Fictional Favorites

I've decided I'm going to have to start a weekly post of a favorite fictional character- introduction descriptions, and paragraphs that illuminate their personality and show why I love them so much. I just have so many fictional favorites. :-) So, today I begin with Stephen Lawhead's Robin Hood. This Robin Hood legend is set in Wales at the time of the Norman conquest, and Robin Hood is a Welsh lord in exile- he had been a prince until his father was killed, but he never got a chance to be king in his own right because a Norman lord took over his "cantref," his little kingdom. His name is Bran, the Welsh for king is "Rhi", and the Welsh "Hud" means enchanter or magician, which Bran is called by superstitious locals because of his habit of showing up and scaring away callous Normans in a eery Raven cloak and hood with his bow. So, here he is:

"Presently, Siarles returned from the house accompanied by a young man, tall and slender as a rod, but with a fair span of shoulders and good strong arms. He wore a simple tunic of dark cloth, trousers of the same stuff, and long black riding boots. His hair was so black the sun glinted blue in his wayward locks. A cruel scar puckered the skin on the left side of his face, lifting his lip in what first appeared to be a haughty sneer- an impression only, belied by the ready wit that glinted from eyes as black as the bottom of a well on a moonless night. There was no doubt he was their leader, Bran."