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Logan Tom (Shannara)
Logan Tom white magic light. Unable to conclude if they are still in
peril, he takes Hawk’s family of Ghosts under his protec-
Shannara character tion, fleeing from their home when a nearby compound
First appearance Armageddon’s Children is under siege from Findo Gask’s hordes. The Lady ap-
pears to him, instructing him to find Hawk, the Gypsy
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Morph, by the Columbia River. He takes the slow journey
Species Human from Seattle to Columbia, encountering vicious killer ro-
bots made by Oronyx Experimental. After narrowly es-
Gender Male
caping with Fixit’s help, they continue on until both Fixit
Loyalty The Word and River are struck by plague. When in search of medi-
Magic item or equipment Magic staff cine Logan Tom encounters a half human, half lizard girl
named Catalyta, or Cat. She finds him the medicine, on
Logan Tom is a fictional character from Terry Brooks’ the condition that he helps her escape. He agrees, avoid-
Great Wars trilogy of novel, written as a prequel to his ing the wrath of The Senator (A Lizard Man, who claims
Shannara series. A Knight of the Word, Logan’s first ap- ownership over Catalyta). On continuing their journey,
pearance is in the book Armageddon’s Children. Logan is ambushed on the Freeway, and taken to a man
named Krilka Koos. Upon meeting the man he discovers
it is a fellow Knight of the Word gone mad. He is forced to
Biography fight Krilka after refusing to join his fighters who disobey
Logan grew up in a compound with his family consisting the Word’s ideals. After feeling all is lost, Logan defeats
of his parents and two siblings, Tyler and Megan. After a Krilka, not being able to bring himself to murder. He is
siege that left him as the only known survivor, Logan was poisoned in the fight, and Panther and Catalyta remove
taken in by a man named Michael Poole and his band of him from Krilka Koos camp, trying to save him from the
battle-hardened soldiers. Logan spent years with Michael deadly poison.[citation needed]
and his soldiers, who went around freeing people from Logan was later saved by Hawk, who had managed
slave camps. Driven insane by the death of his second in to access his powers as a gypsy morph. Soon after, he
command, Fresh, Michael led a vain effort to liberate the was asked by the Lady to help the Elves escape the void’s
long-said impregnable Midline Slave Camp, after which demons and once-men. When Logan enters their territo-
Logan killed Michael in self-defense. Six weeks later, Lo- ry, he meets an elf named Simralin Belloruus, the older
gan was chosen by the Lady of the Word to be one of her sister of the Kirisin Belloruus. The two instantly fall in
agents and was then given a staff with magical properties love with each other. Logan joins the battle to protect
once he accepted.[citation needed] Kirisin, who carries the majority of the Elven nation in
After many years of serving the Word, Logan later the Loden, but is forced to leave Simralin behind.
meets O’olish Amaneh, a prominent agent of the Word, Although he temproarily lost Kirisin to the skrails, he
who entrusts with the mission to find the gypsy morph, managed to rescue the elf and see him safely to the com-
a magical creature who could potentially shift the balan- bined convoy of refugees that Hawk was destined to
ce to the human side. Logan agrees to the change in or- save.[citation needed]
ders because he was promised that by protecting the gyp- Logan later joins a number of soldiers defending a
sy morph, he would finally have a chance to fight Fin- bridge from Gask’s army. The battle ends when Fixit, one
do Gask, the one who organized the attack on his com- of the Ghosts, sacrifices himself to blow the bridge up
pound. Because Nest Freemark, a magical savant, gave and stall the void army’s advance. Logan later goes look-
birth to the gypsy morph, Logan is given her bones so he ing for the Klee, a demon assassin Gask sent after Hawk,
may use them to locate it. He eventually finds the crea- and ended up reuniting with Simralin. The two declared
ture who has taken the form of a man called Hawk who is their love and set out to reunite with the convoy. They
also the leader of a tribe called The Ghosts. Unfortunate- arrived in time to see Hawk use his magic to destroy the
ly, Hawk and his girlfriend Tessa are sentenced to death entire void army of once-men. Logan than noticed that
when they’re found guilty of stealing medical supplies for Gask was approaching a weakened Hawk and Angel Perez
personal use.[citation needed] (another Knight of the Word). Logan rushed to their de-
In the Elves of Cintra, Logan discovers Hawk and Tes- fense and finally got his wish to fight Gask. However,
sa were thrown from the walls only to be consumed by a Gask proved to be too powerful for even Logan to defeat.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Logan Tom (Shannara)
But Simralin stepped in by using the blue elfstones on settled in was protected from a final nuclear devestation
Gask, weakening the demon commander. Using the op- when Hawk formed a protective barrier around it, allow-
portunity, Logan struck the finishing blow to Gask, final- ing the refugees to live in peace.[citation needed]
ly avenging the death of his family.[citation needed] Logan and Simralin married in the Elven tradition
Logan continued with the convoy until they finally and the couple had at least one child, a son whom Logan
reached the destination Hawk was leading them to: a val- eventually passed his staff onto.[citation needed]
ley that remained untouched from the Great Wars. When
Kirisin released the Elven nation and the convoy sepa-
rated into separate groups, Logan went with the Elves so
External links
he and Simralin could be together. The valley the convoy • Terry Brooks official site
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