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Revision as of 08:19, 23 April 2009
Master Lord Thom of Trebond (419-439 HE[1]) was a noble of Tortall, a remarkably powerful sorcerer, and the twin brother of Alanna of Trebond.
In the Hand of the Goddess when Alanna visits him she comments on his beard and height, suggesting he grew up to be taller than her. His Gift is as powerful as Alanna's. He switches places with Alanna to go to the convent and learn to become a sorcerer.
History
Thom is actually Alanna's older twin brother,Alanna is the one that suggests switching places with Thom in the beginning of Alanna: The First Adventure. He is also the one that replaces their father, Alan of Trebond's, letters to the convent and palace with his own forgeries. As a child he's very close to Alanna and resents Coram Smythesson for teaching both twins to track and hunt. Unlike Alanna, though, he doesn't bond with Maude, who first taught him magic.
During his years in the City of the Gods, Thom corresponds regularly with Alanna, often advising her to be cautious of Roger of Conte. Because of his suspicion of Duke Roger, Thom pretends to fail at his lessons while practicing them alone and in secret at night. He shocks the convent's administration, headed by Master Si-cham, when he passes the tests for Mastery at the age of eighteen, when most Masters don't even apply before they're thirty. When Alanna and George Cooper visit him, George comments that Thom is cold and friendless, and that Alanna might have turned out the same if she'd made no friends at the palace.
After attaining Master status, Thom travels to Corus and resides in the Royal Palace. He is approached by Delia of Eldorne, who cajoles or convinces him to try raising Roger of Conte from the dead.[2] On All Hallows' Eve, he channels all of his and Alanna's joint Gifts and raises Roger. The spell leaves the two magically tied, a bond that manifests when their Gifts change from their original colors — orange for Roger and violet for Thom — to a dark red color, probably a result of the two colors combined.
Either because of the spell's toll on him, Roger's manipulations,[3] or for other reasons, Thom's health deteriorates rapidly from this point on, and Roger easily kills him before the Coronation Day Battle.
Alanna and George's eldest son, Thom of Pirate's Swoop, is his namesake.
Notes
- ↑ http://www.tamora-pierce.com/timeline.htm
- ↑ Roger was, in fact, not dead but under the Sorceror's Sleep. This may be why Thom was successful, when Emperor Mage reveals that only the Black God and the Graveyard Hag can grant mortals the ability to return the dead to a semblance of life.
- ↑ In the original adult novel that Song of the Lioness was adapted from, Roger and Thom had a romantic/sexual relationship at this point. The relationship was cut out of the young adult version of the story.