Titles:
Gleeman, Court Bard, Gray Fox.
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Thom Merrilin
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"A man who, it was said, could play the Game of Houses in his sleep.
It is a shame that such a man calls himself a simple gleeman. But
such arrogance to keep the same name."
Tall, lean and
long limbed with a stoop in his shoulders, he still moves spryly.
Not so much since a Myrddraal left him with a limp. Has shaggy white
hair and thick snowy mustaches that sometimes quiver. Blue eyes that
drill into a person, below bushy white brows on a gnarled face. He
talks quickly and his voice carries, seeming to resinate even outdoors.
He was acrobatic and adjile, but is unable to do backflips now. He
snores "like a saw cutting an oak knot".
Hard to kill. Hot headed, sometimes saying the worst things at the
worst moments. Is reasonably wise and able to play Daes Dae'mar in
his sleep. A great performer, he always thought the audience's tastes
were not as good as his.
First mentioned as the bard of the young Lady Morgase. Thom helped
her to ascend to the throne of Andor, becoming the Court bard and
known in every royal court from Tear to Maradon. He killed Taringail
before he could carry out his plans to kill Morgase. Thom was at this
point Morgase's lover, but soon after Taringail died, Owyn and his
problem cropped up. |
