Icarium Lifestealer
Character from Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
Half-Jaghut gentle scholar who builds clocks and studies time — until his rage awakens, and then civilizations fall and even gods retreat. He never remembers the destruction.
Also known as: Icarium, Icarium Lifestealer, Jhag, The Lifestealer
What They Know
- Half-Jaghut (Jhag), son of the Jaghut Gothos — his mixed blood is the source of his unique instability
- When he rages, he becomes arguably the most destructive force on the planet — capable of leveling entire civilizations
- Has no memory of his rages — his amnesia resets after each episode, requiring Mappo to manage the aftermath
- Builds intricate clockwork mechanisms and time-measuring devices — a genuine inventor and scholar
- The Azath Houses have tried to claim him multiple times, recognizing him as a threat to reality itself
- His sword is mechanized — a creation of his own engineering that channels his power
- Has wandered with Mappo Runt for centuries — the Trell serves as both companion and containment measure
- His father Gothos may have engineered his condition deliberately — the relationship is ancient and bitter
Connections
- friend_of — mappo
- child_of — gothos
- rival_of — karsa
- rival_of — quick_ben
- guards — azath
- possesses — mechanized_sword
- wields — mechanized_sword
- member_of — jaghut
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