Caladan Brood

Name: Caladan Brood

Pseudonyms: The Warlord

Age: unknown

Race: mixed Barghast, 'He’s human – some say with Barghast blood' (GotM, UK Trade, p.53)

Appearance: 'There was Barghast blood in Caldan Brood, reflected in his tall, hulking form and his wide, flat face.' (MoI, UK mmpb, p.111)

Warrens: High Denul and (High?) D'riss, Tennes

Further info: Carries Burn's hammer

"'...and whoever this Caladan Brood is, he's shown himself adept at making us pay for our mistakes.' [Dujek speaks]

'Caladan Brood,' Calot muttered. 'I swear I've heard that name somewhere before. Odd that I've never given it much thought.'

Tattersail's eyes narrowed on Tayschrenn. Calot was right: the name of the man commanding the Tiste Andii alongside the Crimson Guard did sound familiar - but in an old way, echoing ancient legends, perhaps, or some epic poem."

(GotM, UK mmpb p.68)

"Tattersail stared at Dujek's pale, still face. 'The poem,' she said quietly, 'I remember now.

'Caladan Brood, the menhired one,

winter-bearing, barrowed and sorrowless...'

Calot picked up the next lines.

'...in a tomb bereaved of words,

and in his hands that have crushed anvils-'

Tattersail continued,

'the hammer of his song -

he lives asleep, so give silent warning

to all - wake him not.

Wake him not.'

Everyone in the compartment was staring at Tattersail now as her last words fell away. 'He's awake, it seems,' she said, her mouth dry. '"Anomandaris", the epic poem by Fisher Keltath.'

'The poems not about Caladan Brood,' Dujek said, frowning.

'No,' she agreed. 'It's mostly about his companion.'"

(GotM, UK mmpb p.70)

"'He is not Tiste Andii, Hairlock. He's human - some say with Barghast blood, but none the less he shares nothing of Elder blood, or its ways.'"

- words of Tayschrenn (GotM, UK mmpb p.71)

first appearance:

'An enormous iron hammer was slung across his broad back; despite its size and evident weight, it looked almost toy-like against that span of muscle and bone. Power rolled from him in musky waves' (GotM, UK Trade, p.245-6)

'Whatever thoughts the warlord possessed remained hidden behind the flat, bestial mask that was his face.'(MoI, UK Trade, p.86)

'a hairless eyebrow...Brood bared his filed teeth...' (GotM, UK Trade, p.247)

Crone: 'Brood was not one to overreact' (GotM, UK Trade, p.251)

Crone's thoughts on Brood: Brood’s an ascendant – one forgets that, in careless times. His warren is Tennes – the power of the land itself, the earth that is home to the eternal sleeping goddess, Burn. Caladan Brood has the power – there in his arms and in that formidable hammer on his back – to shatter mountains. An exaggeration? A low flight over the broken peaks east of the Laederon Plateau is proof enough of his younger, more precipitous days . . . (MoI, UK Trade, p.86)

Dujek Onearm on Brood: 'I’ve read of his (Brood's) times up around Laederon, in the Nathilog Histories. Hood’s breath, you don’t want to get him riled – whether you’re an ally or an enemy makes no difference to Brood when his rage is unleashed. At least with Anomander Rake, it’s a cold, taut power. Not so with the warlord. That hammer of his . . . it’s said that it’s the only thing that can awaken Burn. Swing it against the ground, hard enough, and the goddess will open her eyes. And the truth is, if Brood didn’t have the strength to do so, he wouldn’t be carrying the hammer in the first place.’(MoI, UK Trade, p.136-7)

re: Brood's army (and colours?)

'the banners of the Catlin Horse, green and silver to mark the mercenary contingent of Caladan Brood’s main army. By far the greatest proportion of soldiers, however, were Tiste Andii – Anomander Rake’s people, dwellers of the city within Moon’s Spawn' (GotM, UK Trade, p.245)

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