Pavel Goncharov

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....

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 F...

Penny is a peer of Quentin's and later the Librarian of the Neitherlands, the city between worlds. It is revealed that his first name is William and his middle name is Schroeder, but no last name i...

Josh Hoberman is a peer of Eliot and Janet and later King of Fillory. He is the overweight comic relief of the Physical Magic group; an incredibly strong but inconsistent magician, he barely grad...

Janet is a peer of Eliot and Josh, was in the Physical magic group, and becomes High Queen of Fillory. She is called "Janet Way" by another student in the first book, but "Janet Pluchinsky" by Dean...

Eliot Waugh is a friend of Quentin's who becomes the High King of Fillory. He comes from Oregon, where he was bullied for his sexuality. Two years older than Quentin, Eliot welcomes him when he tak...

Alice Quinn is a friend and lover of Quentin's and an extremely talented magician. She is in Quentin's class at Brakebills, moves up a year with him, and is sorted into the Physical magic group b...

Julia Wicker is a childhood friend of Quentin's. Following an unsuccessful interview for Brakebills on the same day as Quentin, she works to learn magic from other sources. Eventually, she finds Fr...

Quentin Makepeace Coldwater is the protagonist of the trilogy. At the start, he is 17, obsessed with a series of children's books called "Fillory and Further", and depressed. After a successful int...