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<blockquote>''"If her husband comes looking for you, I won't be your second, not after last time. [...] I stood there like an idiot while you made the cove laugh so hard at your jokes he ended up bying all of us breakfast. Some duel that was."'' ([[Clara Goodwin|Goodwin]] to Tunstall)<ref name=terrier2>[[Terrier]], April 1, 246 (p. 39)</ref></blockquote>
 
<blockquote>''"If her husband comes looking for you, I won't be your second, not after last time. [...] I stood there like an idiot while you made the cove laugh so hard at your jokes he ended up bying all of us breakfast. Some duel that was."'' ([[Clara Goodwin|Goodwin]] to Tunstall)<ref name=terrier2>[[Terrier]], April 1, 246 (p. 39)</ref></blockquote>
   
Tunstall normally is good-humoured which makes him quite the opposite to [[Clara Goodwin|Goodwin]]. It would seem as though he sometimes flirts, even when he is on duty as [[Rebakah Cooper|Beka]] witnesses on her first day with her training Dogs<ref name=terrier2 />.
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Tunstall normally is good-humoured which makes him quite the opposite to [[Clara Goodwin|Goodwin]]. It would seem as though he sometimes flirts, even when he is on duty as [[Rebakah Cooper|Beka]] witnesses on her first day with her training Dogs<ref name=terrier2 />. But Tunstall can also get quite serious. He has the ability of making people leave just with a glance at them.<ref>[[Terrier]], April 3, 246 (p. 143)</ref>
   
 
Tunstall likes to grow miniature roses, which he has learned from a [[Yamani]] friend.<ref>[[Terrier]], April 3, 246 (p. 142)</ref> He also has a great liking of apple-raisin patties, especially those made by [[Deirdry Noll]]<ref>[[Terrier]], April 1, 246 (p. 42)</ref>.
 
Tunstall likes to grow miniature roses, which he has learned from a [[Yamani]] friend.<ref>[[Terrier]], April 3, 246 (p. 142)</ref> He also has a great liking of apple-raisin patties, especially those made by [[Deirdry Noll]]<ref>[[Terrier]], April 1, 246 (p. 42)</ref>.

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Template:Provost's Guard Matthias Tunstall, often called Mattes, is Beka Cooper's male dog partner and partner to Clara Goodwin. He is well-known for his good work and is a veteran of over a decade. However, Mattes is easygoing, more so than Beka imagined a famous veteran of the dangerous Lower City to be. Like his partner Goodwin, Tunstall is a good enough guardsman that he could have any position in Corus that he wants, but chooses to stick to the Lower City. Tunstall is good-looking and seems to have a bit of a romantic interest in Lady Sabine, a lady knight of Tortall who occasionally visits a favorite haunt of Tunstall, Goodwin, and Beka.

History

Matthias Tunstall isn't a Tortallan by birth as he originates from the eastern hillcountry[1]. That's why Goodwin often refers to him jokingly as "hill barbarian". Tunstall has been working as a Dog since 226 HE. Seven years later he was partnered with Clara Goodwin.[2] They have worked together ever since. Both work the evening watch in the Lower City, reporting to Jane Street kennel. By 246 HE, Tunstall has the position of a Senior Dog[3]

Physical appearance

He is about six foot three inches (6'3") tall with long arms and long legs. He has deep brown eyes and a long, curved nose. He wears his hair, which was originally brown but is greying now, cropped short. He also has a short beard and a moustache. Beka compares him to an owl.[2]

Personality and traits

"If her husband comes looking for you, I won't be your second, not after last time. [...] I stood there like an idiot while you made the cove laugh so hard at your jokes he ended up bying all of us breakfast. Some duel that was." (Goodwin to Tunstall)[4]

Tunstall normally is good-humoured which makes him quite the opposite to Goodwin. It would seem as though he sometimes flirts, even when he is on duty as Beka witnesses on her first day with her training Dogs[4]. But Tunstall can also get quite serious. He has the ability of making people leave just with a glance at them.[5]

Tunstall likes to grow miniature roses, which he has learned from a Yamani friend.[6] He also has a great liking of apple-raisin patties, especially those made by Deirdry Noll[7].

References

  1. Bloodhound, September 8, 246 (p. 32)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Terrier, April 1, 246 (p. 32)
  3. Terrier, April 1, 246 (p. 30)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Terrier, April 1, 246 (p. 39)
  5. Terrier, April 3, 246 (p. 143)
  6. Terrier, April 3, 246 (p. 142)
  7. Terrier, April 1, 246 (p. 42)