Your Favorite "Mysterious Old Man" in literature.

[Auron555]

Either Gandalf or Wednesday from Neil Gaiman's American Gods.

 

[Gamegeneral]

I'd have to say Liet Kynes. I forget how old he is, but he's sharp as a tack, and helps the young Paul Atreides.
Dune, you silly people.

 

[the protaginist]

Brom from Eragon. You still keep finging stuff out about him even after 3 & 1/2 books.

Actually, this is my vote too. i got the inspiration to write this thread after finishing Brisingr.

 

[EMO_of_LiGHT]

Brom from Eragon. You still keep finging stuff out about him even after 3 & 1/2 books.

Actually, this is my vote too. i got the inspiration to write this thread after finishing Brisingr.

Yeah, Brom is the best, expecially cause he's Eragon's 100 + year old father.

 

[Dorian]

Brom from Eragon. You still keep finging stuff out about him even after 3 & 1/2 books.

Actually, this is my vote too. i got the inspiration to write this thread after finishing Brisingr.

Yeah, Brom is the best, expecially cause he's Eragon's 100 + year old father.

5 bucks says that something shocking is revealed about him by Galbatorix.

 

[Arsen]

Obi-Wan
Rayden
Merlin

 

[Malkavian]

Wednesday from American Gods.

 

[BlueHydra]

Chade from the Farseer trilogy. (He's so mysterious no one knows he exists)
I'd also say Regal fits the old teacher guy whos quest you have to perform to save the world, but he's not all that mysterious.

 

[AboveUp]

Either Gandalf or Wednesday from Neil Gaiman's American Gods.

I agree on Wednesday. The twist at the end surprised me, and it basically made him more than just the "mysterious old man" you tend to see in fiction.

 

[shufflemonkey16]

I wish I could remember the name of the old dude who helps out Robert Jordan in For Whom the Bell Tolls, but I constantly forget it. He was one of Hemmingway's best communicators of how, when it comes to the soldiers on the field, there's no "good guy" or "bad guys", there's just people trying to be people in a horrible situation. His death is pretty un-glorious and out of nowhere, but that just made that character illustrate the realities of war even more.

Second would be Dumbledore.