He was not by nature brave. Although he had been the one to tell of the lost Book, he had never expected to be sent on the mission of retrieval. And he had feared, and done not much to assist. All he had done was create diversions...
Yes, diversions. That, really, was all he had done. Kit and Nita had done all the fighting, all the running, all the saving. In the end, all he did was distract the enemy.
Even at the very end...
He had given himself to be a diversion, to give them the last few precious seconds to read from the Book. To give them a few more seconds to save the world.
And he had passed on. To the place where Life went on, forever and ever, never and ever changing.
To the end, he was just a diversion. An unknown, whose name faded from history.
It was the people who acted who counted, who were remembered. Not those who provided the diversion, so that those who acted could act without anything blocking their way.
Seriously, guys, we need more Fred-fics! He was awesome!