Grey Man

First appears: The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Ailne's Revenge · Part 2

Life events

• The Grey Man captured Finn, Daire, and Glanluadh, bound them, and shut them away.(The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Ailne's Revenge · Part 1)
  • With: Finn Daire Glanluadh
  • “With that he put bonds on the three, Finn and Daire and Glanluadh, and he put them down into some deep shut place.”
• Ailne ordered the Grey Man to remove Glanluadh’s spells and set her free.(The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Ailne's Revenge · Part 1)
  • With: Ailne Glanluadh
  • “She called then to her brother the Grey Man, and bade him take the spells off Glanluadh.”
• The Grey Man renews his spells on Finn and Daire, leaving them under enchantment.(The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Ailne's Revenge · Part 2 · 📍 Ailne's dun)
  • With: Finn Daire
  • “But the Grey Man heard their shouts, and he put the full power of his spells again on Finn and on Daire.”
• The Grey Man's spells put the Fianna to sleep, leaving them helpless.(The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Ailne's Revenge · Part 2 · 📍 Ailne's dun)
  • With: Fianna
  • “And the Fianna heard the music as if stammering, and then they heard a great noise like the loud roaring of waves, and when they heard that, there was not one of them but fell into a sleep and clouds of death, under those sorrowful spells.”
• The Grey Man and Ailne bring the Fianna into the dun and bind them.(The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Ailne's Revenge · Part 2 · 📍 Ailne's dun)
  • With: Ailne Fianna
  • “And then the Grey Man and Ailne came out quietly from where they were, and they brought the whole of the men of the Fianna that were there into the dun. And they put hard bonds on them, and put them where Finn and Daire were.”
• The Grey Man wounds Conan, but Conan escapes the enchanted seat, leaving his back bare.(The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Ailne's Revenge · Part 2 · 📍 Ailne's dun)
  • With: Conan
  • “But one time he was going to strike the bald head off Conan, and Conan made a great leap from the seat; but if he did, he left strips of his skin hanging to it, that his back was left bare.”
• The Grey Man spares Conan and says he may stay with him for life.(The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Ailne's Revenge · Part 2 · 📍 Ailne's dun)
  • With: Conan
  • “‘I will not put you to death, Conan,’ said the Grey Man then, ‘but you can stop with myself to the end of your life.’”
• Osgar defends Conan and kills the Grey Man.(The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Ailne's Revenge · Part 2 · 📍 Ailne's dun)
  • With: Osgar Conan
  • “But Conan called to Osgar to defend him, and Osgar attacked the Grey Man, and it was not long till he made him acquainted with death.”

The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Ailne's Revenge · Part 2

• siblings with Ailne “And sometimes Ailne's brother would come in and strike the heads off some of them, for none of them could rise up from the seats they were sitting on through his enchantments.”
• enemies with Osgar “But Conan called to Osgar to defend him, and Osgar attacked the Grey Man, and it was not long till he made him acquainted with death.”

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Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.