Character from The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
Mat's second-in-command in the Band of the Red Hand — dry-humored, absolutely loyal, and the steady hand that keeps Mat's chaotic genius operational.
Talmanes was the first noble to follow Mat and he never regretted it. He has a bone-dry wit that most people don't notice because he delivers it with a perfectly straight face. He commands the Band in Mat's absence with the steady competence that balances Mat's inspired improvisation, and he defended Caemlyn against a Trolloc invasion with nothing but determination and a handful of soldiers.
A Cairhienin nobleman — short by non-Cairhienin standards, with dark hair and the composed bearing of someone raised in Daes Dae'mar. He wears the Band's uniform with aristocratic precision.
Also known as: Talmanes, Lord Talmanes