Upwhiac

Upwhiac is a character in Poorthwart: The Cataclysm. Tyco Brahe and the Admiral first meet him in Tutor Milk's head, where he appears to have been born, but he is able to follow them out to the regular world.

Description
Upwhiac is the physical embodiment of a planter that was once sitting on a shelf in an alternate universe, and he continues to resemble it by having four (originally five) carrots and ode-brush plants growing in his head at any time. He has a wide face and prominent nose, a striped upper lip, and six legs.

Personality
Upwhiac is friendly, brave and loyal, and is so taken by the odd gifts that Tyco and the Admiral give him at their meeting, that he swears an instant friendship to them. He quickly becomes a partner in the Admiral's odd behaviors, and a counterpoint to Tyco's growing distance from the lunacy that is prevalent in Poorthwart.

Poorthwart: The Cataclysm
Upwhiac meets Tyco and the Admiral in Tutor Milk's head, where he has presumably lived his entire life. He attends the Great Wobbly Circle, and is ejected from Tutor Milk's head with the others following the events related to The Anchorite Who Was Largely No More.

He accompanies Tyco and the Admiral on their adventures, and is instrumental in helping them reclaim The Ballyhoose from the invasion by the Claw-Hand Nose Nuns. When the main characters decide to navigate Selbeneer across the Tall Things to the Titans, Upwhiac is asked to stay behind and guard the Mindpikes on the Ballyhoose, in order to prevent it from further attacks by the Claw-Hand Nose Nuns.

Unfortunately, the Ballyhoose is destroyed by marauding forces of Carnival Weep, and Upwhiac is killed, along with the Mindpikes. According to Tutor Milk, his last words are "The Weep."