Eth'en

Eth'en was a Tanno Spiritwalker and scholar held captive at the Skullcup mining camp run by Falari pirates on Otataral Island.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 8, US HC p.151-152 He was a skinny, grey-bearded elder with bushy grey brows.
==In Deadhouse Landing==
In the years before the founding of the Malazan Empire, Kellanved and Dancer passed through a gate in Shadow into the Imperial Warren where an unnatural storm dragged them unexpectedly to Otataral Island. Kellanved was overcome by the magic-destroying otataral just as Puller and six other pirates armed with crossbows surrounded the pair. Puller forced Dancer to disarm and the pirates brought their new prisoners back to the camp. Puller thought there was little hope for the unconscious mage and offered him a decent burial, but Dancer refused to turn over his friend.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 7, US HC p.129-139 
Eth'en overheard Dancer discussing his friend's predicament with Hairlock as all three were working in the mine. The scholar tried to explain the nature of otataral on magic, but Hairlock dismissed him with a sneer. Later, Eth'en came to Dancer's alcove to examine the comatose Kellanved. He found Dancer's failure to recognise his Spiritwalker title humbling. After learning the circumstances of Kellanved's fall, he said there was still hope for the mage. Kellanved's preparations to strengthen his mind for the delve into Meanas resembled a ritual used among the Tanno to test themselves against the Otataral Desert. Those who survived the test returned forever changed.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 8, US HC p.151-154
Dancer worked in the mine for nearly a month as Kellanved wasted away. One evening the assassin returned to their shared alcove to find his friend missing. The furious Dancer demanded Puller reveal where the guards had taken him, but Puller claimed ignorance and expressed surprise the mage was still alive since their first encounter. Eth'en returned to the alcove where he sensed Kellanved's life force was still present. He theorised that Kellanved travelled the path of a Spiritwalker, but completely unprepared and unguided. He counselled Dancer to wait while the mage tried to master his new condition.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 9, US HC p.174-176 
Three days later, a storm raged in the camp and Dancer recognised it as his friend. He and Hairlock determined to use the chaos of the storm to escape, and Dancer called for Eth'en to come with them. The Spiritwalker thanked him, but declared he had to remain behind. Outside the camp, they found a bewildered Kellanved standing amidst the wind and sand.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 9, US HC p.176-179
==In Kellanved's Reach==
Dancer found himself returning to Eth'en's statements about Kellanved as the mage's powers continued to grow. That Kellanved "may inhabit more than one plane or Warren at any one time. That having been engulfed by the Otataral dust, his essence had been annealed, or translated, across more than one location: the mundane physical plane, the Warren of Shadow, and this strange artificial dimension...it may be that this fellow had become rather difficult to kill. For it may be that his spirit would persist in those other Realms."Kellanved's Reach, Chapter 2, US HC p.21-22
==Notes and references==
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