Logan Tom (Shannara)
Encyclopedia
Logan Tom is a fictional character
from Terry Brooks
' Great Wars
trilogy of novel, written as a prequel
to his Shannara
series. A Knight of the Word, Logan's first appearance is in the book Armageddon's Children
.
After many years of serving the Word, Logan later meets O'olish Amaneh
, a prominent agent of the Word, who entrusts with the mission to find the gypsy morph, a magical creature who could potentially shift the balance to the human side. Logan agrees to the change in orders because he was promised that by protecting the gypsy morph, he would finally have a chance to fight Findo Gask
, the one who organized the attack on his compound. Because Nest Freemark
, a magical savant, gave birth to the gypsy morph, Logan is given her bones so he may use them to locate it. He eventually finds the creature who has taken the form of a man called Hawk
who is also the leader of a tribe called The Ghosts. Unfortunately, Hawk and his girlfriend Tessa are sentenced to death when they're found guilty of stealing medical supplies for personal use.
In the Elves of Cintra, Logan discovers Hawk and Tessa were thrown from the walls only to be consumed by a white magic light. Unable to conclude if they are still in peril, he takes Hawk's family of Ghosts under his protection, fleeing from their home when a nearby compound is under siege from Findo Gask's hordes. The Lady appears to him, instructing him to find Hawk, the Gypsy Morph, by the Columbia River. He takes the slow journey from Seattle to Columbia, encountering vicious killer robots made by Oronyx Experimental. After narrowly escaping with Fixit's help, they continue on until both Fixit and River are struck by plague. When in search of medicine Logan Tom encounters a half human, half lizard girl named Catalyta, or Cat. She finds him the medicine, on the condition that he helps her escape. He agrees, avoiding the wrath of The Senator (A Lizard Man, who claims ownership over Catalyta). On continuing their journey, Logan is ambushed on the Freeway, and taken to a man named Krilka Koos. Upon meeting the man he discovers it is a fellow Knight of the Word gone mad. He is forced to fight Krilka after refusing to join his fighters who disobey the Word's ideals. After feeling all is lost, Logan defeats Krilka, not being able to bring himself to murder. He is poisoned in the fight, and Panther and Catalyta remove him from Krilka Koos camp, trying to save him from the deadly poison.
Logan was later saved by Hawk, who had managed to access his powers as a gypsy morph. Soon after, he was asked by the Lady to help the Elves escape the void's demons and once-men. When Logan enters their territory, he meets an elf named Simralin Belloruus, the older sister of the Kirisin Belloruus. The two instantly fall in love with each other. Logan joins the battle to protect Kirisin, who carries the majority of the Elven nation in the Loden, but is forced to leave Simralin behind. Although he temproarily lost Kirisin to the skrails, he managed to rescue the elf and see him safely to the combined convoy of refugees that Hawk was destined to save.
Logan later joins a number of soldiers defending a bridge from Gask's army. The battle ends when Fixit, one of the Ghosts, sacrifices himself to blow the bridge up and stall the void army's advance. Logan later goes looking for the Klee, a demon assassin Gask sent after Hawk, and ended up reuniting with Simralin. The two declared their love and set out to reunite with the convoy. They arrived in time to see Hawk use his magic to destroy the entire void army of once-men. Logan than noticed that Gask was approaching a weakened Hawk and Angel Perez (another Knight of the Word). Logan rushed to their defense and finally got his wish to fight Gask. However, Gask proved to be too powerful for even Logan to defeat. But Simralin stepped in by using the blue elfstones on Gask, weakening the demon commander. Using the opportunity, Logan struck the finishing blow to Gask, finally avenging the death of his family.
Logan continued with the convoy until they finally reached the destination Hawk was leading them to: a valley that remained untouched from the Great Wars. When Kirisin released the Elven nation and the convoy separated into separate groups, Logan went with the Elves so he and Simralin could be together. The valley the convoy settled in was protected from a final nuclear devestation when Hawk formed a protective barrier around it, allowing the refugees to live in peace.
Logan and Simralin married in the Elven tradition and the couple had at least one child, a son whom Logan eventually passed his staff onto.
Fictional character
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from Terry Brooks
Terry Brooks
Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print...
' Great Wars
The Great Wars (series)
The Genesis of Shannara is the title of a series of novels written by Terry Brooks. The first book, Armageddon's Children, was released by Del Rey Books on August 29, 2006 in the United States and by Orbit Books on September 7, 2006 in the United Kingdom....
trilogy of novel, written as a prequel
Prequel
A prequel is a work that supplements a previously completed one, and has an earlier time setting.The widely recognized term was a 20th-century neologism, and a portmanteau from pre- and sequel...
to his Shannara
Shannara
Shannara is an epic fantasy series of novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with The Sword of Shannara in 1977 and continuing through Bearers of the Black Staff which was released on August 24, 2010, as well as a prequel, First King of Shannara...
series. A Knight of the Word, Logan's first appearance is in the book Armageddon's Children
Armageddon's Children
Armageddon's Children is the first novel in Terry Brooks' fantasy trilogy The Genesis of Shannara, which bridges the events of Brooks' Word/Void trilogy with his Shannara series...
.
Biography
Logan grew up in a compound with his family consisting of his parents and two siblings, Tyler and Megan. After a siege that left him as the only known survivor, Logan was taken in by a man named Michael Poole and his band of battle-hardened soldiers. Logan spent years with Michael and his soldiers, who went around freeing people from slave camps. Driven insane by the death of his second in command, Fresh, Michael led a vain effort to liberate the long-said impregnable Midline Slave Camp, after which Logan killed Michael in self-defense. Six weeks later, Logan was chosen by the Lady of the Word to be one of her agents and was then given a staff with magical properties once he accepted.After many years of serving the Word, Logan later meets O'olish Amaneh
O'olish Amaneh
O'olish Amaneh is a fictional character from Terry Brooks' Word/Void and Genesis of Shannara series, both prequels to his Shannara novels....
, a prominent agent of the Word, who entrusts with the mission to find the gypsy morph, a magical creature who could potentially shift the balance to the human side. Logan agrees to the change in orders because he was promised that by protecting the gypsy morph, he would finally have a chance to fight Findo Gask
Findo Gask
Findo Gask is a small village in Perth and Kinross in Scotland, just off the main A9 road. It is in Strathearn, the valley of the River Earn.There are nearby remains associated with the Roman Road to the south and the Roman Frontier on the Gask Ridge....
, the one who organized the attack on his compound. Because Nest Freemark
Nest Freemark
Nest Freemark is a fictional character from the Word/Void trilogy of novels by Terry Brooks, written as a prequel series...
, a magical savant, gave birth to the gypsy morph, Logan is given her bones so he may use them to locate it. He eventually finds the creature who has taken the form of a man called Hawk
Hawk (Shannara)
Hawk, also known as John Ross Freemark in Angel Fire East, is a fictional character from Terry Brooks' Genesis of Shannara trilogy of novels, written as a prequel to his Shannara series...
who is also the leader of a tribe called The Ghosts. Unfortunately, Hawk and his girlfriend Tessa are sentenced to death when they're found guilty of stealing medical supplies for personal use.
In the Elves of Cintra, Logan discovers Hawk and Tessa were thrown from the walls only to be consumed by a white magic light. Unable to conclude if they are still in peril, he takes Hawk's family of Ghosts under his protection, fleeing from their home when a nearby compound is under siege from Findo Gask's hordes. The Lady appears to him, instructing him to find Hawk, the Gypsy Morph, by the Columbia River. He takes the slow journey from Seattle to Columbia, encountering vicious killer robots made by Oronyx Experimental. After narrowly escaping with Fixit's help, they continue on until both Fixit and River are struck by plague. When in search of medicine Logan Tom encounters a half human, half lizard girl named Catalyta, or Cat. She finds him the medicine, on the condition that he helps her escape. He agrees, avoiding the wrath of The Senator (A Lizard Man, who claims ownership over Catalyta). On continuing their journey, Logan is ambushed on the Freeway, and taken to a man named Krilka Koos. Upon meeting the man he discovers it is a fellow Knight of the Word gone mad. He is forced to fight Krilka after refusing to join his fighters who disobey the Word's ideals. After feeling all is lost, Logan defeats Krilka, not being able to bring himself to murder. He is poisoned in the fight, and Panther and Catalyta remove him from Krilka Koos camp, trying to save him from the deadly poison.
Logan was later saved by Hawk, who had managed to access his powers as a gypsy morph. Soon after, he was asked by the Lady to help the Elves escape the void's demons and once-men. When Logan enters their territory, he meets an elf named Simralin Belloruus, the older sister of the Kirisin Belloruus. The two instantly fall in love with each other. Logan joins the battle to protect Kirisin, who carries the majority of the Elven nation in the Loden, but is forced to leave Simralin behind. Although he temproarily lost Kirisin to the skrails, he managed to rescue the elf and see him safely to the combined convoy of refugees that Hawk was destined to save.
Logan later joins a number of soldiers defending a bridge from Gask's army. The battle ends when Fixit, one of the Ghosts, sacrifices himself to blow the bridge up and stall the void army's advance. Logan later goes looking for the Klee, a demon assassin Gask sent after Hawk, and ended up reuniting with Simralin. The two declared their love and set out to reunite with the convoy. They arrived in time to see Hawk use his magic to destroy the entire void army of once-men. Logan than noticed that Gask was approaching a weakened Hawk and Angel Perez (another Knight of the Word). Logan rushed to their defense and finally got his wish to fight Gask. However, Gask proved to be too powerful for even Logan to defeat. But Simralin stepped in by using the blue elfstones on Gask, weakening the demon commander. Using the opportunity, Logan struck the finishing blow to Gask, finally avenging the death of his family.
Logan continued with the convoy until they finally reached the destination Hawk was leading them to: a valley that remained untouched from the Great Wars. When Kirisin released the Elven nation and the convoy separated into separate groups, Logan went with the Elves so he and Simralin could be together. The valley the convoy settled in was protected from a final nuclear devestation when Hawk formed a protective barrier around it, allowing the refugees to live in peace.
Logan and Simralin married in the Elven tradition and the couple had at least one child, a son whom Logan eventually passed his staff onto.