Smeeshun, one of the children of the Namopo Valley he is very headstrong and is first seen interupting a discussion at the elders' round table feircely announcing with a raised fist that he is "brave" and "could battle a garthim". He also occasionally gets into trouble for instance as the Gelfling are preparing for the Garthim raid he becomes so eager to help out but instead ends up inadvertently getting in the way. In the last chapter of the first book Belleg who has previously been seen playing with Smeeshun pickes him up off the ground as the garthim are retreating and jokingly says: