Tommy Wheelock

Description

A young boy, whose most notable features include a mop of brown curls, a pair of nearly-black eyes that shine with mirthful curiosity, and a wide mouth that is apt to grinning.

He wears a shirt of canary yellow, though more often than not, this is smudged with some kind of dirt stain or bits of twigs and leaves. Black suspenders hold up a pair of brown trousers than appear to be hand-me-downs (and just a touch on the large side). Does he wear shoes? Only when the weather requires it, and even then, it is most likely a pair of soft-soled doe-skin boots that have been broken in for some time now.

History

Tommy Wheelock was born to Dahlia Rushlight and Paner Wheelock. His mother was a small-time herbalist, originally from Archet. His father is a traveling merchant, and the two met at the Archet Market, where he was once peddling some goods that had arrived from the south (pipeweed and the like). The two were quick to marry, and a small residence was established in the town, though Paner was gone more often than not on account of his livelihood.

They had a mostly happy existence, and greater joy was brought by the arrival of their first child, Tommy. However, the birth was difficult, and Dahlia's health never fully recovered. It was only a year after Tommy's birth that Dahlia fell into a terrible fever, and passed away. Paner, utterly heartbroken and unable to provide the presence of being necessary to raise a child alone, brought Tommy into the care of his Rushlight relatives, where he lives under the watchful and loving eye of his great-aunt Ethel, and his cousin Braden, who he follows around like a small dog when he isn't hunting in the Chetwood. Paner visits on the occasion that he is in town, and shows the boy love -- but after the death of his wife, spends most of his time on the road.