Itkovian

Character from Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson

Shield Anvil of Fener's Grey Swords who took the grief of an entire people into himself — the Malazan world's purest expression of compassion as an act of war against despair.

Also known as: Itkovian, Shield Anvil, Shield Anvil Itkovian

What They Know

• As Shield Anvil, can absorb the grief, trauma, and suffering of the dead and dying into himself — a living vessel for mortal pain that would otherwise haunt the world
• Knows the defensive architecture of Capustan intimately — every wall weakness, kill zone, and fallback position from months of preparing for the Pannion siege
• Aware that Fener has been pulled from his realm and that the Grey Swords' divine connection is severed — yet continues to serve the role without a god backing it
• Witnessed the T'lan Imass' three-hundred-thousand-year grief firsthand and understood that their undead existence was a prison of sorrow no one had ever offered to share
• Knows the Pannion Seer's army includes cannibalistic Tenescowri civilians used as shock troops — and understands the theological corruption that created them

Connections

• serves — fener
• ally_of — whiskeyjack
• ally_of — anomander
• located_at — capustan

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