- Vincent Van Dyke
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name = Vincent Van Dyke
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first = "The Never War "
last = "Raven Rise "
cause = Trapped onEelong by collapsed flume
nickname = Gunny
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species = Traveler
gender = Male
age = 60's
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occupation = Traveler, Bell Captain of Manhattan Tower Hotel
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creator =D. J. MacHale Vincent Van Dyke (often nicknamed 'Gunny' because of his refusal to fire a gun) is the Traveler from First Earth in the fantasy book series "Pendragon". Gunny is a tall black male, who works at the Manhattan Tower Hotel in
New York as the Bell Captain. He is introduced in the books by helpingBobby Pendragon andVo Spader escape from gangsters in the subway that holds theFlume . He appears consecutively in Books III, IV, and V.Appearance In the Series
The Never War
After saving
Bobby Pendragon andVo Spader from being executed by mobsters thatSaint Dane is using, Gunny reveals himself to Bobby and Spader. He hides the two in a room on the 6th floor of the Manhattan Tower Hotel, where he works as a Bell Captain. In such a position, he knows all about everything that happens inside the Hotel, including Max Rose's shady business enterprises. He saves Bobby and Spader from the mobsters who want to kill them after they are forced to deliver a message from Rose. Gunny then takes Bobby toThird Earth so they can find proof of Max Rose's plan to work with theNazi Party , which is crucial to the future. When they return toFirst Earth Bobby and Gunny fly toLakehurst ,New Jersey , to make sure theHindenburg is destroyed. A misled Spader tries to stop them, but Gunny manages to destroy thezeppelin .The Reality Bug
While
Vo Spader breaks onCloral and Bobby checks outVeelox , Gunny disappears onEelong . While Bobby is trapped in a Lifelight hallucination in between Zetlin's fantasy and the real world, he finds Gunny (who actually a mere hallucination) tied to a dam. He almost manages to free Gunny, but has to end the jump. At the end of the book,Saint Dane delivers Gunny's hand in a bag toCourtney Chetwynde andMark Dimond , complete with Traveler's ring. Bobby goes toEelong to rescue Gunny.Black Water
Bobby spends the first half of the book looking for Gunny. He finds him when he follows a map left behind by
Kasha 's father to Black Water, acity of the oppressed gars of Eelong. Being dark-skinned, Gunny is anointed as a "prince from a distant land". He reveals that he lost his hand in a duel with the vicious, reptilian tangs of Eelong. He helps Bobby and company defeatSaint Dane 's plans of conqueringEelong , but is stranded on the territory with Spader at the end of the book. Now they are probably trying to find another flume, to get off of Eelong.Pilgrims of Rayne
Gunny had sent a letter to his acolyte to give to Bobby explaining what happened after Eelong. Gunny and Spader are teachers there, and that they are both prepared to rejoin the fight against Saint Dane whenever they are needed, and when the flume on Eelong is repaired.
Raven Rise
Gunny is seen at the end of the story with the other travelers. Press tells them all that they have failed leading Bobby into his next mission.
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