Thorn

Principal Scribe Thorn was the chief administrator of the Thaumaturg Army of Righteous Chastisement during its incursion into the Himatan jungle.Blood and Bone, Chapter 1, UK MMPB, p.70-76 Thorn was an older man, gangly, with white hair and a crooked neck. His prominent, bobbing adam's apple was often noted by Golan, his commander, while one of his ears was blackened from the ink of a quill habitually held there.Blood and Bone, Chapter 6, UK MMPB, p.317-320Blood and Bone, Chapter 14, UK MMPB, p.739-741Blood and Bone, Epilogue, UK MMPB, p.839-842 He wore a pouch to store his paper.
== In Blood and Bone ==
Thorn was often a source of bad news for Commander Golan, with his reports telling of the latest troubles that the army was going through, though he generally had an interesting delivery. For example, he grouped lost animals amongst deserters in his statistics, as if they were official members of the army.Blood and Bone, Chapter 9, UK MMPB, p.479-483/489 As a part of his job, Thorn recorded Golan's activities, orders, declarations, and general discussions, muttering his embellished interpretation as he wrote, with Golan's every word or action seemingly a masterstroke of leadership or tactics.Blood and Bone, Chapter 10, UK MMPB, p.573-579Blood and Bone, Chapter 12, UK MMPB, p.671-673 Golan was unsure whether Thorn was intelligent - quick witted when making sarcastic yet innocuous remarks - or if he was genuinely reverent of their cause and deluded as to its progress. Later he decided that Thorn had been getting the better of their exchanges.
Ultimately Thorn ate his transcription of the journey through the Himatan, as the army had run very low on food supplies.
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