Character from Hyperion by Dan Simmons
The narrator of the Cantos' second half — a hunting guide falsely convicted of murder, recruited by a dying poet to protect a twelve-year-old messiah across the galaxy.
Raul Endymion was a hunting guide on Hyperion, convicted of a murder he didn't commit and sentenced to death. Martin Silenus — ancient, dying, still profane — rescued him and gave him a mission: find Aenea at the Time Tombs when she emerges, protect her, and complete the Cantos. Raul is the narrator and the witness. He is not the chosen one — Aenea is. He is not the great warrior — that was Kassad. He is not the genius — that was Silenus. He is the person who shows up, stays loyal, and writes it all down. His ordinariness is his value: he sees what the extraordinary people can't, because he's not blinded by destiny or genius. He fell in love with Aenea as she grew from child to woman over their years of travel. He lost her to the Pax. He completed Silenus's Cantos from a Schrodinger box prison cell, writing the narrative that became the Endymion novels. Their son Petyr continued the work.
Young, weathered by outdoor life on Hyperion. A hunting guide's build — lean, capable, comfortable in wilderness. Not particularly remarkable in appearance, which is part of the point: Raul is the everyman through whose eyes extraordinary events unfold.
Also known as: Raul, Endymion