List of The Magicians characters explained

This is a list of characters in the trilogy of fantasy novels by Lev Grossman begun by The Magicians and continued by The Magician King and The Magician's Land.

Main characters

Brakebills students

The Chatwins

The Chatwins are a family of five siblings who travel to Fillory while being sent away to the country; their descriptions of these travels to Christopher Plover form the basis of the "Fillory and Further" novels. They are listed in order of age.

Ember and Umber

Ember and Umber, also known as the Great Rams, are the dual ram gods of Fillory, somewhat analogous to Aslan in their role. Each is significantly larger than a normal ram, with large, curled horns. Ember is golden, and has a resonant baritone voice, whereas Umber is dark grey, also known as the Shadow Ram, and has a higher, tenor voice.

In the "Fillory and Further" books, they generally gave the Chatwin children a quest at the beginning, and then returned at the end to send them home again. In The Magicians, Ember has been trapped by the Beast, and Umber is presumed dead. It later emerges that the Beast was created when Martin Chatwin gave his humanity to Umber, who wanted to be a King as well as a god.

Characters introduced in The Magicians

Brakebills

Students

Faculty

Fillorians

Others

Characters introduced in The Magician King

Fillorians

Julia's acquaintances

Julia's family consists of two parents and a sister four years younger than her.

Safe houses

Free Trader Beowulf

Free Trader Beowulf is an online support group for people with serious clinical depression. Julia joins them after passing a series of hidden tests and decoding messages found online. There are 14 members; she is the 15th. Later, when she learns magic, she joins some of them in Murs, in a house owned by Pouncy, where they are attempting to gain more magical strength by summoning a god. The name "Free Trader Beowulf" is a reference to the early role-playing game Traveller.

Others

Characters introduced in The Magician's Land

Brakebills

Characters involved in the heist

Fillorians

Notes and References

  1. News: You Have to Believe We Are Magic. Sicha. Choire. 2014-08-04. Slate. en-US. 1091-2339. 2017-01-10.
  2. Web site: I'm Lev Grossman, Ask Me Anything • /r/brakebills. reddit. 2 February 2017 . en. 2017-02-03.