Githim

Githim is a minor antagonist in Chris Heimerdinger's 2003 novel ''Tower of Thunder. ''He is a hunter who serves under the king Nimrod.

History
Near the beginning of the book, Nimrod's soldiers attack a caravan of carriages in an attempt to find and kill the baby Abram. The baby survives and is found by Mary Symeon, Joshua Plimpton, and Rebecca Plimpton. Githim and his hunters come across them as they are taking the baby to Shem. Mary uses the sword of Akish to defend the children, until four horsemen from Salem come to rescue them. Githim tries to convince the horsemen to back off, but the leading horseman, Ophir, tells Githim that there are reinforcements coming. Githim and his hunters reluctantly retreat.

Towards the end, when Joshua runs away from Salem with Rebecca following, Githim comes across him again. Joshua, tapping into the power of the sword of Akish, summons a blast of lightning that kills Githim and his men. Unfortunately, the lightning ends up electrocuting Rebecca as well, and Akish soon comes to kidnap Joshua.