Elwood was born with a voice that could quiet a bar fight - or summon fish from the sea, depending on who tells it. But one day, so the legend goes, he sang a song so honest it broke a promise between two lovers and nearly sank a ship. Since then, Elwood has refused to speak in words, only tunes.
He roams the shoreline with a flute carved from the mast of a wrecked cutter and a pouch of shell-chimes, teaching children how to make music from what the tide brings in. His wide, astonished expression is part habit, part warning - he sees more than he lets on.
Elwood Skew is a ballad in human form, and though no one’s heard him speak for years, everyone listens when he arrives.
