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Character guide
Key figures in The Forerunner by Khalil Gibran.
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Nufsibaäl
major
A motionless dreamer who insists he is his own forerunner, Nufsibaäl turns strangers, shadows, and seeds into mirrors for the self still being built.
Unknown Narrator
major
Also known as your, myself
The voice that says 'I too' to every passing stranger, claiming kinship with sun and earth while sitting quietly in the shade of its own garden.