Character from Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
A dark-skinned warrior from distant lands — the Brothers' best archer and quietest member, whose silence carries more weight than Rike's screaming.
The Nuban is the Brothers' finest warrior — not the largest (that's Rike) or the most skilled with a blade (that's arguable), but the most complete. He fights with a bow that hits targets others can't see, and with a calm that the other Brothers can't match. He is from somewhere far south — Nuba, in the old world's geography — and he carries that distance with him. He is one of the few Brothers Jorg respects without reservation. The Nuban's competence is absolute, his loyalty earned rather than coerced, and his judgment sound. His death hits Jorg harder than almost any other loss in the trilogy, because the Nuban was the one Brother who was genuinely good at everything, including being a decent human being when nobody was looking.
Tall, dark-skinned, and powerfully built. He carries a bow that few others could draw and moves with the economy of a professional killer who has been doing this long enough to eliminate all wasted motion. His face gives nothing away. He speaks rarely and means everything he says.