Shard

Shard was originally a soldier in the 5th squad,House of Chains, Dramatis Personae 2nd Company of the Ashok Regiment. He was a corporal in Sergeant Cord's squad.House of Chains, Chapter 9, UK MMPB p.431 
He was a half-brother of Sinn and described as a young man.House of Chains, Chapter 9, UK MMPB p.430 
==In House of Chains==
Shard was stationed with the Ashok Regiment under Captain Kindly in Silver Lake on Genabackis. He, Cord, and others in their squad were under house arrest for drunkeness when Karsa Orlong attacked their garrison. The mage, Ebron, armed Shard and the other squad members and they were able to capture the rampaging Teblor. Shard recommended they kill the warrior who had slain many of their fellows.House of Chains, Chapter 2, US SFBC p.133-136
Shard was amongst those under siege in the ancient cliff-side fortress of B'ridys by Irriz and his Seven Cities renegades. From his reaction, probably unbeknown to Shard, his half-sister Sinn was outside the fortress. She and the recently arrived Kalam Mekhar both pretended to Irriz that they would help him however secretly took steps to help those inside the fortress. When they made contact with the besieged, Kalam gave Sinn into their care whilst wiping out the renegades with the help of an Azalan demon. Upon entering the fortress, Kalam observed Sinn with her arms wrapped around her half-brother. Cord had been in charge since Kindly and Pores had disappeared and now put Kalam in charge of his old squad, with seniority over Shard.House of Chains, Chapter 9, UK MMPB p.422-431 This arrangement did not last long as the Bridgeburner pulled rank on Cord.House of Chains, Chapter 12, UK MMPB p.536
Kalam suggested the regiment leave B'ridys and join Adjunct Tavore Paran's Malaz 14th Army, which was marching toward Raraku. In the aftermath of the Battle of Raraku, the regiment's 16 survivors ambushed and slew the sorceress, Fayelle, and a small band of Dogslayers. Shard pulled Sinn up into his saddle behind him as they fled the onrushing waters that flooded Raraku.House of Chains, Chapter 26, US SFBC p.842-844
== In The Bonehunters==
After the Battle of Raraku, the Ashok Regiment was incorporated into the 9th Company of the 8th Legion within the 14th Army. Cord's 5th squad remained intact although it was redesignated as the 7th squad.Reaper's Gale, Dramatis Personae, UK BCA edition p.xvi
Leoman led the Army of the Apocalypse westward to Y'Ghatan and the 14th Army followed. Adjunct Tavore launched the Last Siege of Y'Ghatan by sending the army's sappers to breach the city's wall under the cover of night. First into the city were the Malazan marines, followed quickly by the Heavy infantry. Fist Keneb then ordered Cord to lead the 9th Company's seventh through twelfth medium infantry squads into Y'Ghatan.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.291-292 Once inside the city, the Malazans immediately came under heavy attack by hidden swordsmen and archers. Cord's squad linked up with Mosel's heavy infantry following Fiddler's marines. Cord first thought to send Shard back to Keneb to relay Fiddler's advice recommending leading their advance with sappers, but chose Sinn instead.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.292-297
When enough Malazans were engaged in street fighting inside the city, Leoman sprung his trap. The city's olive oil-soaked buildings were set alight and the streets quickly became an inferno. Cord's squad fled the flames along with a mixed group of survivors from Sobelone's, Balm's, Fiddler's, Hellian's, and Gesler's squads True to his name, Limp broke his left leg during the fighting when it became trapped under a sliding piece of stonework. Shard, Cord, and other members of the Ashok Regiment had to pull him free.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.311/317 
Shard was among the small group of soldiers who survived Y'Ghatan by tunneling their way out from under the city. They spent three days crawling on their hands and knees through the dark led by Bottle and his rat. Like many others, Shard found the experience so claustrophobic and frightening that he began gibbering in terror. When Limp began screaming in front of him, Shard pounded his squad mate's head against the ground until Limp lost consciousness to shut him up. Koryk grew concerned over the unmoving Limp, so Shard twisted the soldier's broken leg to immediately rouse him and show he still lived.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.339-340/368/370 
Unaware that any had survived, the 14th Army made haste for the Kokakal Sea to embark on Admiral Nok's ships and escape the Bluetongue Plague ravaging Seven Cities. Sinn was still outside the city when it burned and did not accept that her half-brother was lost. She deserted the army, bringing Faradan Sort along, in order to find the spot where Shard and the others struggled to crawl the final feet to open air. Sinn wrapped herself in his arms while he sat in shock with staring, unseeing eyes.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.349/352/367-369 Shard and the others made the long march west, finally catching up to the army on the coast.The Bonehunters, Chapter 16 Aboard one of Nok's ships, Shard worried about his sister. She would not tell him what had happened to her at their former estate. He kept an eye on her as she intimately crawled under the cloaks of several soldiers, fearing that someone might take advantage of her, and was grateful when no one did. After the experience of Y'Ghatan, he said he and his fellows no longer belonged to the Ashok Regiment—they were Bonehunters.The Bonehunters, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.736-737 Nok's fleet returned to Malaz City where the Adjunct met with Empress Laseen.The Bonehunters, Chapter 24
==In Reaper's Gale==
Adjunct Tavore clashed with Empress Laseen at Malaz City and took the Bonehunters rogue, following the Tiste Edur fleet that had ravaged Sepik back to Lether to invade the Letherii Empire.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.356 Cord and Balm's squads took the Silanda to the island of Second Maiden Fort off the coast of Lether to establish a headquarters and resupply base for the Adjunct.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.353Reaper's Gale, Chapter 14, US HC p.409 They found the island on the verge of being destroyed under a mountain of ice released by the collapse of Gothos' ancient Omtose Phellack ritual, but Sinn was able to hold the ice back with her magic until its force was spent. The island's self-declared ruler, Brullyg, gratefully welcomed the Malazans as royal guests until they placed him under house arrest and secretly took control of the island.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.348/369 
thumb|200x200px|Shard, Crump and Sinn by [https://www.instagram.com/shadaan_studios/ Shadaan]
While Balm's squad kept Brullyg under guard and monitored the island from its only town, Cord's squad patrolled the island's coast and interior while awaiting Tavore's arrival.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.345-350/358Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.468 Shard was sick with worry over his sister, who had stopped speaking to anyone including himself. The giggling girl he once carried over his shoulders was gone since Y'Ghatan and it frightened him. Now she was a child witch, a High Mage with a thirst for blood, and a Child of Dryjhna the Apocalyptic.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.469-470Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.369 While on patrol, Crump's endless mad songs grated on Shard's nerves.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.468 Shard also placed a bet of five imperials on Limp experiencing one of his characteristic injuries within the month. Limp was disgusted when Shard reasoned that he was about due.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.369-370
Meanwhile Tavore sent Fist Keneb's marines to the mainland, spreading them in isolated pairs of squads across thirty leagues of coast and burning their transport vessels behind them. The marines moved forward into the Letherii countryside towards Letheras, the capital, with orders to kill Edur by night and stir the occupied Letherii into rebellion. Each squad had a mage responsible for hiding their presence and confusing their enemies.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.361-365
Shurq Elalle and her ship, Undying Gratitude, were caught up in the Malazan blockade of Second Maiden Fort's port. When Adjunct Tavore arrived with the rest of the Malazan fleet, she hired the pirate to guide them to the mouth of the Lether River leading to Letheras.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US HC p.613 Cord and Balm's squads made the journey on the Silanda.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US HC p.610-613 
The Adjunct's fleet made landfall near Letheras and defeated the city's Imperial Brigade.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.693-694Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.748-754Reaper's Gale, Chapter 17, US HC p.501 Meanwhile, Keneb's marines secretly entered the city to secure its western gate to allow the rest of the army entrance.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.779/800 Soon the City Garrison surrendered and the city fell.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.812
==In Dust of Dreams==
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==In The Crippled God==
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==Notes and references==
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