 He is strongly reminiscent of the "trickster" archetype also associated with Loki.Following the events of "", Cluracan offends his queen so badly that she sends him to the court of Llinor, where tradition demands that he marry a lady of the royal house; whereupon Cluracan's nemesis – identical to him in every way except his sexual orientation – takes Cluracan's place.The Cluracan is named after a drunken leprechaun of Irish mythology, the Cluricaun.