Hanako

Hanako [HAN-ah-ko]Steven Erikson Interview and Discussion of The Kharkanas Trilogy - Books with Banks - As pronounced by Steven Erikson at 1:04:15 was a young Thel Akai warrior who lived in a village on the Thel Akai Plateau in the time of ancient Kurald Galain.Fall of Light, Chapter 5, US HC p.120/131 He was young and handsome and the tallest and strongest brave in the village.Fall of Light, Chapter 5, US HC p.131 He wore a shirt and leggings woven from coarse hemp as well as boots.Fall of Light, Chapter 5, US HC p.120/122
He carried his father's single-edged sword, whose blade was dull, ragged, and notched with a leftward curve.Fall of Light, Chapter 5, US HC p.132 
==In Fall of Light==
Hanako and Erelan Kreed accompanied Lasa Rook on her journey to join Hood's army. Early in the trip, Hanako had stepped away from the camp for his morning toilet putting himself outside the lair of the Lord of Temper, an enormous cave-bear. The young warrior defecated in his own boot as the bear attacked and he was forced to defend himself with his bare hands as his sword remained with his pack. Even as he was being mauled on the back and head, Hanako tore off the bear's lower jaw before breaking its neck. Kreed butchered the beast, giving the warrior its skin for use as a cloak.Fall of Light, Chapter 5, US HC p.119-123/131
==Trivia==
When asked about character connections between the Malazan Book of the Fallen and the Kharkanas Trilogy, Steven Erikson mentioned that Hanako is briefly referred to "with respect to a name on a weapon".Steven Erikson Interview and Discussion of The Kharkanas Trilogy - Books with Banks - See 1:24:25 It is unclear to what weapon Erikson is referring to.
==Notes and references==
Category:Males
Category:Thel Akai