FRANKLIN PORTMAN
Jacob’s father; bird hobbyist, wannabe writer
MARYANN PORTMAN
Jacob’s mother; heiress to Florida’s second-largest drugstore chain
RICKY PICKERING
Jacob’s only normal friend
DOCTOR GOLAN
(DECEASED)
A wight who posed as a psychiatrist to deceive Jacob and his family; later killed by Jacob
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
(DECEASED)
Essayist, lecturer, poet