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!!The Erin Hunter Books
While ''Seekers'' doesn't have quite so many characters as Creator/{{Erin Hunter}}'s [[Literature/WarriorCats other series]], there are still plenty of them.
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[[folder:The Seekers]]
!!Ujurak
A mysterious grizzly bear who Toklo meets on his journey. He can shapeshift and has a mysterious voice in his head which tells him to save the wild. Even he doesn't understand his origins, as he forgot his past. He guides the other bears on their journey.
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* BishounenLine: When he shapeshifts into a human, several girls he meets find him ''quite'' attractive.
* BloodFromTheMouth: In ''The Last Wilderness'' when he [[spoiler:eats a fish hook.]]
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:He successfully helps to destroy the oil rig... then dies in an avalanche immediately afterwards.]]
* CarnivoreConfusion: He almost gets eaten several times because he transforms into food that bears eat.
%%* ChasteHero
%%* TheChosenOne
%%* ChronicHeroSyndrome
* [[KidHero Cub Hero]]: He is a cub when the series starts.
* DisneyDeath: Survives a charge that he thinks will end his life. [[spoiler: But then the avalanche happens.]]
%%* DroppedABridgeOnHim
* FragileSpeedster: As a bear. However, his shapeshifting lets him become a LightningBruiser.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He is a very friendly bear no matter his species.
%%* GenkiBoy
* HeartwarmingOrphan: [[spoiler: Looks this way at first, but then his mother shows up.]]
%%* TheHero
* HeroicSacrifice: He dies [[spoiler:saving his friends from an avalanche.]]
%%* IncorruptiblePurePureness
* InterspeciesRomance: He becomes quite attracted to [[spoiler:Sally]]... and then [[spoiler:turns into a bear in front of her.]]
%%* ItHasBeenAnHonor
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: His memories from before he met Toklo disappeared for no explained reason. [[spoiler: Although he does later get them back.]]
%%* MartialPacifist
%%* MessianicArchetype
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: He has to struggle to retain his identity as a bear when he shapeshifts into other animals.
* MoralityPet: To Toklo, who sees caring for him as a way to atone for Tobi's death.
* NakedFirstImpression: With Toklo when he was in human form and Maria. [[spoiler: He seems to have learned, as he puts on some clothes before he goes to rescue Lusa.]]
%%* NiceGuy
* NonActionGuy: He prefers not to fight [[spoiler: until ''Spirits in the Stars'', that is.]]
%%* NotQuiteDead
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The other bears worry when he acts [[spoiler:momentarily aggressive in defending their catch]] in ''Fire In The Sky''.
* ShipTease: With Sally, a teenage girl. They part ways when [[spoiler:he turns into a bear in front of her after he rescues Lusa]].
* TalkingInYourDreams: [[spoiler: With the other protagonists]] in ''Return to the Wild''.
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: He's not a bear. He's a constellation.]]
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Has one in his head. [[spoiler: It's Silulak.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He can change his shape at will.
** InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Sometimes when he sees a new animal he changes into it without thinking.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: As a human, because shapeshifting doesn't give him clothes. No pants either.
%%* WideEyedIdealist
!!Toklo
A grizzly bear on the quest to save the wild. He was rejected by his mother Oka and became bitter because of it, but he eventually accepts his traveling companions as friends.
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%%* AntiHero
* ArchnemesisDad: His dad was the BigBad of [[spoiler:his manga spinoff.]]
* TheAtoner: At first, he only cares for Ujurak to atone for Tobi's death.
* BabiesEverAfter: He has a [[spoiler:daughter]] with [[spoiler:Aiyanna]], and they named [[spoiler:her Oka (after his mother).]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: He always keeps a lookout for Ujurak and Tobi... but it's revealed that Toklo is actually Tobi's ''younger'' brother.
* BigDamnHeroes: In ''The Last Wilderness'', [[spoiler:when he shows up out of nowhere to save Kallik and Lusa from a helicopter.]]
* BuriedAlive: In ''Island of Shadows'', [[spoiler:but his friends save him.]]
%%* TheChosenOne
* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Around when he first meets Ujurak in ''The Quest Begins'', Ujurak turns into a salmon from excitement, so Toklo abandons him after he saves him from two adult bears. But guilt gets the best of him as he checks to see if Ujurak is okay, and he decides to stick with the younger cub until he can take care of himself.
* [[KidHero Cub Hero]]: At the start of the series he is just a cub, probably around the human equivalent of 9-13.
* ADayInTheLimelight: While already a main character, his manga spinoff, ''Toklo's Story'' focuses entirely on him.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's pretty much his default mode, always having a witty response to someone else's idea.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: In ''Fire in the Sky'', [[spoiler:when a star bear tells him that one of his friends will die.]]
* EasyAmnesia: He gets amnesia for two minutes in [[spoiler:''Island of Shadows''.]]
%%* GeniusBruiser
* HairTriggerTemper: Earlier on in the series, where small things tick him off.
* InterspeciesRomance: Is attracted to [[spoiler:Tikaani, a polar bear]], but he knows they can't be together.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be grumpy a lot, but he values his friends and makes sure they're safe and well-fed.
%%* TheLancer
* LonersAreFreaks: Whenever he wants to leave the group, he is seen as wrong. [[spoiler: At the end of ''Island of Shadows'', he finally completely accepts the group.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: The death of Tobi [[spoiler: and Ujurak's death]].
* PapaWolf: Despite not being a father or a wolf, he is really protective of Ujurak [[spoiler: and Nanulak]].
* PintSizedPowerhouse: When he was a cub, as he took on Shoteka, a bear much bigger than him.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: His friends get very worried about him when [[spoiler:he stops being angry]] in ''Island of Shadows'', so they're very happy when he starts acting grumpy again.
* ScrewDestiny: One of the reasons [[spoiler:he leaves the group with Lusa]] in ''Fire in the Sky'' is to [[spoiler:try and prevent the death of one of his friends that the Star Bear told him about.]]
* SiblingRivalry: A one-sided one with Tobi.
* ThouShaltNotKill: He makes it very clear that he doesn't like killing in cold blood, and he's disappointed in [[spoiler:Nanulak for making him a hitman against his own father]].
* TookALevelInKindness: Downplayed. He's still rather obtuse at times, but he's accepted his travelling partners for who they are, and he's become a bit more idealistic.
* TheUnfavorite: He was neglected by his mother in favor of Tobi.
* UnwittingPawn: Until the very end of ''Island of Shadows'', [[spoiler:Nanulak]] plays him like a violin.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Tobi.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Water [[spoiler: until he gets over it in ''Great Bear Lake'']].
* YouCantFightFate: Despite all of his efforts to prevent it, [[spoiler:one of his friends still ends up dying]] in ''Spirits in the Stars''.
!!Lusa
A black bear who lived in the zoo until she found out about the wild and journeyed there. She joins the quest to save the wild.
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* ActionGirl: When she's not busy being kidnapped, that is.
%%* ActionSurvivor
* BabiesEverAfter: She has cubs with [[spoiler:Miki]] at the end of ''The Longest Day'', a son named [[spoiler:Yogi (named after her zoo friend Yogi)]] and a daughter named [[spoiler:Ashia (named after her mother).]]
* BigDamnHeroes: She gets one in ''The Burning Horizon'', saving a young girl from the angry {{Jerkass}} coyote.
* BrainyBrunette: Though not entirely brown (having black fur instead), she's a clever little bear.
* CaughtInASnare: She gets trapped in an ice hole in ''Island of Shadows''. [[spoiler: Nanulak leaves her to die there but she survives.]]
* TheChosenOne: Chosen [[spoiler:to save the wild and by the bears of Star Island.]]
* [[KidHero Cub Hero]]: She's the youngest of the main four cubs at the start of the series. She has the most "cubbish" look.
* DamselInDistress: Often, but most notably in [[spoiler: ''Fire in the Sky''.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: While already a main character, she'll be getting one in her manga ''Lusa's Tale''.
* {{Determinator}}: In ''The Quest Begins'' she will not let ''anything'' stop her from finding Toklo.
* DisneyDeath: In ''Spirits in the Stars'', [[spoiler:when she gets shot.]]
%%* FragileSpeedster
%%* GenkiGirl
* TheHeart: She's the one keeping the band together, and the one who brought them together in the first place.
* IWillFindYou:
** Towards Toklo in ''The Quest Begins''.
** [[spoiler: Towards Toklo again in ''Island of Shadows'' when he gets lost in a mine.]]
* NaiveNewcomer: She used to live in a zoo, so her ideas about the wild are a little... off to say the least.
* OnlySaneMan: Sort of. [[spoiler: In ''Island of Shadows'', she is the first one to realize that there's more to Nanulak than he says.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** In ''Smoke Mountain'', where she becomes moody after [[spoiler:having been told to save the wild by her family in her dream.]]
** Again in ''River Of Lost Bears'', [[spoiler:where she's really upset over Chenoa's death and acts angry.]]
* RaisedInCaptivity: Having spent most of her cubhood in a zoo, Lusa has to get used to the wild quickly. She sometimes acts in a manner deemed "un-bear-like" even to Ujurak. Lusa doesn't have the same fear of humans that most other bears have.
%%* TheSmartGuy
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Kallik's girly girl.
* TakingTheBullet: In ''Spirits in the Stars'', [[spoiler:but she survives.]]
%%* WideEyedIdealist
!!Kallik
A polar bear from the Frozen Sea. When her mother was killed by an orca and she was separated from her brother, she vowed to find him. Eventually she joins the quest to save the wild.
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%%* ActionGirl
* AnIcePerson: As with real-life polar bears, she loves ice and snow. She's even surprised that snow is a sign of starvation and death to brown and black bears when polar bears see it as a sign of food and good times.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:She has two cubs with Yakone]] at the end of ''The Longest Day'', [[spoiler:two sons named Chulyin and Suka.]]
* TheBigGuy: She's the largest and strongest of the three bears.
%%* TheChosenOne
* [[KidHero Cub Hero]]: As with the others, she's just a cub when the series starts. She hasn't even been to land yet.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: She can't stand tight spaces, as seen in ''The Last Wilderness''.
%%* HeartIsAnAwesomePower
* ItsAllMyFault: After getting into a fight with Toklo in ''Fire In The Sky'', she dares him to go ahead and catch a seal over very thin ice. When Toklo nearly drowns and is rescued by Ujurak becoming a beluga, she scolds herself for putting her friend in danger.
* IWillFindYou: Towards Taqqiq in ''The Quest Begins'' and ''Great Bear Lake''.
* LargeAndInCharge: When she takes the lead in ''Fire in the Sky''.
* MamaBear: Is very protective of [[spoiler:her adopted son Kissimi]] in ''Spirits in the Stars''. In ''The Melting Sea'', Lusa thinks she's becoming too much like this, but Toklo explains that her past may explain her protective behavior.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly girl to Lusa's tomboy.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Seals. TruthInTelevision, since a polar bear's top prey is seals.
* WhatTheHellHero: Kallik scolds Toklo for [[spoiler:almost getting Lusa killed during a bison hunt.]] It was by accident, though.
!!Yakone
A polar bear from Star Island who falls in love with Kallik. [[spoiler: After the death of Ujurak, he joins the traveling bears.]]
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: He gets [[spoiler:some of his front toes chopped off by a trap]] in ''River Of Lost Bears''.
* BabiesEverAfter: He eventually becomes the father of Kallik's sons, Chulyin and Suka.
%%* TheChick
* MeaningfulName: Due to the tinge of his fur, his name means "red aurora" in Inuktitut.
* NaiveNewcomer: He often needs to have things explained to him on the journey.
* TookALevelInCynicism:
** He goes through this in parts of ''Forest Of Wolves'', where he feels that he can't help Kallik because of [[spoiler:being crippled by the bear trap]]. In fact, his cynicism actually makes Kallik give up on him at one point. Fortunately, Lusa helps him snap out of it and gets him and Kallik to make up.
** He goes through it again in ''The Longest Day'', much worse than two books before.
%%* TheUnchosenOne
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[[folder:Temporary Team Members]]
!!Taqqiq
Kallik's brother, who goes missing during the events of ''The Quest Begins''. Kallik's determination to find him was what set her on her quest.
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* TheBusCameBack: He's come back in [[spoiler:''The Melting Sea'']], and [[spoiler:has undergone another FaceHeelTurn.]]
* FaceHeelTurn:
** [[spoiler: Kallik was very surprised.]]
** And on ''The Melting Sea'', [[spoiler:he goes through another one.]]
%%* [[spoiler: FaceHeelRevolvingDoor]]
* FreudianExcuse: He fell in with the wrong crowd [[spoiler:after being orphaned.]]
* HeelFaceTurn:
** He goes through one in ''Great Bear Lake'', [[spoiler:calling Salik out for being a bully.]]
** He goes through another one in ''The Melting Sea'' after [[spoiler:Kallik screams at him for murdering harmless families, something he admits he didn't really do. He sticks to it this time.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A really well hidden one in [[spoiler:''Great Bear Lake'' and beyond.]]
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: After Toklo tells him about Ujurak's powers, he tells Toklo "What... are... you... talking about?" as if he was stupid.
* PutOnABus: He decides to [[spoiler:leave the group]] in [[spoiler:''Smoke Mountain'']] due to [[spoiler:seeing himself as only causing unwanted conflict.]]
* TheSixthRanger: [[spoiler: Albeit one who leaves almost immediately.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: Between [[spoiler:''The Quest Begins'']] and [[spoiler:''Great Bear Lake''.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Although it's not as much as it seems.
!!Kissimi
A polar bear cub from Star Island. After his mother dies, [[spoiler:Kallik]] adopts him.
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%%* CuteMute
* HappilyAdopted: By [[spoiler:Kallik]] and later by [[spoiler:the other Star Island bears.]]
%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
%%* TagalongKid
!!Nanulak
A pizzly bear from Baliff Island. Because of his mixed heritage, he was driven off by his family and attacked by evil polar bears. When he meets the journeying bears, they agree to protect him and he becomes friends with Toklo. [[spoiler: There's much more to him than meets the eye.]]
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* AntagonisticOffspring: [[spoiler:To his polar bear father and grizzly bear mother]].
%%* [[spoiler: BastardBastard]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Of ''Return To The Wild''.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: He has a very thin layer of "sheep", but the bitch underneath is much bigger than it seems.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:In ''The Longest Day'', he falls off a burning building after trying to kill Toklo in ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' style and cracks his head on a rock.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: He wants to kill his parents because he is caught between being a polar bear and a grizzly bear.]]
* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: But he rejects it.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:He asks Toklo why he won't help him kill his father, asking if that's what friends so. Toklo is furious that he can't even see what he did was wrong]].
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: To Ujurak]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Both of his parents thought he was dead.]]
* FantasticRacism: He hates polar bears and flat-out says at one point that they should all be wiped out. His attitude towards Lusa hints that he also doesn't like black bears along with polar bears.
-->'''Nanulak''': You're only a ''black bear''!
* FreudianExcuse: Sure he's a JerkAss and distrusts bears that aren't grizzlies, but that comes from his horrible parents and the polar bears who want to kill him. [[spoiler: Or so he says.]]
%%* JerkAss
* NeverMyFault: Even after the bad things he had done, he had accused Toklo of always hating him. Toklo even tells him to stop blaming others for his own problems.
* ObviouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Definitely, but he's even more evil than he seems.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: He may look like a cub, but he's nearly the same age as the traveling bears. [[spoiler: He abuses this to no end.]]
* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler: His plan amounts to using Toklo as essentially a hitman in order to kill his father.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He loathes polar bears and seems to dislike black bears too.
* SelfServingMemory: [[spoiler:He keeps telling Toklo in ''The Longest Day'' that he and his friends hated him and left him to die. He leaves out the real reason, which was hiring Toklo to be a hitman to kill his father.]]
%%* TheSixthRanger
%%* [[spoiler: SixthRangerTraitor]]
* TheScrappy: Kallik and Lusa see him as this In-Universe. The fans agree.
%%* WalkingSpoiler
!!Chenoa
A young female black bear in ''River Of Lost Bears'' who is daily abused by her older brother Hakan. Fortunately, Toklo invites her to come with them, and she agrees.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Belives she [[spoiler:caused her mother to die]]. Hakan blaming her did not help.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Chenoa finally joins the Seekers on their journey... [[spoiler:only to be killed off with a blow to the head in a few more chapters]].
* WhatTheHellHero: She scolds Toklo for eating human food and says he shouldn't be right about everything. But Toklo snaps back that it was her who roared at him to stop, alerting the humans nearby, though he stops when he thinks that his behavior reminds her strongly of [[BigBrotherBully Hakan]].
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[[folder:Other Characters]]
!!Shoteka
A huge male grizzly bear who tries to kill Toklo when the latter was a cub. So far, he failed.
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* BearsAreBadNews: Played straight with this guy.
* BigBad: Of the original ''Seekers'' series.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The author confirmed that the reason Shoteka never shows up again in the rest of the series is that [[spoiler:he died of old age]].
%%* MurderTheHypotenuse
* SocialDarwinist: He tells Toklo that weak bears should be killed before they weaken all bears.
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened To The Bear?]]: Hasn't appeared since ''Great Bear Lake''. Though he had been rumored to make a reappearance in ''Forest Of Wolves'', [[spoiler:which he doesn't appear in after all.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: He tries to kill Toklo a couple of times in the first two books.
!!Shesh
A middle-aged grizzly bear who befriends Toklo at Great Bear Lake.
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* CoolOldGuy: He's a calm and relaxed grizzly, helping out others in need.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Toklo, whom he met when the latter was a cub.
!!Salik
A polar bear who leads a gang of bears.
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* BigBad: Of ''Great Bear Lake'' [[spoiler:and ''The Melting Sea''.]]
* HesBack: In [[spoiler:''The Melting Sea''.]]
* FlatEarthAtheist: He flat-out says that spirits didn't exist.
%%* SmugSnake
* VillainDecay: He returns in ''The Longest Day'', but he's not as much of a threat as he was before, opting to complain a lot.
!![[spoiler: Silaluk]]
The voice in Ujurak's head guiding him on his quest. [[spoiler: It's his mother.]]
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%%* [[spoiler: BigGood]]
%%* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
!!Tobi
Toklo's sickly twin brother who dies in the first book.
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* DeathOfAChild: He's a young cub when he dies of illness.
* DelicateAndSickly: He was born healthy but became weak after an incident where he was swept by a river.
* HealthyInHeaven: His spirit form isn't sick like he was in life.
* ParentalFavoritism: Subverted. Toklo thinks Oka sees Tobi as this, but she's just doting on him because he's deathly sick.
!!Oka
A female grizzly bear who is the mother of Toklo and Tobi.
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* IHaveNoSon: She snarls this at Toklo before chasing him away, and she is immensely remorseful about it afterward.
* MamaBear: Literally.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She instantly regrets abandoning Toklo after she chases him away.
* SanitySlippage: After Tobi dies.
!!Hakan
Chenoa's older brother who bullies and attacks her every day.
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* BigBrotherBully: Though he wants to protect Chenoa, he still bullies her and blames her for their mother's death.
* DomesticAbuse: Of sorts towards his sister Chenoa.
%%* {{Jerkass}}
* SourOutsideSadInside: He's cruel and abusive on the outside, but on the inside, he's mourning for [[spoiler:his mother]]. When he learns that [[spoiler:Chenoa dies]], he takes his sadness and anger out on the main bears, finally calming down but still very sad.
!!Chogan
A huge male grizzly bear and [[spoiler:Toklo's father]]. He's the main antagonist of ''Toklo's Story''.
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%%* [[spoiler:ArchnemesisDad]]
* BigBad: Of ''Toklo's Story''.
* [[GrumpyOldMan Grumpy Old Bear]]: You always see him in a bad mood.
* HairTriggerTemper: Just the sight of another if harmless bear on his territory sets his blood boiling.
* HesBack: After disappearing following ''Toklo's Story'', he [[spoiler: comes back in ''Forest Of Wolves''.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He sees that Oka and her cubs are on his turf, so he chases them off.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Pulls this on [[spoiler:Toklo]] when he asks why he let [[spoiler:Oka]] stay in his territory. [[spoiler:Toklo]] is completely shocked by this.
* PetTheDog: Though he acts aggressively towards Toklo and Tobi, he hears that they're Oka's cubs and lets them leave his cave in one piece.
* YourAnswerToEverything: Whenever a bear doesn't leave his territory, he threatens them, which Oka lampshades:
-->'''Oka''': Threats, ''always'' threats. That's your answer to everything, isn't it?
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!!The Erin Hunter Books
While ''Seekers'' doesn't have quite so many characters as Creator/{{Erin Hunter}}'s [[Literature/WarriorCats other series]], there are still plenty of them.
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[[folder:The Seekers]]
!!Ujurak
A mysterious grizzly bear who Toklo meets on his journey. He can shapeshift and has a mysterious voice in his head which tells him to save the wild. Even he doesn't understand his origins, as he forgot his past. He guides the other bears on their journey.
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* BishounenLine: When he shapeshifts into a human, several girls he meets find him ''quite'' attractive.
* BloodFromTheMouth: In ''The Last Wilderness'' when he [[spoiler:eats a fish hook.]]
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:He successfully helps to destroy the oil rig... then dies in an avalanche immediately afterwards.]]
* CarnivoreConfusion: He almost gets eaten several times because he transforms into food that bears eat.
%%* ChasteHero
%%* TheChosenOne
%%* ChronicHeroSyndrome
* [[KidHero Cub Hero]]: He is a cub when the series starts.
* DisneyDeath: Survives a charge that he thinks will end his life. [[spoiler: But then the avalanche happens.]]
%%* DroppedABridgeOnHim
* FragileSpeedster: As a bear. However, his shapeshifting lets him become a LightningBruiser.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He is a very friendly bear no matter his species.
%%* GenkiBoy
* HeartwarmingOrphan: [[spoiler: Looks this way at first, but then his mother shows up.]]
%%* TheHero
* HeroicSacrifice: He dies [[spoiler:saving his friends from an avalanche.]]
%%* IncorruptiblePurePureness
* InterspeciesRomance: He becomes quite attracted to [[spoiler:Sally]]... and then [[spoiler:turns into a bear in front of her.]]
%%* ItHasBeenAnHonor
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: His memories from before he met Toklo disappeared for no explained reason. [[spoiler: Although he does later get them back.]]
%%* MartialPacifist
%%* MessianicArchetype
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: He has to struggle to retain his identity as a bear when he shapeshifts into other animals.
* MoralityPet: To Toklo, who sees caring for him as a way to atone for Tobi's death.
* NakedFirstImpression: With Toklo when he was in human form and Maria. [[spoiler: He seems to have learned, as he puts on some clothes before he goes to rescue Lusa.]]
%%* NiceGuy
* NonActionGuy: He prefers not to fight [[spoiler: until ''Spirits in the Stars'', that is.]]
%%* NotQuiteDead
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The other bears worry when he acts [[spoiler:momentarily aggressive in defending their catch]] in ''Fire In The Sky''.
* ShipTease: With Sally, a teenage girl. They part ways when [[spoiler:he turns into a bear in front of her after he rescues Lusa]].
* TalkingInYourDreams: [[spoiler: With the other protagonists]] in ''Return to the Wild''.
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: He's not a bear. He's a constellation.]]
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Has one in his head. [[spoiler: It's Silulak.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He can change his shape at will.
** InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Sometimes when he sees a new animal he changes into it without thinking.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: As a human, because shapeshifting doesn't give him clothes. No pants either.
%%* WideEyedIdealist
!!Toklo
A grizzly bear on the quest to save the wild. He was rejected by his mother Oka and became bitter because of it, but he eventually accepts his traveling companions as friends.
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%%* AntiHero
* ArchnemesisDad: His dad was the BigBad of [[spoiler:his manga spinoff.]]
* TheAtoner: At first, he only cares for Ujurak to atone for Tobi's death.
* BabiesEverAfter: He has a [[spoiler:daughter]] with [[spoiler:Aiyanna]], and they named [[spoiler:her Oka (after his mother).]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: He always keeps a lookout for Ujurak and Tobi... but it's revealed that Toklo is actually Tobi's ''younger'' brother.
* BigDamnHeroes: In ''The Last Wilderness'', [[spoiler:when he shows up out of nowhere to save Kallik and Lusa from a helicopter.]]
* BuriedAlive: In ''Island of Shadows'', [[spoiler:but his friends save him.]]
%%* TheChosenOne
* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Around when he first meets Ujurak in ''The Quest Begins'', Ujurak turns into a salmon from excitement, so Toklo abandons him after he saves him from two adult bears. But guilt gets the best of him as he checks to see if Ujurak is okay, and he decides to stick with the younger cub until he can take care of himself.
* [[KidHero Cub Hero]]: At the start of the series he is just a cub, probably around the human equivalent of 9-13.
* ADayInTheLimelight: While already a main character, his manga spinoff, ''Toklo's Story'' focuses entirely on him.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's pretty much his default mode, always having a witty response to someone else's idea.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: In ''Fire in the Sky'', [[spoiler:when a star bear tells him that one of his friends will die.]]
* EasyAmnesia: He gets amnesia for two minutes in [[spoiler:''Island of Shadows''.]]
%%* GeniusBruiser
* HairTriggerTemper: Earlier on in the series, where small things tick him off.
* InterspeciesRomance: Is attracted to [[spoiler:Tikaani, a polar bear]], but he knows they can't be together.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be grumpy a lot, but he values his friends and makes sure they're safe and well-fed.
%%* TheLancer
* LonersAreFreaks: Whenever he wants to leave the group, he is seen as wrong. [[spoiler: At the end of ''Island of Shadows'', he finally completely accepts the group.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: The death of Tobi [[spoiler: and Ujurak's death]].
* PapaWolf: Despite not being a father or a wolf, he is really protective of Ujurak [[spoiler: and Nanulak]].
* PintSizedPowerhouse: When he was a cub, as he took on Shoteka, a bear much bigger than him.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: His friends get very worried about him when [[spoiler:he stops being angry]] in ''Island of Shadows'', so they're very happy when he starts acting grumpy again.
* ScrewDestiny: One of the reasons [[spoiler:he leaves the group with Lusa]] in ''Fire in the Sky'' is to [[spoiler:try and prevent the death of one of his friends that the Star Bear told him about.]]
* SiblingRivalry: A one-sided one with Tobi.
* ThouShaltNotKill: He makes it very clear that he doesn't like killing in cold blood, and he's disappointed in [[spoiler:Nanulak for making him a hitman against his own father]].
* TookALevelInKindness: Downplayed. He's still rather obtuse at times, but he's accepted his travelling partners for who they are, and he's become a bit more idealistic.
* TheUnfavorite: He was neglected by his mother in favor of Tobi.
* UnwittingPawn: Until the very end of ''Island of Shadows'', [[spoiler:Nanulak]] plays him like a violin.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Tobi.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Water [[spoiler: until he gets over it in ''Great Bear Lake'']].
* YouCantFightFate: Despite all of his efforts to prevent it, [[spoiler:one of his friends still ends up dying]] in ''Spirits in the Stars''.
!!Lusa
A black bear who lived in the zoo until she found out about the wild and journeyed there. She joins the quest to save the wild.
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* ActionGirl: When she's not busy being kidnapped, that is.
%%* ActionSurvivor
* BabiesEverAfter: She has cubs with [[spoiler:Miki]] at the end of ''The Longest Day'', a son named [[spoiler:Yogi (named after her zoo friend Yogi)]] and a daughter named [[spoiler:Ashia (named after her mother).]]
* BigDamnHeroes: She gets one in ''The Burning Horizon'', saving a young girl from the angry {{Jerkass}} coyote.
* BrainyBrunette: Though not entirely brown (having black fur instead), she's a clever little bear.
* CaughtInASnare: She gets trapped in an ice hole in ''Island of Shadows''. [[spoiler: Nanulak leaves her to die there but she survives.]]
* TheChosenOne: Chosen [[spoiler:to save the wild and by the bears of Star Island.]]
* [[KidHero Cub Hero]]: She's the youngest of the main four cubs at the start of the series. She has the most "cubbish" look.
* DamselInDistress: Often, but most notably in [[spoiler: ''Fire in the Sky''.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: While already a main character, she'll be getting one in her manga ''Lusa's Tale''.
* {{Determinator}}: In ''The Quest Begins'' she will not let ''anything'' stop her from finding Toklo.
* DisneyDeath: In ''Spirits in the Stars'', [[spoiler:when she gets shot.]]
%%* FragileSpeedster
%%* GenkiGirl
* TheHeart: She's the one keeping the band together, and the one who brought them together in the first place.
* IWillFindYou:
** Towards Toklo in ''The Quest Begins''.
** [[spoiler: Towards Toklo again in ''Island of Shadows'' when he gets lost in a mine.]]
* NaiveNewcomer: She used to live in a zoo, so her ideas about the wild are a little... off to say the least.
* OnlySaneMan: Sort of. [[spoiler: In ''Island of Shadows'', she is the first one to realize that there's more to Nanulak than he says.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** In ''Smoke Mountain'', where she becomes moody after [[spoiler:having been told to save the wild by her family in her dream.]]
** Again in ''River Of Lost Bears'', [[spoiler:where she's really upset over Chenoa's death and acts angry.]]
* RaisedInCaptivity: Having spent most of her cubhood in a zoo, Lusa has to get used to the wild quickly. She sometimes acts in a manner deemed "un-bear-like" even to Ujurak. Lusa doesn't have the same fear of humans that most other bears have.
%%* TheSmartGuy
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Kallik's girly girl.
* TakingTheBullet: In ''Spirits in the Stars'', [[spoiler:but she survives.]]
%%* WideEyedIdealist
!!Kallik
A polar bear from the Frozen Sea. When her mother was killed by an orca and she was separated from her brother, she vowed to find him. Eventually she joins the quest to save the wild.
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%%* ActionGirl
* AnIcePerson: As with real-life polar bears, she loves ice and snow. She's even surprised that snow is a sign of starvation and death to brown and black bears when polar bears see it as a sign of food and good times.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:She has two cubs with Yakone]] at the end of ''The Longest Day'', [[spoiler:two sons named Chulyin and Suka.]]
* TheBigGuy: She's the largest and strongest of the three bears.
%%* TheChosenOne
* [[KidHero Cub Hero]]: As with the others, she's just a cub when the series starts. She hasn't even been to land yet.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: She can't stand tight spaces, as seen in ''The Last Wilderness''.
%%* HeartIsAnAwesomePower
* ItsAllMyFault: After getting into a fight with Toklo in ''Fire In The Sky'', she dares him to go ahead and catch a seal over very thin ice. When Toklo nearly drowns and is rescued by Ujurak becoming a beluga, she scolds herself for putting her friend in danger.
* IWillFindYou: Towards Taqqiq in ''The Quest Begins'' and ''Great Bear Lake''.
* LargeAndInCharge: When she takes the lead in ''Fire in the Sky''.
* MamaBear: Is very protective of [[spoiler:her adopted son Kissimi]] in ''Spirits in the Stars''. In ''The Melting Sea'', Lusa thinks she's becoming too much like this, but Toklo explains that her past may explain her protective behavior.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly girl to Lusa's tomboy.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Seals. TruthInTelevision, since a polar bear's top prey is seals.
* WhatTheHellHero: Kallik scolds Toklo for [[spoiler:almost getting Lusa killed during a bison hunt.]] It was by accident, though.
!!Yakone
A polar bear from Star Island who falls in love with Kallik. [[spoiler: After the death of Ujurak, he joins the traveling bears.]]
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: He gets [[spoiler:some of his front toes chopped off by a trap]] in ''River Of Lost Bears''.
* BabiesEverAfter: He eventually becomes the father of Kallik's sons, Chulyin and Suka.
%%* TheChick
* MeaningfulName: Due to the tinge of his fur, his name means "red aurora" in Inuktitut.
* NaiveNewcomer: He often needs to have things explained to him on the journey.
* TookALevelInCynicism:
** He goes through this in parts of ''Forest Of Wolves'', where he feels that he can't help Kallik because of [[spoiler:being crippled by the bear trap]]. In fact, his cynicism actually makes Kallik give up on him at one point. Fortunately, Lusa helps him snap out of it and gets him and Kallik to make up.
** He goes through it again in ''The Longest Day'', much worse than two books before.
%%* TheUnchosenOne
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!!Taqqiq
Kallik's brother, who goes missing during the events of ''The Quest Begins''. Kallik's determination to find him was what set her on her quest.
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* TheBusCameBack: He's come back in [[spoiler:''The Melting Sea'']], and [[spoiler:has undergone another FaceHeelTurn.]]
* FaceHeelTurn:
** [[spoiler: Kallik was very surprised.]]
** And on ''The Melting Sea'', [[spoiler:he goes through another one.]]
%%* [[spoiler: FaceHeelRevolvingDoor]]
* FreudianExcuse: He fell in with the wrong crowd [[spoiler:after being orphaned.]]
* HeelFaceTurn:
** He goes through one in ''Great Bear Lake'', [[spoiler:calling Salik out for being a bully.]]
** He goes through another one in ''The Melting Sea'' after [[spoiler:Kallik screams at him for murdering harmless families, something he admits he didn't really do. He sticks to it this time.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A really well hidden one in [[spoiler:''Great Bear Lake'' and beyond.]]
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: After Toklo tells him about Ujurak's powers, he tells Toklo "What... are... you... talking about?" as if he was stupid.
* PutOnABus: He decides to [[spoiler:leave the group]] in [[spoiler:''Smoke Mountain'']] due to [[spoiler:seeing himself as only causing unwanted conflict.]]
* TheSixthRanger: [[spoiler: Albeit one who leaves almost immediately.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: Between [[spoiler:''The Quest Begins'']] and [[spoiler:''Great Bear Lake''.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Although it's not as much as it seems.
!!Kissimi
A polar bear cub from Star Island. After his mother dies, [[spoiler:Kallik]] adopts him.
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%%* CuteMute
* HappilyAdopted: By [[spoiler:Kallik]] and later by [[spoiler:the other Star Island bears.]]
%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
%%* TagalongKid
!!Nanulak
A pizzly bear from Baliff Island. Because of his mixed heritage, he was driven off by his family and attacked by evil polar bears. When he meets the journeying bears, they agree to protect him and he becomes friends with Toklo. [[spoiler: There's much more to him than meets the eye.]]
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* AntagonisticOffspring: [[spoiler:To his polar bear father and grizzly bear mother]].
%%* [[spoiler: BastardBastard]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Of ''Return To The Wild''.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: He has a very thin layer of "sheep", but the bitch underneath is much bigger than it seems.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:In ''The Longest Day'', he falls off a burning building after trying to kill Toklo in ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' style and cracks his head on a rock.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: He wants to kill his parents because he is caught between being a polar bear and a grizzly bear.]]
* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: But he rejects it.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:He asks Toklo why he won't help him kill his father, asking if that's what friends so. Toklo is furious that he can't even see what he did was wrong]].
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: To Ujurak]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Both of his parents thought he was dead.]]
* FantasticRacism: He hates polar bears and flat-out says at one point that they should all be wiped out. His attitude towards Lusa hints that he also doesn't like black bears along with polar bears.
-->'''Nanulak''': You're only a ''black bear''!
* FreudianExcuse: Sure he's a JerkAss and distrusts bears that aren't grizzlies, but that comes from his horrible parents and the polar bears who want to kill him. [[spoiler: Or so he says.]]
%%* JerkAss
* NeverMyFault: Even after the bad things he had done, he had accused Toklo of always hating him. Toklo even tells him to stop blaming others for his own problems.
* ObviouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Definitely, but he's even more evil than he seems.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: He may look like a cub, but he's nearly the same age as the traveling bears. [[spoiler: He abuses this to no end.]]
* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler: His plan amounts to using Toklo as essentially a hitman in order to kill his father.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He loathes polar bears and seems to dislike black bears too.
* SelfServingMemory: [[spoiler:He keeps telling Toklo in ''The Longest Day'' that he and his friends hated him and left him to die. He leaves out the real reason, which was hiring Toklo to be a hitman to kill his father.]]
%%* TheSixthRanger
%%* [[spoiler: SixthRangerTraitor]]
* TheScrappy: Kallik and Lusa see him as this In-Universe. The fans agree.
%%* WalkingSpoiler
!!Chenoa
A young female black bear in ''River Of Lost Bears'' who is daily abused by her older brother Hakan. Fortunately, Toklo invites her to come with them, and she agrees.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Belives she [[spoiler:caused her mother to die]]. Hakan blaming her did not help.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Chenoa finally joins the Seekers on their journey... [[spoiler:only to be killed off with a blow to the head in a few more chapters]].
* WhatTheHellHero: She scolds Toklo for eating human food and says he shouldn't be right about everything. But Toklo snaps back that it was her who roared at him to stop, alerting the humans nearby, though he stops when he thinks that his behavior reminds her strongly of [[BigBrotherBully Hakan]].
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!!Shoteka
A huge male grizzly bear who tries to kill Toklo when the latter was a cub. So far, he failed.
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* BearsAreBadNews: Played straight with this guy.
* BigBad: Of the original ''Seekers'' series.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The author confirmed that the reason Shoteka never shows up again in the rest of the series is that [[spoiler:he died of old age]].
%%* MurderTheHypotenuse
* SocialDarwinist: He tells Toklo that weak bears should be killed before they weaken all bears.
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened To The Bear?]]: Hasn't appeared since ''Great Bear Lake''. Though he had been rumored to make a reappearance in ''Forest Of Wolves'', [[spoiler:which he doesn't appear in after all.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: He tries to kill Toklo a couple of times in the first two books.
!!Shesh
A middle-aged grizzly bear who befriends Toklo at Great Bear Lake.
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* CoolOldGuy: He's a calm and relaxed grizzly, helping out others in need.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Toklo, whom he met when the latter was a cub.
!!Salik
A polar bear who leads a gang of bears.
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* BigBad: Of ''Great Bear Lake'' [[spoiler:and ''The Melting Sea''.]]
* HesBack: In [[spoiler:''The Melting Sea''.]]
* FlatEarthAtheist: He flat-out says that spirits didn't exist.
%%* SmugSnake
* VillainDecay: He returns in ''The Longest Day'', but he's not as much of a threat as he was before, opting to complain a lot.
!![[spoiler: Silaluk]]
The voice in Ujurak's head guiding him on his quest. [[spoiler: It's his mother.]]
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%%* [[spoiler: BigGood]]
%%* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
!!Tobi
Toklo's sickly twin brother who dies in the first book.
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* DeathOfAChild: He's a young cub when he dies of illness.
* DelicateAndSickly: He was born healthy but became weak after an incident where he was swept by a river.
* HealthyInHeaven: His spirit form isn't sick like he was in life.
* ParentalFavoritism: Subverted. Toklo thinks Oka sees Tobi as this, but she's just doting on him because he's deathly sick.
!!Oka
A female grizzly bear who is the mother of Toklo and Tobi.
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* IHaveNoSon: She snarls this at Toklo before chasing him away, and she is immensely remorseful about it afterward.
* MamaBear: Literally.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She instantly regrets abandoning Toklo after she chases him away.
* SanitySlippage: After Tobi dies.
!!Hakan
Chenoa's older brother who bullies and attacks her every day.
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* BigBrotherBully: Though he wants to protect Chenoa, he still bullies her and blames her for their mother's death.
* DomesticAbuse: Of sorts towards his sister Chenoa.
%%* {{Jerkass}}
* SourOutsideSadInside: He's cruel and abusive on the outside, but on the inside, he's mourning for [[spoiler:his mother]]. When he learns that [[spoiler:Chenoa dies]], he takes his sadness and anger out on the main bears, finally calming down but still very sad.
!!Chogan
A huge male grizzly bear and [[spoiler:Toklo's father]]. He's the main antagonist of ''Toklo's Story''.
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%%* [[spoiler:ArchnemesisDad]]
* BigBad: Of ''Toklo's Story''.
* [[GrumpyOldMan Grumpy Old Bear]]: You always see him in a bad mood.
* HairTriggerTemper: Just the sight of another if harmless bear on his territory sets his blood boiling.
* HesBack: After disappearing following ''Toklo's Story'', he [[spoiler: comes back in ''Forest Of Wolves''.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He sees that Oka and her cubs are on his turf, so he chases them off.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Pulls this on [[spoiler:Toklo]] when he asks why he let [[spoiler:Oka]] stay in his territory. [[spoiler:Toklo]] is completely shocked by this.
* PetTheDog: Though he acts aggressively towards Toklo and Tobi, he hears that they're Oka's cubs and lets them leave his cave in one piece.
* YourAnswerToEverything: Whenever a bear doesn't leave his territory, he threatens them, which Oka lampshades:
-->'''Oka''': Threats, ''always'' threats. That's your answer to everything, isn't it?
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