Was hired to keep the rope bridge by a Toll Lord who then forgot to pay him.
FROM
the rope bridge over the Saltspine gorge
HOW THEY LOOK
Mossy, long-armed, twigs in his hair and a lantern made from a hollow skull of something large.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
“A story, please. A new one. Here's your change.”
“No coin. What would I buy? More bridge?”
BEFORE THE TALE
120 years ago · the gorge bridge
Was hired to keep the rope bridge by a Toll Lord who then forgot to pay him. He kept it anyway; a bridge needs a keeper.
80 years ago · the gorge bridge
Started charging tolls in stories instead of coin, since coin was no use to him. He has never heard the same one twice.
40 years ago · the gorge
A rope snapped in a storm and a cart went over with a family on it. He caught the child, not the parents.
10 years ago · the cliff stair
Visits Gorm the giant once a decade to trade the best stories. Gorm forgets them; Grumsel does not.