Marrow Bones

Marrow Bones is one of my favorite characters in Xanth.  He comes from "The Gourd".  You can find out about the gourd by looking under "Hazards" on my Xanth page.

He is a skeleton,  but is not the remains of a dead  human. His  essence is totally magical.  He was created for the gourd to be in humans' nightmares.

The creatures of  "The Gourd" are similar to actors.  They perform a scene in a nightmare to be delivered by "Night Mares" to people who deserve them.

Marrow got stuck on the  "lost path" in the gourd.  He was found by Esk and came out of the gourd into Xanth with him.

He is just soooo kool!  If he is kicked in the hip, he will separate and can reform himself into many, many different forms.  He can become a ladder or a cage etc . . .  His forms are practically limitless. He can't be killed because he is not alive. So can be very handy to have around.

His personality is so neat. He is a very faithful friend. He is very wise, but is a little slow in thinking, cause he is a "bone head".

Volney Vole is one of the many friends that Marrow helped while out of the gourd.  Volney had a serious problem. You can read about that in Vale of The Vole . You can also learn a lot about the most serious threat to Xanth : WIGGLES!

You can read all about Marrow Bones  in Vale of The Void and Heaven Cent.

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