Rain & Fire (5 page)

Gadzooks:
An inspirational writing dragon with a powerful ability to make events happen simply by writing down words on the notepad he carries. He guides David throughout the series and is influential in all the major developments of the story.

Groyne:
More birdlike than dragon and allegedly created for Anders Bergstrom by an Inuit shaman, not by Liz Pennykettle. Tremendously powerful, he can make himself invisible, morph into different shapes (particularly a small piece of narwhal tusk), and move whomever is carrying him through time and space.

 

Gretel:
A potions dragon who casts spells in the scents of flowers. Initially made for Gwilanna, she later defects to Zanna.

 

G'reth:
A dragon with the ability to grant wishes (but only if beneficial to dragonkind). He is the first point of contact with the thought-beings, the Fain.

 

Gollygosh Golightly:
A healing dragon made by David. Golly can heal ailments but is more often employed in fixing or solving mechanical or electrical problems.

 

Gwendolen:
Specifically Lucy's special dragon and a whiz at IT. She comes to Lucy's rescue on many occasions.

 

Gwillan:
A kind and loving “house” dragon who helps Liz with domestic duties and ultimately has a hugely significant role.

 

Gruffen:
A slightly hopeless guard dragon, often involved on the periphery of dramatic events. He's very young and new to the job, so he has to keep referring to his manual for the correct procedures to follow.

Grace:
A “listening” dragon. She has the ability to pick up and beam signals from and to Liz, David, etc., or any of the other Pennykettle dragons.

 

Gauge:
A dragon with the unique ability to tell (and measure) time.

 

Glade:
Glade is a rarity — a Pennykettle dragon who lives with a “normal” family (that of Lucy's friend, Melanie). Glade can detect and predict changes in mood. She enters the story in
Dark Fire
.

 

Gawain and Guinevere:
Two of Liz's clay dragons who rarely leave her pottery studio, the Dragons' Den. They have been named by her in tribute to their ancient namesakes. Their role is to “kindle” other clay dragons into life. They are deeply mysterious and rarely mentioned.

 

The Listener/Ganzfeld:
Although he lives in the Pennykettle household, Ganzfeld was not made by Liz. He is, however, the template for all those she
did
make. He is never referred to by name until the final stages of the series. Like Grace, he has the ability to receive and send messages. He sits atop the fridge in
the kitchen at Wayward Crescent, quietly absorbing everything that goes on.

Gawain:
He is the “last dragon” that the series title refers to. At the end of the last great age of dragons on the Earth, he was the final dragon to die. When he shed his fire tear (documented in
Icefire
), he left behind him a legacy which fuels the whole series.

 

Gawaine:
A queen dragon, mother of Gawain.

 

Grockle:
A modern-day dragon born when Zanna and Liz “kindle” an egg between them. At the end of
Fire Star
he is taken by the Fain into their home world, Ki:mera, but returns to aid David in
Dark Fire
.

 

G'Oreal:
A powerful ice dragon and the leader of the new “Wearle” (or clan) which has been sent to recolonize the Earth.

 

Galen:
A dragon who comes to Kasgerden, a mountainous region on old Earth, to die. He is one of the last twelve dragons and is hugely significant in Agawin's story, related in
The Fire Ascending
.

Gideon:
Not actually a firebird himself, Gideon is an eagle who goes through an amazing transformation to begin the firebird line.

 

Aurielle:
Cream and apricot colored; she is the sweetest creature, adorable and highly intelligent. She guards the
Tapestry of Isenfier
and spends her days trying to make sense of it.

 

Azkiar:
Red; feisty and cross most of the time, but with a soft spot for Aurielle. He attacks David one day in the mistaken belief that David has injured another firebird, setting off a chain of events which leads to the tapestry finally being understood.

 

Aubrey:
Sky blue; goes to investigate a ripple in the fabric of time but falls foul of the Ix, who turn him black and use him for their own devious ends.

 

Aleron (also known as Runcey):
Green; the first firebird to take a specific interest in the human world. He often follows David and Rosa around the librarium and is the unfortunate victim of an accident that results in Azkiar attacking David.

Thoran:
Originally a brown bear, he helps the woman Guinevere to escape from Gwilanna after Gawain, the last-known natural dragon, has shed his fire tear. In an extraordinary moment of magicks, he is turned into the first white bear to walk the polar ice cap and thereafter becomes a creature of legend.

 

Lorel:
One of nine polar bears that ruled the ice at the time of Thoran. Lorel is a Teller of Ways. His ability
is to record, remember, and recount all the legends of the Arctic.

 

Ragnar:
A fighting bear and another ruler of the ice. He is immortalized in legend when he sheds a tooth and beats it into the ice, apparently creating an island which comes to be known as the Tooth of Ragnar, though there is some debate as to the validity of this story.

 

Ingavar, Avrel, and Kailar:
These three bears are the modern-day equivalent of Thoran, Lorel, and Ragnar. The most important of them is Ingavar, who is present when David fights a dramatic battle with an agent of the Ix at the end of
Fire Star
. The spirits of Ingavar and David merge, and David can thereafter appear in either form at will. At the end of
Dark Fire
, the ice bear population of Earth is taken away to the Fain dimension, Ki:mera, but the bears, led by Avrel and Kailar, return to engage Voss and his darklings in
The Fire Ascending
.

Snigger and Conker:
Two of many squirrels who used to live on Wayward Crescent. The tree where they used to drey was cut down, so the majority of them moved away. Conker gets left behind because he is injured. Snigger returns to assist in his capture, so that he can be examined by a wildlife vet.

Caractacus:
A crow who injures Conker the squirrel when he gets too close to the crow's nest. Conker means no harm, but the crow is brutal in defense of his young, who are about to hatch.