# The Forerunner — Character guide

> Key figures in The Forerunner by Khalil Gibran.

- [Nufsibaäl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forerunner_se/characters/nufsibaal.md): 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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forerunner_se/characters/unknown_narrator.md): 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.

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