Tangnost Bearhugger

Tangnost Bearhugger is the dwarf dragonmaster to the Earl Rufus de Winter. He is main teacher in the trainging of esquires in Dragonsdome. He is a father-like figure to Quenelda.

Passage from Lucinda Hare's blog
"Tangnost Bearhugger, legendary Bonecracker Commando of the III First Born Regiment of the Stealth Dragon Services, now Dragonmaster to the Earl Rufus DeWinter. One of the three central characters in The Dragonsdome Chronicles, he was invalided out of the SDS after sixty years on Imperial Blacks, and is now mentor and protector of the Earl's headstrong daughter Quenelda. He is entrusted with the safekeeping of Dragonsdome in the Earl's absence, including the breeding of Imperials and Sabretooth battledragons, and the training of esquires."