Squint

Squint was an old soldier in the Aren Guard.House of Chains, Dramatis Personae, UK MMPBDeadhouse Gates, Chapter 21, US HC p.548 He was a bowman,Deadhouse Gates, Dramatis Personae, UK MMPB p.18 and known as an expert marksman in Aren.
Squint was short and squat with forearms muscled like hemp ropes, and his eyes were like small, black marbles nested in wrinkles. His head was bald but for a fringe of long, grey, ratty strands.The Bonehunters, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.740 His uniform appeared not to have been washed or repaired in decades. His longbow was as tall as he was.Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 21, US HC p.548-549 
 
==In Deadhouse Gates== 
==In House of Chains==
Squint was deeply affected by his role in Coltaine's death and retreated into alcoholism. He had to be dragged from a bar and forcibly incorporated into Adjunct Tavore's 14th Army by Blistig and his men.House of Chains, Chapter 5, US SFBC p.225
At the Battle of Raraku, Squint was now an officer in Blistig's 9th Legion. He was part of a small squad guarding the Adjunct, when Karsa Orlong rode onto the field on his Jhag horse. Squint immediately recognised Karsa as a Thelomen Toblakai.House of Chains, Chapter 26, US SFBC p.834
==In The Bonehunters==
After the Last Siege of Y'Ghatan, Admiral Nok and the Malazan Imperial Fleet extracted the 14th Army to return home to Quon Tali. Squint remained with the Adjunct's entourage aboard her flagship, the Froth Wolf. The night after the battle between the Malazan fleet and the Third Edur Imperial Fleet, Apsalar found him at the ship's rail looking into the night. Squint at first refused to introduce himself, claiming knowledge of his identity would only end their conversation with awkward silence. When he finally relented he was pleased when Apsalar, an outsider to the army, professed not to know his history. 
The archer and the assassin shared their burdens of pain and Squint counseled her not to give up her love for Crokus. They agreed to meet for similar conversations in the future. Afterwards, Apsalar's thoughts revealed that she had known his identity all along and that the archer was the only one in the army who could not forgive himself for taking Coltaine's life.The Bonehunters, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.740-742
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