger in a strange land. The best natural rock climber Drew has ever seen. Responsible for recruiting Drew and his friends into the adventures chronicled in The Journals of Drew Wilde - A Season in Methven.

Bill Wilson

Geology grad student. Experienced backpacker and caver. One of Drew's best students. Intelligent and capable. A natural leader.

Tran "Tong" Lowe

War baby. Son of a Vietnamese refugee and a Black GI. Biker who joined the service as an alternative to prison. Gulf war vet and Blandy's best friend.

Blanford Wellington "Blandy" Carstairs III

Black sheep scion of a wealthy San Francisco family. Extreme sports enthusiast. Drew's student. Tong's homie. Gulf War vet.

Bruno

Læ's manservant and bodyguard. Short, bald, stocky and immensely capable. Engineered for heavy-planet duty. A semi-cyborg with a brain implant and augmented bone and muscle structure.

Læ

Sorceress. Centran Intelligence Agency Government operative on a mission to recover a priceless artifact, the Totalstone. Employer of Drew's party. Highly intelligent and utterly ruthless.

Carleton Parkins

Læ's consort. Strong, handsome and loyal. An excellent fighter and a trained swordsman. Former third-string Cleveland Browns quarterback.

Mahatna Khasim

Vomisa. Master of Scouts of Khasim Clanhome. Drew and Pith's instructor. Friend of Læ. Ancient. Blind.

Akavasi Khasim

Vomisa. Grand Mother of Khasim Clanhome. No friend of Læ's. Somewhat xenophobic.

 

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