Narkal

Narkal was a member of the mage cadre of one of the Holy Protectors in Seven Cities. He was a warrior-mage and sworn to Fener. He was also aspirant to the cult's Mortal Sword.Memories of Ice, Chapter 8, UK MMPB p.359
During a rebellion which had originated in Aren, the unnamed city had been besieged by Malazan forces. After the Protector was struck down by Dassem Ultor, the mage cabal fled into the Pan'potsun Waste and on into the Holy Desert, Raraku. They were pursued by a cobbled together collection of Malazan forces under the command of Whiskeyjack and guided by a local new recruit of the Claw named Kalam Mekhar. This chase became the event which forged Whiskeyjack's soldiers into the elite Bridgeburner company, so called, because the holy desert was said to have burned the bridges to their pasts.Memories of Ice, Chapter 8, UK MMPB p.355-362
During the pursuit, one by one, eleven of the mages in the cabal died and shifted their souls into the fittest of them, Quick Ben, and in the end only he remained. Narkal was the sixth to succumb to the strains of the pursuit.
==Speculations==
In the lead up to the Pannion War, Quick Ben helped negotiate an alliance between the Grey Swords of Fener and the allied armies of Dujek Onearm and Caladan Brood. Destriant Karnadas came away from the meeting impressed with Quick Ben's precise knowledge of their faith. As a result, he suspected the mage was an ex-priest of Fener.Memories of Ice, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.246 Quick Ben's detailed knowledge may have come from Narkal.
==Notes and references==
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