Character from Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
Malazan Claw operative — elegant, deadly, and trapped between professional loyalty and personal entanglements that compromise his mission.
Pearl is a Claw — one of the Malazan Empire's elite assassin-spies — and he performs his duties with a cultured grace that makes the killing seem almost polite. He is intelligent, observant, and conflicted: his mission to investigate Tavore Paran put him at odds with his growing feelings for Lostara Yil, and his loyalties became hopelessly tangled. He operates in moral grey zones with practiced ease, but the compromises eventually catch up with him.
Handsome, well-groomed, with the elegant bearing of an aristocrat rather than an assassin. Fine features, dark eyes, dressed impeccably even in the field. His hands are his most dangerous feature.
Also known as: Pearl, Claw Pearl