Ed Gentry

Ed is a middle-aged graphic designer used to life in the city. He is very good friends with Lewis, though he strongly disagrees with much of the other man’s outlook. He is steady, practical, and thoughtful, but the ordinariness of life in the city is bothering him. He undergoes a profound transformation on the river, using his practical-mindedness to save himself, Lewis, and Bobby, from the dangers of the wild and the man trying to kill them. Despite the fact that he is stabbed with his own arrow and suffers many other smaller injuries, he manages to get everyone but Drew out of the river and back to civilization.

Lewis Medlock

Lewis is also a middle-aged man from the city, but has kept himself in very good shape, and goes on trips like the canoe trip he proposes to the group often. He wants to see...