Shimrod

Shimrod is a magician, knight-errant, itinerant physician, and the scion of the master magician Murgen.

Creation
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Suldrun's Garden
The first mention of Shimrod is by Master James, the court librarian at Hadion, who recounts a time that he visited Shimrod at Trilda. On that occasion, Shimrod transformed a mouse into a fine horse so that Master James could ride back to Lyonesse Town at speed.

Later, Shimrod is summoned to Hadion by King Casmir of Lyonesse. Casmir hopes to solicit Shimrod's assistance in achieving his ambition of uniting the Elder Isles under his rule; Shimrod refuses such assistance on grounds that it would contravene Murgen's Edict.

Shimrod later becomes infatuated by Malancthe the Demi-Witch who appears to him in a dream. She object, given to her by Tamurello, is to seduce Shimrod and convince him to plunge into the otherworld Irerly. The ultimate goal of this intrigue is to weaken Murgen by destroying Shimrod and to strengthen Tamurello and Faude Carfilhiot through the theft of Shimrod's magical adjuncts, grimoires, portfolios, and apparatus.

Shimrod enters Irerly only after consultation with Murgen, who provides tools, spells, and advice that allow him to survive and escape the trap. Nevertheless, Trilda is ransacked during his absence and his friend Grofinet is brutally murdered.