Coltaine

Character from Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson

Wickan commander who led the Chain of Dogs — the greatest and most terrible forced march in Malazan history, herding refugees across a continent while an army tried to annihilate them.

Also known as: Coltaine, Coltaine of the Crow Clan

What They Know

• Knows the water sources and hidden oasis routes across the Seven Cities interior — Wickan rangeland knowledge that kept the Chain of Dogs alive when maps said there was nothing
• Commands Wickan horse warriors who communicate through crow-clan signals invisible to non-Wickan observers — a tactical communication network the enemy cannot intercept
• Aware that the Whirlwind rebellion has agents embedded in his own refugee column and knows which Malazan officers have been compromised
• Understands the fighting patterns of the Seven Cities war chiefs from his years of border skirmishes before the rebellion — knows which ones break and which ones die fighting
• Knows the Aren garrison's strength and defensive layout and planned the Chain of Dogs's route specifically to reach it before the army bled out

Connections

• serves — laseen
• commands — wickan_host
• rival_of — korbolo_dom
• slain_by — korbolo_dom
• ally_of — duiker

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