Palinurus
Tough-minded; tender hearted; thinks pasta must be al dente and Enrico Caruso worthy of veneration. Buckeye by birth.
When Aeneas felt the ship, her helmsman lost, drifting badly and himself guided it true through nocturnal waves, sighing often and deeply stunned by the fate of his friend:
"You trusted far too much in serene sky and calm sea and will now, O Palinurus, lie naked on an unknown strand."
--Vergil, The Aeneid, 5.854-71