Stephan Lovengot

    Today, Stephan's picture got added to the blog but the person that Stephan was based on asked not to be depicted.  So, Stephan was removed.
    In book 1, Throdon's Shadows, Stephan describes himself as having absolutely white hair that was supposed to come from his father's kin; and brilliant blue eyes from his mother.  But creating his picture made me realize something.  In book 4, The History and Hooey of Thordon, one of Stephan's neighbors can't figure out how old Stephan is.  With white hair from birth, it is no wonder.
    Joe Barnes tells us, "I think the one thing we all agree on is that none of us who grew up around here remember old Stephan or his wife being any younger than they look right now.  Now I'm not saying that they're all that old. I'm just saying that they were both getting on in years when I used to sit in their tree and listen.  And now that my kids climb that same tree to get a better seat, well they're just not any older that's all."
    In books 1 and 2 Stephan, besides being our narrator, plays a major role in the workings of saving Thordon from its Shadows.  We learn in book 3, The Dark Rescue, that he is now a grandelder and passing down tales of heroism; but this time it seems the heroism is his son's.  In book 4 Stephan doesn't get to be the only story teller.  Shoren, Stephan's only son gets in on the action as do a family of neighbors who only want to know one thing.
   Is Thordon a real place where you could actually go?