Benjamin

Benjamin is the Royal Groom of High Castle and, for an unspecified reason, was given a position of authority over the five royal children "when they had grown too old to have a nurse."

Benjamin is bearded, "of a ruddy complexion," and has hair with some gray in it; he always wears a red cape. He is stern and bad-tempered.

He is from Fence's Country, where his father was a cobbler. Because of his origin, Benjamin has "sorcery in [his] blood and [his] bones" and can speak with certain horses (those that were granted the language by unicorns); however, he never studied magic formally.