Chert

Chert
Name	Chert
Race	Troll
Age
Occupation	Runs a sawmill
Physical appearance
Residence	Sour Water
Death
Parents
Relatives	Beryl (sister) Mica (brother-in-law) Clay (brother) Pyrites (uncle) Skree (nephew)
Children
Marital Status
Appearances
Books	Witches Abroad Troll Bridge
Cameos

Mentioned in Witches Abroad and Troll Bridge, this troll runs a sawmill in Sour Water, and sells coffins at a good price. He employs his brother-in-law, Mica, part-time, and is replanting Cutshade Forest along with his brother Clay so that they can sell it.

Mica, who tells Cohen the Barbarian all about his family, says that his wife has brothers "like a dog has fleas". Chert's siblings are Mica's wife Beryl, an unnamed brother who owns a wooden bridge, and Clay, a merchant.

A Constable Chert is also mentioned in The Fifth Elephant.

Annotations

References the Roundworld rock chert. Also see the Shorter Oxford Dictionary; a flint- like quartz.