[Veilside]

Damnit. If you were using Mediawiki I would totally make awesome templates to use on pages

[foolio]

Abyss, on 12 January 2011 - 03:08 PM, said:

Hetan, on 11 January 2011 - 11:43 PM, said:

I've asked for and have been granted some advance release copies of this book as competition prizes. This means you get your hands on the prize before Abyss....

I hate you Hetan.

- Abyss, means that in a nice hatey hate hate so hatefull of hater hate way. hate.

please tell me you are familiar with Dave Chappelles "player haters ball"?

[foolio]

Jenisapt Rul, on 12 January 2011 - 05:39 PM, said:

I think we should just give one to MTS already. He's been on a quote rampage in the book forums for months now. The man is a machine.

agreed. Have noticed the same thing recently....

[MTS]

Well, I've gathered all the necessary quotes I could find in RotCG for a Greymane entry, and about 150 pages into a re-read of SW, gathering quotes as I go, so should be ready to write soon. Also got a few on the Lady too. How's everyone else doing?

[ansible]

I'm not sure what my final entry will be. I really have two irons in the fire right now: the first is my Shadowkeep/Deadhouse theory, which could use some fleshing out but I'm not sure how much more I can add; and second, the quote database project, which is really not a wiki entry per se, but it will have a page on the wiki and will hopefully be a useful tool. My goal is to get a working version of the quote program for Feb. 1. Would anyone be opposed to a computer program being my entry?

[Salt-Man Z]

Maybe I should finish up my cover/edition galleries that I started on last year...

[Hetan]

Just to let you know - there are three copies up for grabs guys... so post away.

[End of Disc One]

Okay this is all I have...I really don't have time to come up with anything else:

https://spreadsheets...=en&output=html

[MTS]

Ok, so I just finished typing my entry up in Word. Can I just post it here?

[MTS]

Fuck it, I'll post it here anyway.

Alright guys, my entry. Be warned, it's fairly long.

SW AND ROTCG SPOILERS
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS EVERYWHERE
IF YOU READ THIS YOU WILL BE SPOILED
SPOILED BEYOND ALL IMAGINATION
AND NOT THE GOOD KIND EITHER LIKE THOSE RICH KIDS WHO GET EVERYTHING
BAD SPOILED, LIKE WHEN YOU OPEN A CARTON OF CURDLED MILK AND YOU VOMIT EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THE SMELL IS SO BAD
OR LIKE WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR CHEESE OUT FOR TOO LONG AND IT GOES MOULDY, OR...ERHM...ITS JUST REALLY BAD ALRIGHT!?
IN FACT I'M GOING TO PUT IT IN SPOILER TAGS BECAUSE I HAVE NO FAITH IN HUMANITY

Spoiler

This has made me realise I have far, far too much time on my hands. But it's for a good...erhm...reward. I need a job. And a drink.

Anyway, here goes:
All page references are in Trade Paperback unless otherwise stated.
Stonewielder page references are those in an e-book version, which I had to get because I lent SW to my brother right before he suddenly decided to road-trip around Oz for a month lol.
Memories of Ice uses the MMPB page numbers.
Dust of Dreams uses the HB page numbers.

General Info
Name: Greymane
Pseudonyms: Orjin Samarr (birth name), Stonewielder
Age: Unknown, born on Geni off the southern coast of Quon Tali
Race: Human
Warren: None. Sensitive to warren magic, possibly due to his sword
Appearance: A ‘giant of a man’, with broad shoulders, trunk-like legs, a flattened nose, heavy mouth, deeply set grey-blue eyes, long, grey hair and skin with a dark-berry hue.

Personality

RotCG, p. 367 said:

(Shimmer) ‘The majority of her brothers and sisters were - to be honest - dismissive of the man. They regarded him a failure, a flawed officer who had broken under the strain of a difficult command. She however sensed within him something more. A veiled strength great enough to have defied not only his own superiors, but the Korelan Stormguard as well.
‘Overseas entanglements.’
Obviously, here also was an officer who felt keenly the responsibilities of leading soldiers.’

SW, p. 244 said:

(Devaleth) ‘It seemed to her that he was in his element. Here, in the field, sharing the company of the regulars. Clearly, this was where he was most comfortable. No wonder he’d been so eager to get away. Yet what of the men and women of his command? ... From the glances and bearing of all those the High Fist talked to or sat among Devaleth saw that he had their hearts. In this manner he fit the mould of the old Malazan commanders she’d heard of: the legendary Dujek, the gruff Urko, or the revered Whiskeyjack.’

SW, p. 274 said:

(Devaleth) ‘He obviously felt the suffering of his troops. His temper was hair-thin.’

SW, p. 241 said:

‘If I were Greymane I’d cashier the fool.’
‘Let us hope this officer’s uncle is far too important for that,’ Borun suggested, with the closest thing to humour Ussü had yet heard from the man.
‘You don’t know Greymane,’ Ussü said darkly.

SW, p. 275 said:

(Kyle) ‘He can be very...emotional.’

Fighting Prowess
Greymane shares a lot of similarities to many fighters we’ve seen, such as Urko, Karsa and Brood, who use their immense strength to overpower their enemies. Greymane possesses prodigious strength for a human, and is capable of bending iron bars with his bare hands (RotCG, p. 12). He is also respected as a prominent swordsman, mentioned in the same breath as Anomander Rake, Dassem Ultor and the Seguleh First (MoI, p. 1009). Here are two examples of Greymane in combat, against Skinner and the Sixth Army respectively:

RotCG, p. 619 said:

They clashed again, grunting their efforts in blows that would fell trees. A swiping riposte was met by Greymane’s slimmer blade which burst like a sharper, shattering beneath the strain. But instead of flinching away the ex-Fist closed, grappling, and the two struggled from view.
...
He glimpsed them, wrestling, crashing into wagons, rolling amid the wreckage, trading blows that echoed through the night. Greymane arose bent behind Skinner, a grip up under his chin, straining, his face writhing with effort. Yet, incredibly, the Avowed commander straightened beneath him, raising the man clear off the ground to heave him, armour and all, off into the night.

SW, p. 333 said:

It was the invaders who had broken through. Leading the charge came an armoured giant. Even as the Envoy watched, the man heaved aside an overturned cart, [and] knocked soldiers from their feet with raking blows.

First Korel Invasion
Greymane was the commander of the first invasion of Korel, which happened roughly five years before the events of Night of Knives (NoK, p. 14), thus placing the initial landings in the 1149th year of Burn’s Sleep. Greymane was born on Geni off the southern coast of Quon Tali, and his father was a fisherman of the Cut between Quon Tali and Korel. He mentions seeing the Riders many times as a boy. After his father disappears on a fishing trip, presumably taken by the Riders, Greymane ‘swears off the sea’ and joins the army. This background eventually saw him chosen as the commander of the Korel invasion force, over time comprising the Sixth, Eighth and Thirteenth Armies, as his familiarity with the region was considered an asset (RotCG, p. 88). For a time this appeared to be the case. Greymane successfully lands in Fist, despite numerous confrontations with the Stormriders and the formidable Ruse-aided thalassocracy of Mare. Initially the campaign goes well, despite the influence of the Lady rendering the Malazan mages useless (SW, p. 144). He also campaigns in Theft, presumably with the Thirteenth Army, while the Sixth remained in Fist and tried to conquer Rool. Kellanved prevents the Stormguard from marching on the Malazans by promising to limit Malazan holdings to territory currently occupied i.e. Fist and Rool, and possibly Theft as well, to which the Stormguard agree (SW, p.211). The exact timing of this deal is vague however.
During the campaign Ipshank, a Theftian high-ranking priest of the Lady and famous healer, defects to Greymane’s side with his companion Manask, becoming a priest of Fener in the process (SW, p. 305). Faradan Sort, a female section commander on the Stormwall (BH, p. 168), also perhaps defects to Greymane’s (or at least the Malazan) side at this time, as she is reported to have served with the Eighth Army while it was in Korel (DoD, p. 541), but that might simply be a cover story. These defections likely have less to do with his military campaigning and more to do with his dealings with the Stormriders.
Eventually the Korel campaign ground to a halt, and a stalemate ensued. Ferocious local resistance and appalling casualty rates hindered and eventually stopped the Malazans’ advance, and they were held up in Rool (NoK, p. 14; SW, p. 276). Keneb comments that Greymane fought ‘a protracted war over a huge territory with no defined front’, and that he needed self-sustaining units ready for any contingency (HoC, p. 641). Greymane faced almost unanimous resistance from the Korelan people, all under the thumb of the Lady. It is even intimated that she actually allowed the Malazans to land so as to convert more to the faith and gain more power due to the blood spilled (SW, p. 150). Retreat was never an option – they were pinned in by Mare to the south and east, the Roolians and Korelans to the west and the Stormriders to the north, and so the Malazans were confined to their original foothold on Fist (RotCG, p. 37).

Contact with the Stormriders
As previously mentioned, Greymane had many encounters with the Stormriders as a boy. Fighting against the Korelans was the catalyst that saw him come into contact with them again. As the stalemate in Korel dragged on, Greymane recognised that with the Stormrider threat menacing Korel from the north, it would be almost impossible for the Malazans to truly conquer Korel. The Stormguard were the only force standing between the Korelans and supposed annihilation by the Stormriders. Any attempt to remove them and their power over the island would be both difficult and costly, while ‘the whole island would rise against him’ (SW, p. 382) to protect both themselves and the Wall. Hiam states that the Riders represent ‘the absolute truth of [the Stormguard's] indispensability’ (SW, p. 387).
Thus Greymane decided to try something no-one else had yet attempted in order to break the stalemate – he tried to make peace between humanity and the Riders (RotCG, p. 147). A ‘handful of others’ participated in this attempt as well, presumably Ipshank and Manask, and perhaps Ruthan Gudd as well, who was a companion and supporter of Greymane at the time (SW, p. 95) and possesses a Stormrider sword and armour (DoD, p. 839).
One night Greymane climbed down some cliffs on the Sea of Storms and waited. Eventually some Riders appeared and spoke to him. They claimed they weren’t the enemy at all, and that the Korelri were denying them access to their own territory and blocking some kind of ancient obligation, or holy pilgrimage (SW, p. 47). It is unclear what exactly this ‘ancient obligation’ is, but it appears to have something to do with the Lady, who mentions the Stormriders as her ‘ancient enemy’ that ‘followed her even unto [Korel]’ (SW, p. 471).

Greymane’s sword
‘An artefact unique in all existence, but for one other’ (SW, p. 100). Greymane received the grey blade that gave him the name Stonewielder when he attempted to strike an accord with the Stormriders. They claim they found it at the bottom of the sea, that it was very old, and Greymane claims they gave it to him out of gratitude for talking to them, not out of any deal he made (SW, p. 47-48). This is belied by the fact that later when talking to Devaleth Greymane states that ‘[he] was handed two ghastly choices decades ago...Mass murder on the one hand – and an unending atrocity of blood and death on the other’ (SW, p. 427), obviously referring to having to choose between breaking the Wall and letting the conflict continue without surcease. The sword ‘channels D’riss directly’ (SW, p. 454) and bears similarities to Brood’s hammer. It channels the power of the earth, and Greymane seemed somewhat immune to the Lady’s attempt to use the land against the army in Rool, associating him rather strongly with Burn, or at the very least Tennes. He was originally named Stonewielder by the indigenous peoples of the Screaming Range who claimed Greymane fit ancient prophecies of the Wall’s destruction – the ‘stone’s revenge against the Wall’ (SW, p. 454). This presents the Wall as a monumental abomination of the land, which, if the Lady is actually a fragment of the Crippled God, dovetails with Burn needing to excise the Crippled God from her flesh or die, and thus all civilisation with it (something Brood is also supposed to prevent). Greymane seems to be able to conjure it at will, there being numerous instances where it has just appeared in his hands (RotCG, p. 16; SW, p. 238, 455).
Consorting with the Stormriders has also given Greymane a resistance to cold, and like Ruthan Gudd, seems to be able to sheathe himself in ice (RotCG, p. 20, 50).

Arrest and denouncement by High Command
Trying to broker peace with the Riders saw Greymane marked for death by the Korelri and arrested by the Malazans. The Chosen considered Greymane to be ‘betraying humanity’ by forming ‘unholy pacts with the Ice Demons’ (SW, p. 47; RotCG, p. 39). The Malazans considered Greymane to be betraying the army (SW, p. 48), possibly due to the power he gained through the sword. It is suggested by Rillish that this was merely an excuse to pin the failure of the campaign on Greymane however, as he states ‘procedures had been rushed’ and ‘testimony was thin, if not fabricated’ (SW, p. 143). He is tried and convicted by the Imperial governor Hemel ‘Et Kalal, along with others such as Enesh-jer, Yuell and Rillish (SW, p. 333). Greymane then flees Korel (SW, p. 143), while his supporters scatter to avoid facing death. Ipshank and Manask flee south across the Ice Wastes towards Stratem (MoI, p. 529), Ruthan Gudd heads to Malaz Island with the remnants of the Thirteenth Army (DoD, p. 541), and Martal (another vocal supporter of Greymane) heads towards the mountains south of Blight, where she encounters Beneth, spiritual leader of the Army of Reform (SW, p. 340). After Greymane’s arrest the Sixth eventually mutinies and severs all ties with the Empire. Hemet ‘El Kalal is soon found dead and the next Fist ostensibly commits suicide, leaving Yuell as Overlord of Fist and commander of the Sixth Army (SW, p. 96).

Time with the Crimson Guard and in Falar
The next time we see or hear of Greymane he is serving in the Crimson Guard under Second Company Commander Shimmer in Bael, who was assisting with the defeat of a warlock named Shen who was siphoning the power of a dreaming Ascendant that turned out to be Osseric (RotCG, p. 20). He accompanies the Crimson Guard on their invasion of Quon Tali, and gained a captaincy and command of a flank from Shimmer (RotCG, p. 367). Despite not being Avowed himself, his input and leadership were nevertheless respected by some in the Guard, such as Smoky, Shimmer and Stoop. After the Crimson Guard’s invasion fails, Greymane retires to Delanss on the Falar subcontinent to open a fighting academy with Kyle (SW, p. 19). Not long after, Greymane is tracked down by four Korelri Chosen, who proceed to try and kill him for treating with the Riders (SW, p. 46). He was forced to flee with Kyle, but is soon tracked down by agents of the new Emperor Mallick Rel, namely Fist Khemet Shul, Reshal (a Claw), and Admiral Swirl of the Blue Moranth. The Emperor reinstates Greymane as High Fist and Commander of the Fourth and Eighth Armies, in preparation for a new invasion of Korel. Realising in the wake of the Chosen attack and being tracked down by the Malazans that he will never be able to hide, he accepts Mallick Rel’s offer (SW p. 94).

Second Korel Invasion
Along with the Blue Moranth and Admiral Nok, Greymane then achieves what none had yet managed – he breaks the Mare blockade and proceeds to capture the Skolati city of Aamil on the eastern coast of Fist. With Mare’s dominance of the sea broken, the Blue Moranth advance towards the city of Banith while Greymane leads his army inland, leaving Fist Khemet Shul in Aamil to consolidate the Skolati region. The Lady appears to try and resist them, as Greymane’s army is beset by landslides and flash floods (SW, p. 238). He is again held up in Rool by the Sixth Army under Enesh-jer, at the Three Sisters fortress on the Ancy river. After an intense period of privation Greymane leads a charge and eventually breaks the Sixth’s hold over the important crossing point (SW, p. 333). The Sixth then flee to Korel and broker a deal with the Korelri, whereby they would provide ten thousand men for the Wall if the Korelri help them reconquer Rool in the spring (SW, p. 344). Greymane and his army follow in their wake, and invade Korel itself, landing just south of Kor (SW, p. 424).
After watching the army establish a beachhead on the Korel coast, Greymane leaves the army to its own devices and heads to Wind Tower, the westernmost tower on the Wall, using Devaleth’s warren. There he takes out his sword and strikes a blow deep into the Wall, causing it to fall and thus creating untold loss of life by the enormous tidal wave and floods that follow, fulfilling one of the choices offered him decades earlier when he received his sword from the Stormriders.

Apparent Death
In the process Greymane manages to get himself trapped under the Wall, and apparently dies:

SW, p. 456 said:

Oh shit. I’m under the wall.
Well, he chided himself, you didn’t really think you’d survive this, did you?

SW, p. 457 said:

Greymane yanked again, frantic, but his limbs would not budge. He stared down at his hands, trapped in the raw living stone, and only then did the beautiful poetry of it dawn upon him and he threw back his head to laugh aloud. Oh ye gods, you have outdone yourselves! Laugh at the fool mortal, for only now do I see it. Stonewielder indeed! Yes. You scheming bastards and bitches!
‘Damn you all to Hood’s deepest pits!’
The foaming flood struck him. His feet were swept from under him; he was trapped under the raging flow. Branches and other driven trash smashed into him and he could hold his breath no longer. The air burst from his searing lungs in a froth of bubbles.

He never drew another.

As his consciousness faded he thought he felt hands grasp him there beneath the surface. He did not know if it was his delirious fancy or not, or what it might mean, for all went to dark then and he allowed himself release without regret, without anger, without expectation of anything.

SW, p. 494 said:

Below, unknowably far down in the black depths of the Hole, a figure glimmered. The unnatural clarity of the water allowed extraordinary detail. An armoured giant of a fellow in a full helm and holding, point-downward on his breast, a great grey blade.

TL:DR? Greymane is a total badass.

Man, I'm a nerd...

This post has been edited by MTS: 25 January 2011 - 12:08 AM

[End of Disc One]

May want to blacken that, MTS. Some of it is pretty hard to avoid for those who haven't read it.

[MTS]

End of Disc One, on 24 January 2011 - 11:56 PM, said:

May want to blacken that, MTS. Some of it is pretty hard to avoid for those who haven't read it.

Better?

[End of Disc One]

MTS, on 25 January 2011 - 12:03 AM, said:

End of Disc One, on 24 January 2011 - 11:56 PM, said:

May want to blacken that, MTS. Some of it is pretty hard to avoid for those who haven't read it.

Better?

Don't know why I said "blacken" either, as if we haven't moved on to spoiler boxes.

[Abyss]

And mine...
GREYFROG

SPOILERS UNBLOCKED SPOILERS SPOILERS
WILL EAT YOUR BRAINS SPOILERS
HOC, TB, RG SPOILERS

Spoiler

GREYFROG - 'He sucked out their brains.'

NAME: Greyfrog
RACE: Non-human, 'demon'.
BORN: Unnamed warren.
AFFILIATION: The Whirlwind, Shadow/Meanas, Kurald Thyrllan/Liosan
FIRST APPEARANCE: House of Chains
OTHER APPEARANCES: The Bonehunters
RELATIONS: Unnamed mate and children (spawn); L'oric, 'brother'; Felisin Younger, object of unhealthy affection.

DESCRIPTION

Greyfrog is a demon, in the sense that any being that isn't of a race native to the Malazan world is referred to as such (see also Azalan, Aptorian). All indications are that Greyfrog is from a race native to another world, but not 'demonic' in any infernal or evil sense.

Greyfrog is first encountered by L'oric and Osserc when they are looking for a new familiar to replace L'oric's previous one, killed by T'lan Imass while acting as Guardian to Kurald Thyrllan/Liosan.

Quote

...dog-sized and reptilian, with four hands, similar to an ape's. A wide, flat head with a broad mouth, two slits for nostrils, and four liquid, slightly protruding eyes in a diamond pattern, the pupils vertical and, in the harsh glare of the snow and sky, surprisingly open.

- House of Chains, mmpb, p.537

ABOUT GREYFROG

Greyfrog communicates telepathically. When L'oric and Osserc first meet him, L'oric communicates with him directly, mind to mind. Osserc doesn't 'hear' the conversation. Greyfrog later speaks with various people directly to their minds, often when his mouth is full.

In TB he deliberately excludes Scillara from his thoughts/speech so as not to affect her pregnancy, but has no problem communicating with others in her presence.

Since L'oric at least initially intends for Greyfrog to act as some sort of proxy guardian for Kurald Liosan, this suggests that either the 'familiar' relationship or Greyfrog's own nature allows L'oric to channel power through him.

Greyfrog is at least aware of warren-based sorcery to some degree, as demonstrated when he rescues L'oric in HoC:

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'Confident. They are too preoccupied. Disappointed. I have eaten two guards, the wards sleep and our path of retreat is clear. Things are coming. Suitably ominous….'

- TB, mmpb, p602


In TB we see just how dangerous Greyfrog actually is. A group of raiders think Scillara and Felisin Younger easy prey, and Greyfrog just an ugly dog. Big mistake... Greyfrog is fast, nasty, poison proof... and... hungry...

Quote

The crossbow thudded.

Greyfrog's right hand intercepted the quarrel, plucking it out of the air, the the demon studied it, and slithered out its tongue to lick the poison.

[violence ensues]

The horse shied away, and Greyfrog dragged the man down, then bit his face.

A moment later the man's head vanished into the demon's maw as had the first one. More crunching sounds, more twitching kicks, grasping hands. Then, merciful death.

The demon spat out the shattered bone still held in place by the scalp. It fell in such a way that Scillara found herself looking at the man's face – no flesh, no eyes, just the skin, puckered and bruised.

[...]

'It's done,' Scillara said. 'Felisin, it's over.'
[...]
Felisin stared at her. 'He sucked out their brains.'

'I could see that.'

'Delicious, he said.'

'He's a demon, Felisin. Not a dog, not a pet. A demon.'

'Yes.' The word was whispered.

'And now we know what he can do.'

- HoC mmpb, pp.109-110

He also has a sense of humour...

Quote

Cutter slowed. 'We heard a scream-'
[...]
'Innocent. Scream? No, friend Cutter. Was Greyfrog... breaking wind.'

Also in TB, Greyfrog is horribly wounded, the limbs cut from one side of his body. He appears to die, but actually his body forms a cocoon from which a new, and whole, body later emerges.

Quote

And then a voice spoke in Barathol's head.

'Impatience. Please, be so kind, a blade slicing with utmost caution, this infernal hide.'

- TB, mmpb, pp. 675-676.

And finally, Greyfrog reveals a surprisingly theological side, when it discusses the relationship between gods and worshippers with L'oric...

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'...The god was dead. It had died with the first drop of blood spilled in its name.'

[Hetan]

Nice work guys - keep 'em coming - there's another week before this competition closes - the books will be sent to you directly by Transworld and will be posted to anywhere - USA, Canada, Africa, Australia etc etc.

[D'rek]

I'm just going to attach mine as pdf file if that's alright. The topic is Korel, spoilers up to SW.

link:  Korel - Wiki Entry.pdf (607.28K)
Number of downloads: 40

[Malaclypse]

Surely someone can do better than this?!

[Imperial Historian]

I wasn't going to enter this, but I had a few free hours, and malaclypses call inspired me.

My effort, the Tiste Andii, thanks to Corporal Nobbs, Isolde, Onrack, Puck and Michael Komarck whose images I have shamelessly pilfered.

I still need to extract a few quotes and stick them on that page, but I thought I'd post it now as I'm taking a break for a bit.

Hopefully there will be a few more efforts by the time I get back.

EDIT: also I'm sure hetan would appreciate it if people signed up and added there entry to the wiki themselves, it's pretty easy to do

[MTS]

You put all of that together in a few hours?

I was meaning to add my entry to the wiki right after I did it, but forgot for some reason. It's up there now.

[Illuyankas]

I've had a little trouble with my entry, since I've misplaced my HoC and TtH copies, and I don't want to grab ebook ones, so I've had to... improvise... from memory. Yes. That's what I had to do.

Spoiler

Name: Torvald Nom

Pseudonyms: Apocalypse Nom, The Great Destroyer, Oh Hood My Spleen, Torvypoo (Tiserra only)

Age: Approximately late 40s

Race: Badassian (Human, Daru)

Appearance: Tall, wiry, black-haired, sullen-eyed, scarred face (if he likes you), a fist shaped blur (if not)

Notable associates: Rallick Nom (cousin, assassin, pointedly not 'the sassiest assassin who ever assassed); Tiserra (the Terrible, wife, potter, Deck of Dragons reader, retired (readings usually describe which indigenous group will be covering the landscape next which can pall after a while), only less infamous due to Torvald's moderating influence); Karsa Orlong (Teblor warrior, drinking partner, pretty nice guy, once leapt out of the sea to sword a shark in the face, don't need to know more than that, really); Scorch and Leff (old trading partners, morons and buffoons in comparison to Torvald, murderously efficient killers compared to everyone else);

Further Info: A thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, treading the floorboards of his house under his sandaled feet very carefully in case he wakes his wife. Also a member of the House of Nom, a trading house based in Darujistan which coincidentally apparently fell to pieces after Torvald left to go travelling and flee tearfully leave his wife, Tiserra, behind to get a bit of rest advance their business prospects abroad. Spent years travelling around the world, including impressing the hell out of the Blue Moranth by surfing Mael and ramming continents into varying positions when bored using his ship the Stratem (a common misconception is that Stratem is a subcontinent). Visits Northern Genabackis and incites an uprising against the Malazan Empire and related conquests from boredom. As covered in House of Chains, he infiltrates the Malazan organisation by pretending to be a slave and meets Karsa Orlong when he is also enslaved after falling asleep in a postmurdering fugue. Torvald enlists Karsa as travelling companion and drinking buddy. Provokes hissy fit from the Crippled God when travelling to the Otataral Island with Karsa on sightseeing trip and both end up in the Nascent. They genocide the local manfish population, board an Edur vessel and kill Trull's least important brother (oh, spoilers, I suppose) and leave via warren and oversized dinghy to the coast of Seven Cities. Witnesses the Swording of the Shark. Meets Urko Crust, doesn't get punched unconscious out of respect. Names several extinct species of giant lizard Torvaldasaurus Rex, Urkosaurus, Karsaurus and Tisseraptor with Urko while bored. Leaves with Karsa and pretends to be captured again. Hires Arak tribesman to shave him while in chains due to dislike of jangly chain noise, leaves Karsa when the Arak tragically accidentally cuts his own head off while shaving and utilises prior trading agreement with the Gral tribe to open up new markets in Seven Cities. Arranges to meet Karsa in Darujistan in the next novel they both appear in, which is Toll the Hounds. (Spoilers: This doesn't happen)

Creates lucrative potsherds business with Gral until unfortunate murdering accident requires him to move continents to avoid suspicion. Icarium is blamed yet again. Arrives back in Darujistan and meets Kruppe, Scorch and Leff, and his wife Tiserra, in ascending levels of terror. Accepts wellpaying job as Captain of the Guard for the newly arrived noblewoman Lady Fakename with Scorch and Leff and two ex-Seguleh under his command. Defies Tiserra's request not to work with the most dangerous people inhabiting the city, Scorch and Leff, in doing so, an act up there with shaving with Dragnipur and sex with Kilmandaros in endangering oneself. During the events at the end, escapes the assassins attacking Lady Fakename, who is revealed to be Vorcan (puts the ass in assassin, has great assassets), via the magical munitions he received as gifts from the Blue Moranth (he did a backflip while standing on Mael's back through that wave, did you see that, it was amazing), while the ex-Seguleh are pinned under a wall and Scorch and Leff kill all attackers with ease. No, seriously. Meets Rallick (not an assin, as is not halfassed) after avoiding him out of polite worry that Rallick was angry he'd stolen Tiserra from him, is pleased when Rallick reveals he has no problems with it and is just happy to see his cousin, and misses Rallick's sigh of relief that he dodged the Tiserra bullet himself.

Meets up with Karsa during the epilogue and do some totally awesome things Wait, no, sorry, that didn't happen.



"His black hair, while thinning from the front, hung in a long ponytail that had been tucked up beneath the hat but now fell to the small of his back. His forehead and face were seamed in scars, and most of his left ear was missing, slashed away some time past."

TtH

"'Run away! Run away!'"

HoC

"'Wait, he doesn't even appear in this book! How is this- OH BERU FEND!' screamed the Chained One, sobbing like a little girl as Torvald twisted his twisted nipple harder."

TCG

EDIT: Uh, yeah, IH, I think I need to leave off adding my entry to the official wiki for a bit. Just a hunch.

This post has been edited by Illuyankas: 30 January 2011 - 10:55 PM