Alan Aisling is one of the three main protagonists of the novel Voyage of the Bassett and 2001 film adaptation of Voyage of the Unicorn. After the recent death of his wife,Alan raises his two daughters by himself. Alan is a professor and sets off on a quest to end the Trolls' plan, led by Skotos by finding the dragon of the land before the trolls do. At the end of the film, Ahab becomes the dean of his college after his supervisor Bainbridge retired after the ordeal with the trolls and encounters who appears to be the real world counterpart of Medusa.