Bush Guy

"'Something is coming... A dark shape parts the clouds above and passes over Eastern kingdoms, soaring unceasingly and stopping for no one... It is coming here, Castian Valinor, and it is coming for you.' - Bush Guy, The Plight of Steel, Chapter 11"

Bush Guy is a placeholder name for the character that appears to Castian Valinor shortly after his coronation. He is hiding in a bush, and asks Kelyssa Valinor to retrieve her brother, as he has a message for the young boy-king. After finishing his warning, he is pulled through the ground and dropped from an incredible height, where he strikes the ground and dies.

Biography
Bush Guy is meant to act as a method to deliver a prophecy to Castian Valinor, who later regains his true form as Aerynir Vaenoria - son of Shyrrik. The appearance of the character is also a precursor to the appearance of The Wanderer, who killed him by dropping him from the sky.

Who the man is has never been explained, though a detail in the story gives a hint to his origin. His eyes are described as being golden, which means that he is either descended from a family in the kingdom of Shemerith, where men have yellow eyes, or he is a Reverie. If the latter is true, it can be assumed that the man saw the future, and wished to warn Castian.

Appearance
Bush Guy is described as wearing a bright yellow overcoat over a doublet of the same color. A feather is comically stuck into his hat, which is described as almost seeming to move on its own.