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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