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Gavment

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Gavment Rayling

Gavment Rayling is the short, endearingly nervous, protagonist of Book 3 (widely considered the best of the entire cycle) and Book 4.

One of the many to benefit from extreme longevity due to his powers of Elemenstation (more than 3,000 years pass between the third and fourth book). He starts as an apprentice Fire Elemenstor who sets out with some friends (High Culimancer Bertrick, among others) to acquire the Rubion Sword, but in the next book, he's grown to middle age. He is mentioned as being a veteran of the Second Great Elemenstation War which happens in the span between Book 3 and Book 4. This war, as well as Gavment's involvement in it, is covered in the novel Something Wicker This Way Comes, and Gavment's experience there shapes much of the narrative of The Curse of the Doomblade.

In Book 4 he is, frankly, annoying*. His constant drinking delays the start of the quest for half of the book, but after some prodding by his niece Steppy, he finally dons his signature big blue hat and oversized green long coat with the cuffs rolled up and manages to feature prominently in the final battle.

Conspiracy Against the Short?

Gavment clearly holds an important place in Elemenstor history, being the only person to wield both the Bag of the Endless Void and the Bag of the Not-so-Endless Void at the same time, as well as, you know, being the protagonist of books that were early enough in the cycle to actually be pretty good. He saved the Ssskssenek's home. He's really very important.

It is therefore odd that he's been relatively unpopular in terms of merchandise. There was the limited-edition marble bust, but at four feet high, it was too large for most people. Aside from that, Gavment has really been underappreciated by the various toy manufacturers. Even High Culimancer Bertrick, one of his companions from Book 3, has a whole line of Easy-Bake Culimancery Sets.

There is more to this situation than meets the eye.

Discussion

It's possible that the lack of merchandise is due to the violent and disturbing nature of Something Wicker This Way Comes, which Gavment was featured prominently in.