Ray (a lay brother? possibly an artisan or laboror?)

ooooh, a labourer/gardener, Lady Chatterley like... Lots of totin' hay, gold skin glowing in the sunlight...

But he's smart, and helps Fraser with the manuscript thing even though he can't read.

And - please don't kill our Ray - maybe have us think he's been killed and Fraser has lost everything, but they find each other again (after not too long a time) and love conquers all.

ah hem.

Sorry, got a bit carried away there.