Character Profile

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Chapter: 18. The Second Voyage

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Character Profiles

1. Sinbad the Sailor

Traits:

Adventurous & Restless: Despite being wealthy and comfortable at home, he possesses an insatiable desire to explore new lands and engage in trade, constantly drawn back to the sea.

Resourceful & Intelligent: He exhibits remarkable quick thinking and problem-solving skills in dire situations, such as tying himself to the Roc’s leg or using the merchants’ meat strategy to escape the valley.

Courageous: He faces immense dangers—being stranded alone, encountering a giant Roc, surviving a valley of huge snakes—with bravery and determination.

Observant: He pays close attention to his surroundings (the Roc’s egg, the merchants’ diamond-gathering method), which helps him devise his escape plans.

Grateful & Generous: Upon his rescue, he offers the merchants diamonds, showing appreciation for their help and proving his good character.

Resilient: He quickly recovers from despair and physical hardship, always looking for a way forward.

Relationships:

With his home (Baghdad): A place of comfort and return, but one he cannot stay away from for long due to his wanderlust.

With the Roc: A dangerous, massive creature that he cleverly uses as an unwitting means of escape from the island.

With the Valley of Diamonds: A perilous environment filled with both immense wealth and deadly creatures, which he manages to conquer through ingenuity.

With the Merchants (from the valley): Initially unknown, they become his unexpected rescuers and business partners, impressed by his miraculous survival.

With other sailors/merchants (on his ship): Travel companions from whom he is accidentally separated, leading to his perilous adventure.

2. The Roc (Rukh)

Traits:

Enormous & Powerful: A mythical bird of immense size and strength, capable of carrying large prey like snakes and feeding elephants to its young.

Instinctive & Predatory: Behaves according to its natural instincts, sitting on its egg and hunting for food.

Unknowing Agent: Unaware of Sinbad’s presence or his strategic use of its leg for escape.

Relationships:

With Sinbad: An enormous, indifferent force of nature that Sinbad cleverly manipulates for his escape; it is not a direct antagonist but rather an obstacle and a tool.

With its young: A nurturing parent, bringing food to its offspring.

With its environment: An apex predator in its natural habitat.

3. The Merchants (from the Valley of Diamonds)

Traits:

Resourceful: They have developed a unique and effective method to harvest diamonds from the dangerous valley using birds and meat.

Shrewd & Business-Minded: Primarily interested in acquiring wealth (diamonds) through their established methods.

Initially Petrified/Fearful: Severely startled and scared by Sinbad’s sudden appearance, as no human has ever emerged from the valley before.

Welcoming & Helpful: Once they understand Sinbad’s story, they become kind and assist him in selling his diamonds and arranging his journey home.

Relationships:

With Sinbad: They become his unexpected benefactors and business partners, facilitating his return to Baghdad and further enriching him. They are astonished by his unique survival story.

With the great birds: They exploit the birds’ natural behavior to collect diamonds, viewing them as tools for their trade.

With the Valley of Diamonds: They operate on its periphery, unable to enter it directly but finding an ingenious way to extract its riches.

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