Name: Widdershins

Gender: Male

Age: --

Race: human

Appearance: --

Warren: Meanas

Widdershins is the squad mage of Sergeant Balm's 9th Squad in the 9th Company, 8th Legion, 14th Army.

" 'Widdershins, do some magic or something.' " -Sergeant Balm

tBH, UK mmpb, p. 365

 " 'Now, Widdershins, got any magic to make us a path? Anything at all?'

The mage shook his head. 'Wish I did. Maybe soon, though.'

'What do you mean?'

'I mean a fire elemental's being born here, I think. A fire spirit, a godling. We got a firestorm on the way, and that will announce its arrival - and that's when we die if we ain't dead already. But an elemental is alive. It's got a will, a mind, damned hungry and earger to kill. But it knows fear, fear because it knows it won't last long - too fierce, too hot - days at best. And it knows other kinds of fear, too, and that's where maybe I can do something - illusions. If water, but not just water. A water elemental.' He stared round at the others, who were all staring back, then shrugged. 'Maybe, maybe not. How smart is an elemental? Got to be smart to be fooled, you see. Dog-smart, at least, better if it was smarter. Problem is, not everybody agrees that elementals even exist. I mean, I'm convinced it's a good theory-'

Balm cracked him across the head. 'All this on a theory? You wasted all that air on that? Gods below, Widdershins, I'm minded to kill you right now.' "

tBH, UK mmpb, p. 373