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Character
Thomas's mother
also known as his mother, a widow, handsome, dark-haired giantess
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Thomas's mother was a dark-haired, handsome giantess who worked in the kitchens of the Comte de Givras. She was the bastard of a Spanish knight, Tomás de Oviedo, and told Thomas his father was a German pilgrim. Her scavenged food kept Thomas and his older half-sister fed.
Appearance
- hair: Dark-haired · revealed ch.29
- build: A sort of handsome giantess · revealed ch.29
Actions
- Remembered Tomás de Oviedo in her nightly prayers though he was ignorant of her existence · revealed ch.29
- Came home smelling of grease and flour, bearing bones, cheese rinds, second cuts of meat, and stale bread from the comte's table, keeping Thomas and his older half-sister fed · revealed ch.29
Secrets
Status
- Worked in the Comte de Givras's kitchens · revealed ch.29
- Was the bastard of a Spanish knight, Tomás de Oviedo · revealed ch.29
- Wedded young to a joiner's son who died before her daughter was three; never married again · revealed ch.29
- Died by the time Thomas was a necessary part of the comte's retinue · revealed ch.29
Nothing has been revealed about Thomas's mother yet at this point in the book.