An Erkynlander boy.
Overview[]
A chandler in training apprenticed to Jakob (a chandler being someone who makes and sells candles and soap among other things).
Description[]
Physicality[]
- Slow and stumpy
- Fat (later skeleton thin)
- Pale
- Fine blond hair
- Treble-chinned
- Handsome, as he gets older
Personality[]
- Pessimistic
- Ernest
- Shy
History[]
Prior to the Events of The Dragonbone Chair[]
Jeremias' father died of the chest-fever.
The Dragonbone Chair[]
Jeremias and Simon train together with the hope of of becoming soldiers. The exercise causes Jeremias to begin to lose weight.
When Morgenes takes Simon hunting for supplies in the forest, Jeremias and Isaak are brought along. While in the forest, Jeremias discovers a corpse, later revealed to be one of Isgrimnur's men.
After months of training, Jeremias and Simon apply to Lord Breyugar to become soldiers. Despite delivering a written recommendation from Morgenes, the Lord declines and declares them unfit.
Stone of Farewell[]
When Jakob is driven from the Hayholt by Elias' soldiers, Jeremias attempts to follow him, but is captured by the Erkyngard and given to Inch. The cruel master of the forge declares Jeremias his apprentice and
When he is allowed to go upstairs on an errand, Jeremias escapes and goes to Rachel's chamber. There he relays his story to her and the other chamber maids. He also informs Rachel that it was Pryrates who killed Simon. After his tale is finished and he is all cleaned up, Rachel insists that the other maids let Jeremias sleep. Later, she dresses the boy up as a chambermaid in order to smuggle him out of the city.
To Green Angel Tower[]
Jeremias makes his way to Sesuad'ra, where he is united with Simon. When the former is made a knight, Jeremias is given the position of his squire.
The boy takes up care of the silent Leleth, who he mentions remembering having seen around the castle back when she was Miriamele's handmaiden.
During the Battle of the Lake of Glass, Jeremias acts as a messenger between Josua and Hotvig.
When Leleth falls into her unwaking sleep Jeremias is deeply worried for her and spends a great deal of time at her bedside.
Jeremias is among Josua's company as they fight their way through Osten Ard to the Hayholt. He acts as a squire and a messenger for a number of important figures. After the final battle is over, Jeremias finds the disgruntled Rachel wandering through the celebration and brings her to Simon.
A year later Jeremias is among Simon's staff in the Hayholt. At the celebration he is slated to sing while Sangfugol plays.
Relationships[]
Family[]
Friends[]
Enemies[]
Skills and Abilities[]
- Chandlery
- Forging
- Squiring
- Message running
- Singing
- Basic swordsmanship
Quotes[]
Quotes Of[]
- “I know. But at least it’s our choice, Simon. At least it’s an honorable death. For a long time, when I was ... under the castle ... a quick, clean death seemed like it would be a wonderful thing. But I suppose I must stay alive now. Leleth needs me as a friend—and you need someone to tell you what to do.” - Jeremias, in response to Simon suggesting they might die in The Battle of the Lake of Glass, TGAT, Chapter 12: Raven's Dance
- "You never can tell when princes will get squinty on you. You can never tell when they might suddenly feel their blood and go all royal.” - Jeremias to Simon on his distrust of high born people, TGAT, Chapter 17: Bonfire Night
Quotes About[]
- "She seemed to have taken a liking to Jeremias, although it was shown only by her constant proximity. She still did not speak, and her expression remained perpetually solemn and abstracted, but when she could not be with Geloë, she was nearly always with Jeremias. Simon guessed that she might have sensed in the young squire something like her own pain, some shared affliction of the heart." - Simon's thoughts on the friendship between Leleth and Jeremias, TGAT, Chapter 1: Under Strange Skies
Notes, Theories, and Trivia[]
- Jeremias is the Latin form of the name Jeremiah. In the Old Testament, Jeremiah was a great prophet who was persecuted for his prophesies and imprisoned.