Holly: holly is the lead mare of the herd, she had grown up in the herds territory and had been born as one of the first foals of the herd

Pablo: Pablo is an old horse, he used to lead the herd but as he aged, he got more and more sick. He passed the leader role onto darks father who then as said earlier, dies saving the herd

Flame: Flame is a young colt, he is very high strung and loves to run around the beach

Kass: Kass is a young filly, she is the main character in this story and her parents are dark and holly, you will learn more about Cass as you read the story

Lunar: lunar is a guardian stallion, he stays and watches the herd when dark can not

Sahara: sahara is flames dam and she is in charge of rounding up all the herd foals when they go missing

Thunder: thunder is flames sire, he also guards the herd with lunar

Background characters: you may see some random horse names thrown in like "rusty lifted his head and whinnied loudly", these are background characters and mean no more :)