Tomblain Belaroth

Tomblain Belaroth
Hello from the Magic Tavern character
Alice Corn and a Series of Bats in "Gettin' Nuts"
First appearance	"Tom the Traveler"
Played by	Steve Waltien
Information
Name	Tomblain Belaroth
Nickname(s)	Tom
Species	Humanish
Occupation	Crown prince, actor, spy, author, driver
Affiliation	Northeast Kingdom, The Cockticklers

Prince Tomblain Belaroth is the heir to the throne of the Northeast Kingdom. Tomblain has run away from his family and his whereabouts are currently unknown to them.

Tomblain is played by Steve Waltien.

History

Tomblain was born in Northeastia, capital of the Northeast, and grew up in the court of his father Albain and mother Titania. The currency of the Northeast features an image of him, age 9, breastfeeding with his mother.¹ He had a younger sister, Trachea-Aurelia, with whom he did not get along with, and who believes herself more fit for the throne than him.

Reaching adulthood he fell in love with a milkmaid named Rhiannon, but was forbidden by his father and mother to marry one of such a lowly station. In rebellion, he fled the kingdom.
After leaving the Northeast, Tomblain joined up with a theater troupe called The Cockticklers, with whom he traveled from town to town performing family-friendly plays as well as Murder Plays.

+ Warning! Spoilers Inside for Season One. Click to reveal

After failing to win a Tosser Award for his portrayal of Danlet, Tomblain quits acting and agrees to travel to the Shrike Valley as a spy for Usidore, Arnie, & Chunt, to gather information on the Dark Lord's plans. He is there when his father Albain dies. While in Shrike he uses many aliases (see below), but with the trio decides he must get even closer to Baron Ragoon. To that end Tom shoves the Baroness of Shrike out a window into river of lava, killing her. His intention is play the role of the Baron's new love interest, but the murder does result in one of his aliases, "Hank" being captured, tortured, and killed. Luckily the task of his interrogation and execution are assigned to his other aliases.

+ Warning! Spoilers Inside for Season Two. Click to reveal

Tomblain continues with his plan to gather intelligence as the Baron's love interest, and takes on the role of the peasant woman Eliza Parts, who captures the Baron's attention after the death of his wife. He ennobles her, making her Lady Parts. After the capture of Hogsface by the Dark Lords forces, Tom accompanies the Baron to the Vermilion Minotaur, where he shares with the Arnie, Chunt, & Usidore the Orange Beast Riddle that he overhead from the Baron. Concerned about the progression of the Baron & "Lady Parts" courtship, Tomblain flees in-character into McShingleshane Forest, and Eliza is never seen again.

Instead Tomblain assumes the role of a series of bats, and develops a nine-bat show, with performances in the forest and previews in The Smouldering Widow. Tomblain advertised the show as a sponsor of Hello From the Magic Tavern, but the show was not successful.

During this time that Tomblain begins a romantic & sexual relationship with Alice Corn the acorn. Tomblain appeared on an episode of Gettin' Nuts with Alice under the mistaken impression the show was named "Fuckin' Nuts."

Looking to capitalize on his unconventional life story, Tomblain writes a seven-part self-help/autobiography "Think You Can't Change Your Life? I Bet You Can" (with "bet" pronounced as "bat"). He also begins to reconsider his decision to refuse the throne.

+ Warning! Spoilers Inside for Season Three. Click to reveal

Tomblain encounters Arnie, Chunt, & Usidore again at the Library of Meridanth while on tour promoting his book. The tour route will lead him back to the Northeast, where he had resolved to kill his sister and take his rightful place on the throne.

His quest for the throne was made easier when, by the time he returns to the Northeast, his mother Titania has announced her intention to abdicate the throne so that she can fuck the sky. Tom spends several months in the capital city of Northeastia, but grows concerned that he has lost support of the people during his exile. He fends off challenges for the throne and assassination attempts, and says good-bye to his life as an actor. He also discovers his two loves, Rhiannon and Alice Corn, are one & the same, the former having gone into disguise as the latter when Tom fled the Northeast. The two agree to marry.

With his mothers blessing Tom proceeds to the cave outside Northeastia to perform the "bat dance", a magical ritual that makes one regent of the Northeast. There he encounters his rival & sister Treachea-Aurelia, who intended to murder Tom for the throne. Instead the two reconcile, and perform the bat dance together, agreeing to co-rule the Northeast as King & Queen.

Family

• Albain Belaroth, his father and the deceased king of the Northeast Kingdom
• Titania Belaroth, his mother and queen of the Northeast Kingdom
• Trachea-Aurelia Belaroth, his sister and princess of the Northeast Kingdom, who wants him dead to keep him out of the line of succession for the throne. She (along with court eunuch Benedict Whisperbrew) now knows that Tom the Traveler is her really her brother.

Known Aliases

• Tom the Traveler - an alias he assumed when on the road with the Cockticklers to hide from his royal family
• Grumblewald Shimbershwitz - an alias Tom has taken to spy on Baron Ragoon in the Shrike Valley to gather information on the Dark Lord (who the Baron Ragoon makes the Chief of his Dragoon Platoon)
• D'Angelo Capricious - another alias Tom has taken on to spy in the Shrike Valley (who the Baron Ragoon believes is his falconer), who the Baron employs as a falconer
• Hank - a third alias Tom has taken for his spying mission in Shrike (who the Baron believes is one of his many bastards)
• Lady Eliza Parts - a peasant woman from a ranch in the Hidden Valley, made a Lady by the Baron of Shrike
• a series of 9 Brechtian bats, now totaling 26 at last count
• Krefnan, a carriage driver

Notes

• Steve Waltien discusses his first appearances of playing Tomblain in Behind the Tavern: Season 1, Ep 2 - "Steve Waltien"

Episodes

• Season 1, Ep 2 — "Tom the Traveler"
• Season 1, Ep 21 — "No Arnie"
• Season 1, Ep 53 — "Tom the Nominee"
• Season 1, Ep 95 — "Tom the Spy"
• Season 2, Ep 16 — "Tom the Girlfriend"
• Season 2, Ep 28 — "Gettin' Nuts" (w/ Paul F. Tompkins, Live from Now Hear This)
• Season 2, Ep 30 — "Chunt For Red October 3: The Sum Of All Rears" (in post-credit scene)
• Season 2, Ep 32 — "Dark Lord’s Birthday Party" (in post-credit scene)
• Season 2, Ep 41 — "Blue Chris-Must" (w/ Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino from Off Book)(as Foonish sponsor)
• Season 2, Ep 45 – "Night of the Oversharing Dead"(as Foonish sponsor)
• Season 2, Ep 46 — "Lightbringers of Hogsface"(as Foonish sponsor)
• Season 2, Ep 96 — "Tom the Author"
• Season 3, Ep 24 — "Tom the Person Reading a Book"
• Offices & Bosses Season 3, Ep 4 — "A Series of Chief Executives"
• Season 3, Ep 52 —"Critic" (mentioned)
• Season 3, Ep 83 — "Tom the Secret Traveler"
• Season 3, Ep 84 — "The Boy King and the Prince"
• Season 3, Ep 89 - "The Cockticklers"
• Season 3, Ep 90 - "Evil Couple in the City"
• Season 3, Ep 94 - "Sweet Prince Vantis"
• Season 3, Ep 96 - "Tomblaine and Rhiannon"
• Season 3, Ep 98 - "Trachea and Tomblain"

Footnotes

1. Season 3, Ep 84 — "The Boy King and the Prince"