Imp y Celyn

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{{Character Data
|title=
|photo=buddymine.jpg| Imp Y Celyn by [[user:darkplush|Kit Cox]]
|name= Imp y Celyn (Buddy)
|age= Born 1969 UC. 18 in ''Soul Music''
|race= Human, not elvish at all

|occupation= Musician
|appearance=

|residence= Llamedos and Ankh-Morpork

|death= unproven
|parents=
|relatives=
|children=
|marital status= Single

|books:[[Book:Soul Music|''Soul Music'']]
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}}

The lead guitarist and singer of [[The Band With Rocks In]]. He hails from [[Llamedos]] where his family are [[Druid|druids]]. After a terrible falling out with his father he decides to give his life to music. Like most, he ends up in [[Ankh-Morpork]] where he meets [[Glod Glodsson]] and [[Lias Bluestone]] and starts The Band with them (for a short while they are also joined by The [[Librarian]].) Here he also takes the stage name of Buddy. In the [[Roundworld]] language closest to Llamedosian, ''Imp y Celyn'' means "bud of the holly"; you'd never get anywhere in the music business with a name like that. Glod has a suspicion that Imp is "elvish" (Elvis).The band tours the countryside and plays a huge free concert before dying in a horrible crash, or maybe not.

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[[Llamedos]] is known for its dripping evergreen woods. Imp y Celyn hailed from a shack of mud and wood. Much like the [[Roundworld]] Johnny B. Goode; who never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play the guitar just like ringin a bell.

Also, his name translated into English ("bud of the holly") is a clear reference to {{wp|Buddy_Holly|Buddy Holly}}, legendary rock and roll pioneer who also enjoyed success only briefly before dying in an airplane crash.

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A signed copy of {{SM}} seen by one contributor was signed "Not fade away, Terry Pratchett". ''Not Fade Away'' is the title of one Buddy Holly's songs.

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Imp y Celyn