Oy of Mid-World

Oy was Jake Chambers’ pet billy-bumbler. (Or perhaps Jake was Oy’s pet boy.) Outcast from his pack of bumblers for talking too much, lonely Oy began to follow our tet while they traveled along the Bear-Turtle Beam toward the decrepit and dangerous city of Lud. Oy’s first interaction with our tet was to wake Jake up by licking the boy’s face, an act of affection that foreshadowed his profound attachment and devotion to his young master.

In the days of Eld, bumblers were bred to be ratters. They were also very good at destroying the horrific Grandfather fleas—the monstrous insects which feasted upon Type One Vampires’ leftovers—and so were naturally aligned with the White. Like all bumblers, Oy looked like a cross between a raccoon, a woodchuck, and a dachshund. He had expressive, gold-ringed eyes and a little squiggle of a tail. Like the others of his kind, he was extremely intelligent and could count, add, and speak.

While traveling through the Mind Trap beneath the Dixie Pig, Oy once again proved his intense devotion to his young master. While Jake and Oy were fleeing Sayre’s operatives, Jake became paralyzed by the deadly hallucinations created by the Old People’s machinery. In order to escape, Jake and Oy changed bodies. Tottering along on Jake’s two legs, Oy (who was immune to the Old People’s mind-to-mind communication devices) carried his friend to safety.

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