Tryfan

Tryfan, was the son of Bracken and Rebecca and is the protagonist of the second book, Duncton Quest. He is the apprentice of Boswell and mentor to Beechen.
==History==
===Duncton Wood===
====Part Five: The Seventh Stillstone====
Born in Duncton Wood of Rebecca along with two sisters and a brother, Tryfan had interest in the ways of Uffington, the Scribemoles and especially the way of Silence.
===Duncton Quest===
====Part One: Return to Uffington====
As he grew up with Boswell himself as his mentor, he gave a promise to Tryfan, to make him a Scribemole. Though when grikes and their leader began to attack mole systems, he and Boswell were separated, but another mole, Spindle stayed to protect Tryfan.
====Part Two: Buckland====
They ventured to Buckland to know more of the Word, and were taken in. Horrified by the grikes' macabre snoutings and the Eldrene Fescue, Spindle and Tryfan had sought to leave the system. However, captured by the grikes and sent to punishment: not snouting, not death, but disease, was to be their punishment. As it was, they were moved to Slopeside and met Mayweed, Smithills, Skint and few others.
The plan of escape was horrendously unlikely but through stealth, they evacuated a small group; caught in the clutches of the beautiful Henbane, she ordered attack and as they had fled with only two killed, Henbane vented her anger out on a grike.
====Part Three: Duncton Wood====
(wip)
====Part Four: Journeys into Silence====
(wip)
====Part Five: The Coming of the Stone Mole====
(wip)
===Duncton Found===
====Part One: Rites of Midsummer====
- Has failing sight
====Part Two: To The Summer's End====
(wip)
====Part Three: Darkness Falls====
Now elderly, Tryfan gathers with his friends at the Stone to celebrate Longest Night. But they are intruded upon by Lucerne and his followers, who take them prisoner. Lucerne tries to persuade Tryfan to acknowledge him as his son and renounce the Stone, but Tryfan coldly spurns him. Lucerne then has all his friends including Feverfew ritually murdered, and when Tryfan begs to Stone to take away the sight of so much horror Lucerne has him blinded by Drule and leaves him to die.
However Tryfan survives and is found by Bailey. With the younger mole's help he scribes a final text giving an account of what happened, and then insists on waiting for Mayweed to come and help him. Mayweed does indeed return along with Romney and Mistle, and comforts him while he peacefully passes away.
====Part Four: Beechenhill====
(wip)
==Appearance==
He is a battle-scarred (on his head and back), well-built, large-- Duncton Wood, ch. 47 mole with powerful shoulders; patchy, ragged and greying (whiting too) fur that hangs loose at his flanks (it used to be black in his younger days-- Duncton Wood, ch. 50); patchy and great paws with thick, worn claws and has calloused flanks. Toward the end of his life he develops a tremor and is almost blind.
==Personality==
*Adventurous
*Strong
==Quotes==
"I have many faults, mole, but pride in you is not likely to be one of them."
==Relationships==
===Boswell===
(wip)
===Spindle===
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===Mayweed===
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===Feverfew===
(wip)
===Beechen===
(wip)
===Henbane===
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===Bracken===
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===Rebecca===
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==Trivia==
*His name is pronounced like Triff-an.
*He is named in memory of Bracken's journey to the Siabod Stone.
*Before Bracken and Rebecca gave him his name, they suggested between the names of Mekkins or Boswell.
==References and Citations==
Category:Males
Category:Characters from Duncton Wood
Category:Characters from Duncton Quest
Category:Scribemoles
Category:Characters from Duncton Found
Category:Duncton Wood moles
Category:Leaders
Category:Moles of the Stone
Category:Deceased
Category:Quoted
Category:Tabbed
Category:Characters