Someshta
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Someshta, often called "The Green Man," is the name of the last surviving Nym in The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Nym were artificial constructs made through use of the One Power during the Age of Legends. Originally entrusted as the 'gardeners' of the time, they were tasked with managing wildlife and ensuring proper production levels of grains and other plants for planetary consumption. They had extensive ability to manipulate the life force of plants around them. Shortly before the full onset of the Breaking, the Last Aes Sedai council charged Someshta with guarding over The Eye of the World sanctuary, where was housed several artifacts of great power, along with one of the seals on the Dark One's prison. He dies at the hands of Balthamel, one of the Forsaken, in the final chapters of that novel.
This Adam figure, an 'original' creature entrusted with guarding an important 'magical garden,' is based on the Green Man motif, an ancient concept in the folkloric traditions of numerous cultures around the world.
