Jeffrey Robbins
Jeffrey MacClain Robbins - A blind writer, and close friend to Hudson.
History
Robbins was blinded while serving in Vietnam, and after leaving the Army took up writing novels, primarily works based on old hero-legends such as those about Gilgamesh and Beowulf, examining how the stories might have arisen in a manner very much like that of Mary Renault’s novels on Theseus and Mary Stewart’s novels on Merlin. After a while, however, he found himself temporarily out of inspiration.
He met and befriended Hudson during the Scrolls of Merlin adventure, unaware (so far as we know) of his true nature thanks to his blindness. Robbins helped him locate Macbeth, and also encouraged him to learn how to read upon discovering Hudson’s illiteracy, explaining to him that it is no shame to be illiterate, but only to remain so. After the Scrolls of Merlin were recovered, Jeffrey became inspired enough by the event to compose a new novel, "The Sword and the Staff", about Merlin.
Jeffrey Robbins later on met Hudson and the other gargoyles again, during Demona’s "stone by night" curse upon New York, and helped them discover that she was behind it. (He himself escaped her spell because of his blindness).
Production Background
Voice Actor: Paul Winfield
