Thomel

Youngest of the three Bellroot siblings — quiet, watchful, and built for the patience his sisters cannot quite reach. Thomel stayed behind in the family cottage to care for their mother Alira in her final season, and he stayed again afterwards to look after their Uncle Edran while Kaerlin and Mira moved between Drelmere and Halrick's Reach. He is a natural tracker and a natural mediator — famously, he convinced the hermit Eidon to leave Watcher's Hill not by argument but by an elaborate metaphor about soup, Everfern, and the proper order of folding a drawer. Thomel's compassion is the gravity that keeps the siblings from flying apart; without him, Kaerlin's steadiness and Mira's sharpness would have nothing to circle around.