2. Who is Huw (“Halfbacon”)? Why is he a mysterious character?

Huw Halfbacon (Huw the Flitch) is the grounds keeper of the cottage, who seems to spend most of his time raking the gravel and keeping an eye on the land around him. As the story progresses his character becomes more strange, as he tries to infer and imply things to the children in cryptic riddles that are imposible to understand. In the end, it is revealed that Huw is under the spell of the Valley, and that he is a descendant of the wizard Gwydion and the hero Llew Llaw Gruffydds of the Mabinogion.