Our dear Goodman Root, a wandering hermit who tends to the wilds as St. Francis before him, albeit he holds a vow of silence. 
- —Madam Gomorrah while introducing the Gardiner's Men to Witch Hunter Angela and Lady Serah[src]
History
Goodman Root was a wandering hermit that at some point joined the Gardiner's Men, a troupe of players that performed not far from London in King James' England.[1]