Gilk

The were one of the clans within the White Face Barghast, led by warchief Spax. They wore their hair cut in stiff, narrow wedges and armour assembled from the plates of some kind of tortoise. They were considered to be distinctively 
short and stout for Barghast. Captain Paran noted that they looked to be a match for any heavy infantry they might face.Memories of Ice, Chapter 11, US SFBC p.387 They were also particularly skilled against mounted soldiers having fought interminable wars against such enemies on the plains where they lived.Memories of Ice, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.572
==In Memories of Ice==
The Gilk were among the Barghast clans who heeded Senan warchief Humbrall Taur's call for a gathering. While initially suspicious of the Malazan Empire's intentions, they agreed to join Taur's alliance with renegade High Fist Dujek Onearm and Caladan Brood against the Pannion Domin.Memories of Ice, Chapter 11, US SFBC p.387/405 During the Siege of Capustan, the Gilk were sent to assist the Ahkrata clan in their fight against mounted Betrullid near the Catlin River. After crushing the Pannions, they and the Ahkrata seized the enemy's pontoon bridges and barges.
==In The Crippled God==
Clan Gilk was connected in the mind of a Forkrul Assail 'Pure', Lawful Inquisitor Brother Diligence, to an army of ancient Barghast, who had been 'created' by the Forkrul Assail of the time to serve them. These early Barghast had been named Gillankai and they had emulated their masters by bleaching the skin of their faces white. From the wording that Diligence used, it was not clear whether he meant that the Forkrul Assail had created the Gillankai themselves, or had merely created an army of the Gillankai.The Crippled God, Chapter 23, US HC p.695 
Diligence felt strongly that these Gillankai had subsequently "betrayed" their Assail masters, killing many Pures in the process. According to Diligence, the renegade Gillankai had worn turtle shell armour, which had been devised by the Gillankai to blunt the blows to the body by the Forkrul Assails' hands and feet.The Crippled God, Chapter 23, US HC p.695-696
== Notable Gilk ==
* Jastara - member of clan Gilk, then married into the Khundryl Burned Tears
* Spax - warchief of clan Gilk
==Notes and references==
de:Gilk
Category:Tribes
Category:Barghast