Below is a list of story characters.

Relationship > Role > Type

  1. Ryan Woods > Protagonist > Dynamic, Explorer

  2. Mother > Antagonist > Static, Ruler

  3. Robert (Biological father) > Tertiary

  4. Georgia (Sister) > Tertiary > Static

  5. Henry (Stepfather) > Tertiary > Static

  6. Evan (Stepfather) > Tertiary > Static

  7. Ms. Allen (English teacher) > Tertiary

  8. Dimitrios Kinos (A fellow freshman classmate, roommate) > Tertiary > Static, Everyman

  9. Asher Baldwin (Sophomore, friend, sexual encounter) > Love interest > Dynamic, Lover

  10. Trevor Biggs (Senior, Dorm Prefect, roommate) > Confidant > Round, Sage

  11. Ian (A fellow freshman classmate, soccer jock, bully) > Tertiary > Static, Outlaw

  12. Gina (A fellow freshman classmate, potential girlfriend) > Lover interest > Lover

  13. John (Sophomore, friend, Asher’s roommate) > Tertiary > Static, Jester

  14. Mr. Hayes (School Headmaster) > Tertiary > Stock > Ruler

  15. Mr. Reed (First-floor Dorm Master) > Antagonist > Static, Ruler

  16. Reverand Burke (School’s reverend and bible study teacher) > Antagonist > Stock, Ruler

  17. Coach Benko (Soccer coach) > Tertiary > Stock, Ruler

  18. Coach Ford (Gym class teacher and coach) Tertiary > Stock

  19. Tuck Miller (Senior, best friend) > Confidant > Round, Hero

  20. Nurse Ross (School nurse) > Tertiary

  21. Jake (Senior, friend of Tuck, Duke, and Lainey) > Tertiary > Stock, Jester

  22. Duke (Senior, Tuck’s roommate,  and Lainey’s boyfriend) > Tertiary > Static

  23. Death > Antagonist

  24. Fariq (Junior, bully, Iranian gang leader) > Antagonist > Static, Ruler

  25. Lainey (Senior, Duke’s girlfriend, sexual encounter) > Tertiary  > Round, Lover

  26. David Finkel (Sophomore, Jewish) > Foil > Stock, Innocent

  27. Carl (Sophomore, school delinquent and stoner) > Tertiary > Static

  28. Philip (Sophomore, school delinquent and stoner) > Tertiary > Static

  29. Emma Hayes (Sophomore, Headmaster’s daughter) > Tertiary > Static

  30. Leslie (Sophomore, friend) > Secondary > Round, Outlaw

  31. Deja (Sophomore, only black student at school) > Tertiary > Round, Outlaw

  32. William (A fellow freshman classmate, has a crush on Leslie) > Tertiary > Static

  33. Mr. Johnson (Second-floor Dorm Master) > Antagonist > Static, Ruler

  34. Doug Peterson (Boyfriend of Ryan’s mother) > Antagonist > Tertiary > Static

  35. Grandma

  36. Beverly (A girl living across the street from Ryan’s Grandma, sexual encounter) > Tertiary > Static

  37. Herr Koch (German exchange school teacher) > Tertiary > Static

  38. Christian (German friend, sexual encounter) > Tertiary > The Lover, The Outlaw

  39. Ms. Bobby (Elderly black school cook) > Tertiary > Static

  40. Old Man (A mysterious man in the country store) > Confidant > Round, Sage

  41. Ms. Kruger (Girl’s Dorm Master) > Tertiary > Static, Ruler

  42. Hudson Harvard (Doug’s business associate) > Tertiary, Static

  43. Laws Harvard (Hudson’s son, whom Ryan meets in Hilton Head during Spring Break) > Tertiary > The Lover, The Outlaw

  44. Brock Peterson (Doug’s eldest son, Marine Corps Colonel) > Tertiary > Stock

  45. Mr. and Mrs. Biggs (Trevor’s parents) > Tertiary > Static