Gothos

'Dressed in faded ochre robes, the man was solid, broad-shouldered and at least seven feet tall. A long, iron-hued ponytail swpt down between his shoulders, bound just above the small of his back with a dull length of chain.'

'Huge tusks framed his thin mouth, jutting from his lower lip. The greenish cast of his weathered skin made him look ghostly, despite the hearth's warm light. Eyes the colour of dirty ice regarded them.'

DG, uk mmpb, p.898

"Gothos himself,a Jaghut wizard who had descended the deepest warrens of Elder Magic, had praised the gods of the time that the Tiste Andii were so few in number."

- Baruk
GotM, US HC, p.159

'Gothos's curse was in being too aware - of everything. Every permutation, every potential. Enough to poison every scan he cast on the world. It availed him naught, and worse, he was aware of even that.'

- Mappo Runt
DG, UK MMPB, p.150

'Gothos was Jaghut...and as sour-tempered a writer as Ive ever had the displeasure of reading'

DG, UK MMPB, p.336-7

"'Bellurdan has done some research in Genabaris, Sorceress. Some new scrolls of Gothos' Folly were discovered in a mountain fastness beyond Blackdog Forest. Among the writings are discussion of the Tiste Andii, and other peoples from the Elder Age.'"

- words of Tayschrenn
GotM, UK Trade p.53, UK mmpb p.70

'Gothos's Folly. There's mention of three Tiste peoples arriving from another realm. Of course the only one that's known to us is the Tiste Andii, and Gothos only names one of the other groups - Tiste Edur. Grey-skinned, not black. Children of the unwelcome union of Mother Dark with the Light.'

DG, UK MMPB, p.336

Thelomen Tartheno Toblakai . . .
find the names of a people
so reluctant to fade
into oblivion . . .
Their legend rots
my cynical cast and blights
my eyes with bright glory . . .
‘Cross not the loyal cage
embracing their unassailable heart . . .
. . . Cross not these stolid menhirs,
ever loyal to the earth.’
Thelomen Tartheno Toblakai . . .
Still standing, these towering pillars
mar the gelid scape
of my mind . . .

Gothos’ Folly (II.iv)
Gothos (b.?)
GotM, UK Trade, p.69

I saw them on the shores
the deepening pits of their gaze
vowed immortal war
against the sighing calm
of Jaghut seas . . .

Gothos’ Folly
Gothos (b.?)
GotM, UK Trade, p.328