Character from Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
Lord of Tragedy and the greatest swordsman who ever lived — once Dassem Ultor, First Sword of the Malazan Empire, now ascended into godhood of grief and sorrow.
Dassem Ultor was the First Sword — the Malazan Empire's deadliest champion and the man who made Malazan military supremacy possible. When his daughter died, he turned against Hood and abandoned the Empire. His grief was so vast it became a divine portfolio: the Lord of Tragedy. He wanders the world now, a god who wants nothing to do with godhood, seeking only to confront Hood and reclaim what death took from him. His swordsmanship is beyond mortal reckoning.
Tall, dark-skinned, powerfully built with the economy of movement that marks a supreme swordsman. His eyes carry an unbearable weight of loss. Wears nondescript traveling clothes that belie his divine nature.
Also known as: Dessembrae, Dassem Ultor, Lord of Tragedy, First Sword