Both Robin Goodfellow and the Puck are attendant to the Queen of Faerie, acting as both fool and manservant. In outward appearance they are very similar, covered in soft brown fur, head too large and limbs too long. Robin delights in wordplay and prances and cartwheels for his queen’s, and his own, amusement. Tom is fond of Robin Goodfellow as the fay always tried to cheer him up whenever he felt lonely or homesick.
Puck, whilst looking a lot like Robin Goodfellow, is a very different creature. He might indulge in word games, but will bite you or drop something on your head while you were thinking of a response. His pranks involve pain and suffering and he crawls on hands and feet like a predator. Many a mortal has run afoul of Puck by thinking he is as kind and funny as Robin Goodfellow.
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Is Robin Goodfellow the most famous fairy? Possibly. He certainly suggested the idea that fay have two faces: one for summer, one for winter, given that he is also known as Puck. He appears in The Fey Man, but plays a much larger role in The Unquiet Sword, helping Tom navigate his way across the Western Kingdom and exact his revenge.
Is it a quest for freedom? Or a hunt for revenge?
Thomas Rymour is recruiting scattered malcontents, indentured dwarfs, and fanatics to a single cause: bring the Western Kingdom to its knees. The mysterious creatures of Faerie lend their aid too, but are they simply using Tom to their own ends?
And is the ancient sword Caledyr all it seems? Does it thirst for violence and blood. Or is there something dark growing inside Tom himself?
Find out in The Unquiet Sword, the second book of the Realm Rift Saga.
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