🎭 Thom Merrilin - The Gleeman

🟥🟦🟨 Patchwork Cloak • Medieval Layers • Throwing Knives • Traveling Performer

This ZImage model is my latest and most accurate Thom Merrilin model. Previous versions remain available but those were my learning phase of creating character loras.

It represents Thom as a middle-aged gleeman (mid to late 50s) at the height of his skill — not elderly, not exaggerated, and not a caricature.

This model reliably produces:

• White hair with subtle steel-gray streaks, worn loose to the shoulders

• A thick drooping mustache that hangs naturally downward (not curled or styled)

• A true gleeman’s patchwork cloak made from many small cloth patches with visible stitching

• Medieval clothing only (no modern jackets or jeans)

• Throwing knives visible on his belt, reinforcing his dangerous side

🧩 Core Trigger Words (Copy & Paste)

ThomMerrilin a middle-aged gleeman, white hair with subtle steel-gray streaks worn loose to his shoulders and a thick drooping mustache that hangs naturally downward, not curled or styled. He wears a gleeman’s patchwork cloak made from many small cloth patches sewn together with visible stitching and medieval clothing with throwing knives on his belt

Use this block as the identity anchor in every prompt, while removing things that would not be important for the shot angle or scene. Such as removing the knives on his belt if its an upper body scene.

🎶 Instrument Triggers

Flute (travel / quiet scenes)

Use one:

• playing a wooden flute

• holding a simple wooden flute

Best for roads, forests, and solitary performances. But use anywhere, Thom played a portable harp and a flute in the books.

Harp (inn / formal scenes)

Use one:

• playing a small wooden harp

• holding a small medieval harp

• small harp performance in an inn

Best for taverns, inns, and storyteller gatherings. He carried a small portable harp as he was a traveling gleeman.

Tip: Do not combine flute and harp in the same image.

📸 Showcase & Example Prompts

Reference the images and prompts in the showcase to see how the triggers effect the outcome. You can see by the ZImage default samples how much it defaults to a younger man if you don't include all the prompting, even though there were no young looking dataset images. ZImage stuff I guess.

🎨 Cloak Color Palette Guidance

🟥 Muted red
🟦 Faded blue
🟨 Ochre / warm yellow
🟩 Dull green
🟫 Brown / umber
⬛ Charcoal gray

Helpful phrases:

• “muted reds and faded blues”

• “earthy ochre and dull green”

• “weathered wool tones”

🧠 Tips for Best Results

• If the mustache curls, repeat: drooping mustache, not curled near the end

• If clothing modernizes, reinforce: medieval clothing and keep the negative prompt

• If knives disappear, add: throwing knives clearly visible on his belt

📜 Notes

This model is part of my ongoing Wheel of Time character set.

-This LoRA is not intended to resemble any real person, living or deceased.
No real photographs or celebrity likenesses were used in the creation of this model.

This character was created solely through prompted image generation, using a combination of:

• Descriptions found in Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series

• Narrative cues and imagery from official book text

• Inspiration from classic book cover art (such as Darrell K. Sweet and Michael Whelan)

• Generic medieval visual language

The training dataset was generated entirely using AI image tools, guided by natural language prompts referencing Thom Merrilin, a fictional character from a fantasy novel.

This project is an act of fan expression, intended to reflect the book-accurate interpretation of the character—not any real-world likeness.
It is shared here for non-commercial, artistic, and transformative purposes under fair use.