Solomon Bayard

Solomon Bayard is first introduced as John Smith. He is a member of The Directory. As a family friend of Arthur, he is called "Sol". He is a "book magician", someone who has studied magic and knows some spells without any particular talent for magic.
In The Jester Arthur describes him, " He was tall, narrowly built, more like a former marathoner who'd put on more muscle mass in his later years, with rounded shoulders, a solid chest, and the sort of quiet, confident bearing of a man who would brace himself against whatever heavy weight was placed in his arms. He had short brown ahir thoroughly laced with grey with a groomed goatee to match, the severe expression of someone who rarely smiled and showed his emotion only in his eyes." 
==History==
Solomon Bayard was a member of Operation Albion. 
He was a POW and now has a fear of confined spaces. Morgana once overheard him talking with Uther and she's still rattled to this day by what she heard.
Sol has always been a bit of a mystery. Growing up, his occupation was a 'enormous sourcfe of contention' between Morgana and Arthur. They thought it was a "toss-up between a high ranking position in Her Royal Majesty's Secret Service or in an equally dubious governemnt so forgotten and so buried in paperwork that no one knew it existed--if it ever existed in the first place." Needless to say, it turned out to be the latter. 
He becomes Excalibur's advisor on 'matters involving the Americans' before he seconds them to The Directory. 
He has an unhealthy obsession with testing Merlin for magic.He's also a lying liar who lies. "Constant vigilance!" is needed when dealing with him.
Do not trust him.
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