R. Layamon

R. Layamon is a fictional character who appears in Philip José Farmer's short story "The Freshman". Layamon is a professor at Miskatonic University, the chairman of the Committee of the Occult Arts and History Department and a powerful wizard. He is affiliated with the Lam Kha Alif fraternity.
Farmer provides a description of Layamon:
Throughout the story, Layamon is pushing the new student Roderick Desmond to cross a moral line, to eliminate the "defects of character" that would keep him from fulfilling his arcane potential.
Category:Magic Users
Category:Characters Originating From Expanded Mythos Works