Torbal

Torbal was an experienced sailor — presumably from Malaz Island. He wore canvas trousers that had been tarred, and he was "sun-blackened" and barefooted.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 10, US TPB p.191
==In Deadhouse Landing==
Some renegade Napans, self-exiled in Malaz City in the very early days of the formation of the Malazan Empire, had decided to join a major sea raid on Cawn — along with the Malazan fleet of the 'pirate king' of Malaz Island, Admiral Mock. Needing crew badly, the Napans had "put out the word" for new recruits to crew their vessel, the Twisted.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 9, US TPB p.173
Torbal was one of the "five men and three women" who answered this call and who reported to Cartheron Crust — a captain of the newly relaunched Twisted — for vetting. Cartheron asked Torbal why he was not already signed with a ship of Mock's fleet. With disgust, Torbal told Crust it was because he did not "like Mock's way o' dispensing rank". Cartheron nodded and told the sailor that he understood. Torbal was "with" Clena, another new recruit who was his "female version".Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 10, US TPB p.190-191
Having accepted Torbal as a new crew member of the Twisted, Cartheron told him that he would "write up the papers" that night. In the meanwhile, Crust had Choss — one of the Napans — set him and the others to work on the ship.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 10, US TPB p.193
Two weeks later, the still poorly repaired and outfitted Twisted — with its new recruits and a contingent of the renegade Napans — had set sail to join the raid upon Cawn. When the ship had come within sight of Cawn, Torbal was "high on the mains" acting as lookout. The Twisted was soon being chased by an enemy ship. The maneuvering necessitated caused the jibs to collapse upon the deck — breaking the arm of Clena — which greatly concerned Torbal. With his main attention on where Clena was being seen to, Torbal came to Cartheron with a "wooden cat-block" which was apparently the cause of the collapse. Torbal asked Crust if the block was rotten, but Cartheron — examining the block which split apart in his hands — told Torbal that the block was "just old and worn". Crust apologized to Torbal for the fact that the block had not been replaced before they had set out. Torbal, philosophically, "just shrugged".Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 11, US TPB p.214-216/220-222
==Notes and references==
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