Belgarath | Inspiration Board

"The storyteller, who seemed not to have a name as normal men do, was a thoroughly disreputable old man. The knees of his hose were patched and his mis-matched shoes were out at the toes. His long sleeved woolen tunic was belted about the waist with a piece of rope, and his hood, a curious garment not normally worn in that part of Sendaria and one Garion thought quite fine with its loosely fitting yoke covering shoulders, back and chest, was spotted and soiled with spilled food and drink.Only his full cloak seemed relatively new. The old storyteller's white hair was cropped quite close, as was his beard. His face was strong, with a kind of angularity to it, and his features provided no clue to his background. He did not resemble Arend nor Cherek, Algar nor Drasnian, Rivan nor Tolnedran, but seemed to derive from some racial stock long since forgotten. His eyes were a deep and merry blue, forever young and forever full of mischief."

• Often grumpy, could be foolish, and lost his temper with people. 
•  Had a number of bad habits (such as thieving and wenching)
• Belgarath revealed that his habitual clothing was actually by design, including the mismatched boots, so he could look the part of an itinerant storyteller, and the entire outfit - apart from the rope belt - was made to his specifications and intended to look scruffy when they were really so well made that they were nearly indestructible.
• Very fond of ale.