Characters in The Magicians

Quentin Coldwater

A gifted, dissatisfied Brooklyn teenager admitted to Brakebills, who cannot stop believing that somewhere there is a life that will finally feel like the books.

Also in The Magician King

Alice Quinn

Quentin's classmate at Brakebills: shy, precise and the strongest natural magician of their year.

Eliot Waugh

An older Physical Kid, conspicuously brilliant and conspicuously drinking, who takes Quentin under his wing.

Also in The Magician King

Janet Pluchinsky

A Physical Kid from California whose bravado covers a good deal of insecurity; expert in cold magic.

Also in The Magician King

Josh Hoberman

The comic relief of the Physical Kids, and a more capable magician than he lets anyone believe.

Also in The Magician King

William "Penny" Schroeder

Quentin's abrasive classmate, a specialist in interdimensional travel.

Also in The Magician King

Julia Wicker

Quentin's childhood friend, who sits the Brakebills exam alongside him and is left to find magic by other routes.

Also in The Magician King