Posted 03 May 2007 - 06:18 PM
Over the years, I've come to think that Toc E's role was to connect Toc Y with the Malazan establishment, along with Duiker, who was educated along with Toc Y. Background info for two main characters in both DG and MoI, and no more...
With this story already in book seven now, I doubt we will see him. And I think saying Toc E is Squint subtracts from the drama of a common highly skilled archer realizing he has to kill Coltaine and live with it. A commander in Toc E's class wouldn't have had such suffering after shooting. I see no reason why Toc E HAS to show up. The arguments why he should sound a little like the Demandred discussions in WoT forums...