Character from Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams
A troll Singing Man who rides a wolf, speaks in proverbs no one understands, and carries more loyalty and quiet courage in his small frame than most knights manage in full armor.
Binabik speaks Erkynlandish with careful, slightly fractured grammar and a gift for proverbs that are either deeply wise or completely baffling, depending on your tolerance for troll philosophy. 'There is no such thing as a certain path,' he'll say, or 'When it falls on your head, then you are knowing it is a rock.' He means every word. He is kind, intelligent, and possessed of a quiet steel that surprises people who mistake his size for weakness. He processes distress internally — going still and measured when others would rage — and his counsel is always practical, always grounded. When Simon panics, Binabik is the voice that says 'Let us be thinking about this.' His bond with Simon is the emotional spine of the trilogy. Charged by Morgenes with protecting the boy, Binabik takes this duty with absolute seriousness — but it quickly becomes genuine love, the older-brother-mentor relationship Simon never had. He's also a Scrollbearer, connecting the mountain trolls to the wider intellectual resistance against the Storm King. He reads bones for divination, mixes poisons, navigates by stars, and fights with a blowgun — all with the unflappable competence of someone raised in a culture where the mountain will kill you if you're careless.
Short even for a Qanuc troll — barely reaching a tall man's waist. Round, childish face with narrow eyes, a wide expressive mouth, and black hair. Brown-skinned. Wears furs and practical mountain clothing. Carries a walking stick that conceals a knife blade. His wolf companion Qantaqa — enormous, grey-furred, terrifyingly intelligent — is usually nearby, making Binabik look even smaller by comparison.
Also known as: Binbiniqegabenik, Binabik