Buell

Buell was a grey-haired veteran scout of Li Heng during the rule of the Protectress. His teeth were the colour of leather, the result of a wad of leaves and dark resin he kept tucked into his cheek which he occasionally spat in a sticky stream.Dancer's Lament, Chapter 12, US HC p.221 He thought little of boastful city mages and felt no inhibition from telling them so.Dancer's Lament, Chapter 12, US HC p.222/224
Buell was deadly proficient with a short hunting bow.Dancer's Lament, Chapter 12, US HC p.224/226
==In Dancer's Lament==
During Kanese King Chulalorn the Third's siege of Li Heng, the city mage Silk led a train of ten wagons and twenty Hengese infantry out onto the Seti Plains to ransack food and supplies from the peasants' hidden farm caches. Buell was in charge of the wagons and directed the mules of the lead wagon with his switch. Silk sat beside him and the scout kept up a stream of tedious conversation without waiting for Silk to respond. Buell did not think much of the young and untested Lieutenant Venaralan who accompanied them and was resigned to their fates should the man-jackal, Ryllandaras, stumble upon them.Dancer's Lament, Chapter 12, US HC p.221-222
When a column of Kanese Elite cavalry came upon them, Buell backed Silk's command to allow the enemy to draw close against Venaralan's protests. Silk used his magic to shatter the Kanese charge and Buell fired arrows into the surviving Kanese as they engaged the Hengans. He died at Silk's side under the sabre of a charging Kanese lancer even as the lancer fell with Buell's arrow in his chest. All the Hengese would have perished soon after, but for the assistance of Auralas and the Crimson Guard.Dancer's Lament, Chapter 12, US HC p.224-226 
==Notes and references==
Category:Hengans
Category:Males
Category:Soldiers