Herschel is the sort of Beagle who is a tracker first and a friend always. Anyone within earshot of Herschel eventually hears the theory that the Endless Track is a single very confident circle pretending to be many. On busy market days Herschel carries a pair of goggles claiming to see another layer of reality like a small flag, and stallkeepers nod as it passes. Herschel believes ordinary days are where big mysteries hide, usually under a bowl or behind a door nobody checked.