Bugg

Bugg was the unpaid manservant of Tehol Beddict in Letheras.Midnight Tides, Dramatis PersonaeMidnight Tides, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.522 He was described as an old manMidnight Tides, Chapter 2, UK MMPB p.80 with a grizzled head, mostly bald with thinning hair, watery eyes, and a wizened face.Midnight Tides, Chapter 4, UK MMPB p.163/164Midnight Tides, Chapter 14, US SFBC p.427Reaper's Gale, Chapter 6, US HC p.140-141 His body was covered in scars.Midnight Tides, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.525
He lived in Tehol's house but only came up onto the roof where Tehol spent most of his time when he needed more light for his tasks, one of which was knitting. Tehol claimed to sleep on the roof due to Bugg's prodigious snoring.Midnight Tides, Chapter 14, US SFBC p.450 Bugg's own shirt possessed many hidden pockets.Midnight Tides, Chapter 14, US SFBC p.436
A former dresser of the dead, he continued to provide his services free of charge to those in need.Midnight Tides, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.208 In fact, Tehol and Bugg had met when Bugg had embalmed both of Tehol's parents. 
Bugg had sworn a vow of celibacy.Midnight Tides, Chapter 14, US SFBC p.435
==In Midnight Tides==
Bugg showed a surprising array of skills and knowledge, from knitting to engineering and construction. He rebuilt Tehol's fireplace by hand.Midnight Tides, Chapter 2, UK MMPB p.80-82 The man was also something of a mage as he set wards about their house every night.Midnight Tides, Chapter 4, US SFBC p.151 The city's small time criminals knew him as the Waiting Man who could be called upon to settle unusual problems.Midnight Tides, Chapter 14, US SFBC p.425-427
Bugg acted as frontman in Tehol's business endeavours and as proprietor of Bugg's Construction. He was Tehol's 'partner in crime' in a number of dubious ventures.Midnight Tides, Chapter 2, UK MMPB p.110Midnight Tides, Chapter 4, UK MMPB p.159-168, examples
==Trivia==
*For the relationship between Bugg and Tehol, Erikson was inspired by the performances of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in Jeeves and Wooster.Ten Very Big Books podcast - Midnight Tides As pronounced by Steven Erikson at 29:15
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