I was thinking. His name is Rook. But shouldn't he be named pawn? He's about as tall as the chess pieces on my chess board....
Pawn
–noun
1. Chess. one of eight men of one color and of the lowest value, usually moved one square at a time vertically and capturing diagonally.
2. someone who is used or manipulated to further another person's purposes.
[Origin: 1325–75; ME poun < AF, equiv. to MF poon, var. of paon, earlier pe(h)on lit., walker; see peon1]
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