Eldin the Wanderer

Eldin the Wanderer (Leonard Dingle) is a dreamer, a character created by Brian Lumley. Companion of David Hero on his adventures in the Dreamlands. Once a lecturing professor of psychology and anthropology and dream researcher, he became a permanent resident of the Dreamlands after his death and remains one of its greatest figures.
== Biography ==
In "Hero of Dreams" Leonard Dingle, known as Eldin the Wanderer in the Dreamlands, first meets David Hero in unnamed north mountains. David saves his life by helping him deal with the pack of a spider-hounds. Later, they meet in the waking world during Dingle's lecture at Granby Halls in Edinburgh. During the lecture, Dingle mentions Gerhard Schrach and his dream universe, which David immediately recognizes as Dreamlands, which he himself visits. Excited, they drive to David's apartment, only to get into a car accident on the way. Both die in the waking world and thus remain in the Dreamlands forever, with only vague memories of their previous life.
In the city of Theelys, Eldin and David receive a business proposal from Ebraim Borak, a local swindler. He suggests that they steal the Wand of Power from Thinistor Udd, a sorcerer who lives in the Great Bleak Mountains. After unsuccessfull attempt to take his wand, Hero and Eldin were captured by him. It turns out that Thinistor is able to control nightgaunts, and with their help, he kidnaps people and uses them as vital energy donors to regain his youth. He also discovered a way into the Keep of the First Ones and brought out of there secrets the First Ones knew. Using this knowledge he created an avatar of Yibb-Tstll in the shape of a stone idol which walked at his command. The animated idol is sent in pursuit of the heroes, but at the last moment they are saved by Aminza Anz, another captive of the sorcerer. She kills Thinistor, dispelling his magic and turning Yibb-Tstll back into stone.
Later, David and Eldin decide to try their luck and enter the Keep in the hope of finding treasures. There, they meet an invisible entity who calls himself The Keeper, and are tasked by him to find the remaining two Wands of Power taken out by Klarek-Yam, and return them to the Keep.
The heroes set off on a difficult journey along the route indicated by Thinistor's wand. Eventually their quest brings them to Thalarion were they take a second wand from Eidolon Lathi and burn her ter-men city to the ground. Later, in Nyrass' castle, they encounter Klarek-Yam and obtain the third wand after his sudden death. David, Eldin and Aminza are teleported by Nyrass back into the Keep and successfully return all of the three wands, for which the First Ones reward them by granting them their deepest desires. 
Meanwile, Eldin fell in love with Aminza, and they plan to get married upon their return to her home city of Ilek-Vad, but on the eve of the wedding, Aminza suddenly wakes up in her walking body, leaving Eldin alone in the Dreamlands. 
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