It's been nearly a year since Wulham Thornbriar, 19, unceremoniously rode into Belhaim in the back of Etor Adula's manure cart with an expressionless mouth across his face and rag covering his head. "Thorny," has since thrown himself into some of the town's most unpleasant and challenging work ranging from lumberjack to mucking stalls to helping "Big Bull" Baccus haul massive quantities of steel to nearby markets.
On busy nights at the Wise Piper Inn, or during festival celebrations, he'll don his cleaned and waxed studded leather, take up his enormous pole arm and act as security. His past as a soldier is something he speaks of with pride, usually within the first 5 minutes of meeting someone. Given his youth, though, it doesn't take long to realize he recycles the same stories of all two battles (one and a half, really).
With his headscarf pulled low on his brow and tight around his head, Thorny can always be found taking his once a week dinner at the Wise Piper. He smokes after every meal, spends time on the holy mornings at Brother Ianto's church, and every one is pretty sure his separation from his service as a soldier was not by choice. He always manages to steer the conversation in another direction if it approaches the topic of his separation, leaving an sizable hole in the story of his past.
Thorny is generally regarded as a nice young man who is well liked around town, though some people are put off by his eagerness to do work and others are suspicious of his storytelling.