Jerome

Jerome Miller (Jerry to his friends) is a friendly, simple man in his mid-thirties. He gave up his life on the road as repairman for a troupe of entertainers to settle down with his wife and young children in the second attempt to resettle of Brastor, just before the Dark Circle's last big push borth. As a childless widower, he now extends his love and compassion to much of the living world, entertaining children and their parents wherever he goes with a range of sock puppets and marionettes. His companions often include Patches the pantomime donkey and an unlucky cat called Soot, as well as a pack of lean and hungry dogs. As an apprentice mage, he is still learning his ABCs - animation, binding, and conjuration.

Si est homo, animal est;
Et si est animal, erit corpus animatum;
Atqui est corpus animatum;
Non necesse erit esse animal, quocirca ne hominem quidem.
(Boethius, DHS, c.520)