Tobin

A former knight of Stillmeadow's Royal Guard and a veteran of Scrion's siege. At the time of Book 1 he is advanced in age, older in fact than most of the surrounding towns.

As a witness to Scrion's defeat and imprisonment, he knows where the shards of the prison-crystal were hidden. When he learns from Darrius and Co. that Korrigom has already exhumed two of the six shards, he shares the location of the next shard with them, knowing that if Korrigom were to succeed, Scrion would return and resume destroying the countryside.