316:β Zanna's partner and boyfriend, whom she misses dearly. David was Liz's tenant and a college student in the previous books, but at the end of Fire Star he disappeared in the North Pole and the question of "is he dead?" was unanswered. David features in The Fire Eternal, but his character is now much different it is found out that David is actually a Fain, a trans-dimensional being, obtained Gawain's fire tear, joined spirits with polar bear Ingavar, and can shapeshift. During the book, he has taken up answering questions about what he was, with Bergstrom's answer: "Sometimes". Questions are raised about his own origins: who are his parents? David was shown the dragons in previous books but was still always unsure of that world, yet in The Fire Eternal, he has become much more knowledgeable. Oddly, it appears that David simply "materialized" existing, at age 20. In dark fire, it is revealed that this was due to Arthur writing about him using the legendary claw of Gawain. The claw was sent to him by Alexa in her pre-born state as a fain because David should have been born to Liz and Arthur. The fain had been planning David's Birth for centuries, and it was disrupted when Gwilanna set them apart.
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Bernard's eyes are black. Back home at the Crescent, Alexa is putting icefire on David's four dragons and they enter the portal in the fairy door. Liz goes in and Gwillanna, stuck in the form of a raven, talks to Alexa. At Farlowe, Lucy is forced to create a Darkling but it has a flaw β it has no heart. The Ix (the flip side of the fain that killed David) there are upset that the Darkling had an extra piece which looks like a knife and is the heart. So, the Ix invade Lucy. Lucy goes home and her mother greets her, but Lucy cuts her with the heart-knife and knocks Liz out. Gwillian sees and cries his fire tear, which is later recovered. Gwilanna goes to Zanna and tells her that they need her help. Zanna turns into a raven and flies back. As Zanna arrives, the Ix exit Lucy and Zanna turns back saying a spell to pull all of the flower petals and onto the Ix. Alexa walks out and sees the Ix as Bonnington lowers his vibration and destroys the Ix. The Ix dies and Gwilanna saves Liz, revealing that Liz is pregnant. That night Zanna and Alexa go out to the library gardens and Alexa runs up the path and jumps into a man's arms. The man is David.
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Gwendolen to give Tam some of her memories (she still has them.) Gwendolen does as she is instructed and Tam's memory comes back. Lucy asks Tam to travel with her to Blackburn. When they get to where David lived there is no house, and the neighbours claim that there was never a house there. Then Zanna gets in her car and phones Liz. Lucy's phone gives out a ray of violet and projects an image of a squirrel. Lucy chases it right through a portal. Zanna tells Liz she is going after her and Liz tells her that she may never see Alexa again. Then Alexa is on the phone and tells Zanna that she saw David being a polar bear in her toy's eye. Just as Zanna walks towards the portal, Tam jumps in and the portal closes.
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304:β The landlady and the maker of the mysterious clay dragons. She is pregnant with a boy, Joseph Henry, Arthur's child. She is a hybrid. She happens to be a descendant of a legendary yet mythical woman named Guinevere, who was very close to Gawain, the last dragon on earth. Guinevere caught his fire tear and with it formed the Arctic since his tear was never properly returned to the Earth, Gawain turned to stone instead of returning to the Earth.
340:β A man who loves Liz greatly. Up until recently has spent his life as a monk and gaining some special powers of his own, such as he can see through Bonnington's eyes by "commingling". He is almost completely blind due to his body being invaded by an alien life form but is nevertheless a genius. He teaches physics at Scrubbley University and knows much of the workings of the world. He lives with Liz and is married to her.
350:. He was doing a report on David Rain, believing that he did not exist and that someone else took his name. At the end of this book, he was captured and invaded by the Ix (an evil offshoot of the Fain) but successfully escaped. Near the end of the book, he seems to have gained the power of a Teller and is driven with the motive of protecting the Pennykettles and the Martindales. His eyes change from blue to brown.
328:β The daughter of David and Zanna. She is five years old, a bright and intelligent child, yet shows strange awareness and abilities, possibly because of being born to a powerful sibyl and David's mysterious new form. She is the only one who can see G'lant and draws pictures of him. She also seems aware of David's presence in the Arctic. There is more to Alexa then is let on in "The Fire Eternal."
334:β An ancient sibyl, is a hybrid of half Fain half-human. She wants the tear for herself so she can resurrect the dragons. Helps David, the Pennykettles, and the Martindales more in this book than ever before and seems more human. Mysteriously disappears into the Scottish islands. Her mother is a sibyl and her father is a combination of Ix (an evil type of Fain), man, and darkling.
431:β The Pennykettle's family cat, who fell ill with tongue cancer in Fire Star β possibly a result of drinking dragon's fire. He now has the ability to transform into any other feline form , after a Fain became trapped in him. Often commingles with Arthur to enable Arthur to see through his eyes. In The Fire Eternal he transformed into a tiger almost hurting Liz very badly.
413:β A mysterious dragon that used to belong to Dr. Bergstrom, given to him by an Inuit shaman. He has since affiliated himself to David. When in the form of a piece of narwhal tusk, a talisman only he can form due to his ability of materialisation; He can "dematerialize" and "materialize" (similar to teleporting) and shape shift; even to the point of invisibility.
322:β Zanna is a Goth who fell in love with David at college and knows a great deal about dragons and other mythical creatures. She is a descendant of Gwendolen, a powerful sibyl, and is a sibyl herself. She lives with Liz, Lucy, and Arthur, and is the mother of Alexa, David's child. She has a dragon, Gretel, and owns a shop in this book, called The Healing Touch.
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310:β Liz's daughter, now 16, firmly believes that David is not dead and will return to save the Arctic. As a result of her grief combined with her teenage years, Lucy is easily aggravated and hostile. She has one dragon, Gwendolen. She is another hybrid (descendant of Guinevere).
407:β A puffer dragon (he does household duties). He likes collecting the post. A special dragon of Liz's, to whom she is very close. Sadly at the end of the book he sheds his fire tear. David has been seen holding Gwillan in his hands, telling Liz that he will help him.
401:β David's natural healing dragon, made by David himself. He does not only heal living things but he can also fix modern appliances and other things. Golly was made in the book Fire Star while Lucy was captured by Gwilanna. He was David's very first dragon he made.
361:β The last natural dragon in the world, last seen crumbling and falling into the Arctic Ocean. His eye has been retrieved by the sea goddess Sedna. The ice in the Arctic is his fire tear. He shed his fire tear and was the last dragon until humans came.
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461:β A polar bear, descendant of the Teller of Ways, Lorel who was one of the original nine bears who ruled the ice. He assists Ingavar (commingled version of David Rain) in search of the eye of Gawain. He has currently become a part of Tam Farrell.
383:β The potions dragon. She belongs to Zanna. Gretel used to belong to Gwilanna, who is feared yet respected by the other dragons. Refers herself as the most powerful of the Pennykettle dragons. She has the ability to create potions from flowers.
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419:β Sophie's (David's ex-girlfriend) listening dragon. Temporarily had her ears snapped off (by David when he was pretending to be under the spell of one of Gretel's potions) in the book Icefire.
377:β David's wishing dragon can and has travelled through space and time, and commingled with a Fain. He was made in the book Icefire, and is the first dragon made by Lucy Pennykettle.
389:β David's special writing dragon, who used to help him get inspiration for his books, but has now been inactive for 5 years with David gone. He misses his master very intensely.
395:β A guard dragon. When danger is imminent he swells to three times his size. He is used at the Healing Touch after it is opened and does not stay at Wayward Crescent.
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467:β A polar bear, descendant of the fighting bear Ragnar. Aids Ingavar in the search for the eye of Gawain. He too has become a part of Tam Farrell.
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