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Thom MerrilinThomdril "Thom" Merrilin is one of the main characters of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. Not much of his early life is known, although he was Bard to the young Lady Morgase of House Trakand. He helped her ascend to the throne of Andor and became her Court Bard, and was renowned in noble circles in most nations. He thwarted Taringails plan to kill Morgase and killed him. He and Morgase became lovers. Somewhere during this time, Thom discovered his nephew was being pursued by the Red Ajah for channeling, but he chose not to seek him out because of his duties with Morgase. The issue of Owyn, his nephew, returned and he dissapeared to help him. When he returned, Morgase was angry with him for leaving- a fight ensued, and Thom said she was a spoiled baby and tool of the White Tower. He left, barely dodging the execution block. With his talents of Court Bard, he became a gleeman and journeyed across the land, performing in inns and villages. He just so happened to be in Emonds Field on the night when Trollocs attacked and Moiraine arrived. He went with Rand, Mat, Perrin and Egwene, fearing that they would succumb to the same fate Owyn had by following Moiraine, and felt he had to repay the failure he had made to his nephew. When the company was split up, he stayed with Rand and Mat, and seemingly sacrificed his life to protect them from a Myrdraal in Whitebridge. He did not die, but was left with a limp. Rand later found him in Cairhien during The Great Hunt, and soon after Thom's girlfriend was murdered. Depressed, he drowned himself in liquor in Tar Valon, where Mat found him after escaping from the Tower in The Dragon Reborn. They rejoined the company in Tear after the Fall of the Stone. Thom, along with Juilin, was asked to take care of Nynaeve and Elayne when they journeyed to Tanchico. They followed them on their quest until Ebou Dar, where Thom and Juilin stayed with Mat and helped him escape with Tuon. He is described as fairly old, with white hair and a long moustache. Hot headed, but generally kind and considerate, and hates the Red Ajah. He is supposedly linked to saving Moiraine.
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