Roach

Roach was the name of a rare Hengese lapdogDeadhouse Gates, Dramatis Personae, UK MMPB p.18 owned by Lenestro, a Malazan noble living in Sialk on Seven Cities.Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 13, US HC p.343 She had long hair, a ratty tail, and mangy ears, and was walked with a jewel-studded leash.Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 16, US HC p.421/424Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 13, US HC p.343 Roach had a pug nose.House of Chains, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.334
== In Deadhouse Gates==
During the Whirlwind uprising, Roach accompanied her master on the flight of Malazan citizens from Hissar to Aren known as the Chain of Dogs. Some time after the Battle of Sekala Crossing, Roach was snatched from one of Lenestro's servants by Bent, a Wickan cattle-dog. Duiker saw the larger dog run off with Roach in its mouth and assumed it was destined to become a meal.Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 13, US HC p.342-343
But Roach survived and was frequently found in the company of Bent and the other cattle-dogs. She had a confrontational attitude and tended to command the pack which had adopted her. Several members of the 7th Army were so irritated by her loud yapping that they attempted to murder her whenever possible. Bult tried several times to spear her with his lance while Mincer was equally unlucky tossing rocks.Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 16, US HC p.421-422Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 19, US HC p.490
Roach and Bent were with what was left of Coltaine's army when the soldiers were viciously massacred by Korbolo Dom's soldiers on Aren Way outside the city's gates. Roach's legs were all purposely broken and she was left to die atop Bent. Both dogs were recovered by Truth who begged Mappo Runt to save them. Using his last few healing elixirs, the Trell obliged.Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 24, US HC p.590-592/595
== In House of Chains ==
Roach, along with Bent, accompanied the Malaz 14th Army to Raraku. After the destruction of Sha'ik's army by the avenging spirits of the Chain of Dogs, Nil and Nether told Adjunct Tavore that since Bent and Roach were, along with Duiker's mare, the only living creatures to survive the Chain of Dogs, their return march had brought the vengeful ghostly army.House of Chains, Chapter 26
== In The Bonehunters ==
After the Battle of Raraku, Roach and Bent continued to accompany the Malaz 14th Army as it followed Leoman and the remnants of the Army of the Apocalypse to Y'Ghatan. While Roach proved an annoyance to the soldiers, viciously biting their anklesThe Bonehunters, Chapter 3, US SFBC p.138 or urinating on their boots,The Bonehunters, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.235 she and Bent seemed to adopt Grub, Keneb's mysterious adopted son, walking at his side everywhere.The Bonehunters, Chapter 5, US SFBC p.198 Keneb, himself, wanted to kick "that rat straight through Hood's Gate" after seeing Roach gnawing on a bone from a Malazan barrow outside Y'Ghatan.The Bonehunters, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.238-239
Roach and Bent were with Grub during the Last Siege of Y'GhatanThe Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.321 as well as later stages of the march. At the battle's end, the 14th Army readied for a hasty march for the Kokakal Sea to embark on Admiral Nok's ships and escape the Bluetongue Plague ravaging Seven Cities. Grub pointed out Roach digging in the dirt to a puzzled Keneb, and made an obscure reference to Fiddler and the other soldiers tunneling their way out to safety.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.347
When the long thought dead soldiers finally made their way back to the 14th's camp, Roach, Bent, and the other cattle-dogs were the first to spot them and raced out of camp to meet them. Both ecstatic dogs flanked Grub as he talked with the returning Sinn.The Bonehunters, Chapter 16, US SFBC p.667-668/670
== In Dust of Dreams ==
Captain Kindly tried to use Roach and Bent to find Grub and Sinn for the reading of the Deck of Dragons ordered by Adjunct Tavore. When they refused to comply, he threatened to kill them, at which point Grub and Sinn turned up.Dust of Dreams, Chapter 1, UK HB p.45/46
== In The Crippled God ==
Roach attempted to accompany Bent in his dash up the Spire after Gesler. Trying to clear a crevasse, Roach used Hood, who was also ascending the Spire, as a landing point, clamping onto his leg. Hood shook her off, at which point the dog hurried on after her friend. Hood carried on with a limp.The Crippled God, Chapter 23, UK MMPB p.778/779 After the battle was over and the Jaghut were paying their respect to the fallen Imass, Roach lay down at Hood's feet. While Hood was trying to restore order among his mocking comrades she urinated on his leg.The Crippled God, Epilogue 1, UK HB 903/904
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