Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West characters

Also known as Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West

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A green-skinned girl born under strange circumstances, sharp-tongued, fiercely intelligent, and set apart from others by her appearance from birth. Serious and morally intense, she grows into a passionate idealist troubled by injustice, the woman who will one day be remembered as the Wicked Witch of the West.

Also known as Glinda

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A pretty, privileged, and socially ambitious young woman from the upper class who becomes Elphaba's unlikely university roommate. Initially shallow and status-conscious, she is drawn into a complicated friendship with her very different roommate.

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Elphaba's younger sister, born with a severe physical disability and raised in intense religious devotion. Beautiful and pious but emotionally dependent, she becomes a figure of rigid faith and, in time, of power.

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A prince from a distant tribal land, marked by traditional patterns on his skin, who studies alongside Elphaba and Galinda. Good-natured and somewhat out of place among his peers, he becomes important to Elphaba's life.

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The mysterious ruler of the land of Oz, a figure of great authority whose true nature and origins are unclear. He governs through spectacle and secrecy, and his policies, especially toward the intelligent Animals of Oz, become a central source of conflict.

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The imposing headmistress of the women's college that Elphaba and Galinda attend, a powerful and manipulative woman with hidden connections to the ruling authorities of Oz.

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A learned Goat and a professor at the university, one of the intelligent, speaking Animals of Oz. His research into the differences between Animals and ordinary beasts, and the political danger it poses, deeply influences Elphaba.

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A Munchkinlander student and friend from Elphaba and Galinda's university days, earnest and good-hearted, whose life becomes quietly entwined with theirs over the years.

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Elphaba's father, a devout and demanding traveling preacher whose faith both shapes and strains his family. His disappointment and religious fervor mark Elphaba's difficult childhood.

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A quiet, uncertain boy who attaches himself to Elphaba during her later years. His origins and his exact relationship to her are never made fully clear.