The Travels of Sir John Mandeville YA_Gift_Guide Lionel Essrog is an orphan

Lionel Essrog is an orphan whose Tourettic impulses drive him to bark

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Vin is consumed with guilt at having been tricked into releasing the mystic force known as Ruin from the Well

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville YA_Gift_Guide Lionel Essrog is an orphanOstensibly written by an English knight, the Travels purport to relate his experiences in the Holy Land, Egypt, India and China. Mandeville claims to have served in the Great Khan's army, and to have travelled in 'the lands beyond' countries populated by dog headed men, cannibals, Amazons and Pygmies. Although Marco Polo's slightly earlier narrative ultimately proved more factually accurate, Mandeville's was widely known, used by Columbus, Leonardo da