Brome
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Brome was a male mouse from Noonvale. He was the younger brother of Laterose of Noonvale, the son of Urran Voh and Aryah Voh, and the ancestor of Aubretia. Brome is also called Brome the Healer, Brother of Rose.
Brome was a young, innocent and cheeky little mouse, mischievous but very helpful and intelligent. Although fearful and hesitant at first, he later became a powerful and invaluable ally in the fight against Badrang the Tyrant. Captured by Badrang's forces outside Fort Marshank he was made to be a slave there, along with Martin the Warrior and many others. He was rescued by Laterose and her friend Grumm Trencher and became good friends with Felldoh, whom he greatly admired and respected.
Felldoh and Brome succeeded in liberating only part of the slaves from the Fort with the help of a group of traveling entertainers called the Rambling Rosehip Players. As Brome's self-confidence grew, he devised a daring plan of his own in order to rescue the slaves who had been too slow, too old or too weak to escape with the first group. Brome had an unusual talent for disguise and imitation and was able to adopt the mannerism and speech of searats convicingly. He used this ability to pass himself as a searat named Bucktail and infiltrate Marshank. His pretense allowed him to sneak into the fort undetected and save Keyla and Felldoh's father, Barkjon, among others.
In spite of his courage and his hatred for slavery, Brome, realized he could never be a warrior like his friend Felldoh. When he saw Felldoh kill Badrang's horde with coolness and determination, Brome was horrified. Although he later understood the necessity for war and killing, he would never reconcile himself to using violence and during the final war against the Tyrant and his fortress, Brome became a great healer. However when all hope was eventually lost and his friends were about to be massacred, Brome finally picked up a javelin in a desperate move to fight and defend those he loved.
