Lilac

Lilac was a huge, lumbering Kenyll'rah demon twice the height of a man.Midnight Tides, Chapter 18, US TPB p.448-449Midnight Tides, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.548 It had small blue eyes, a bestial face, a broad, flattened nose, and massive hands, and for all its size, moved quietly. Its voice was thin and strangely childlike. It breathed in an unusual pattern, with one heavy breath, then one short breath, then a faintly whistling breath that did not come from its nose.
In its homeworld, Lilac was a peasant and caster of nets (or fisher) and had a mate and children.Midnight Tides, Chapter 18, US TPB p.445-449Midnight Tides, Chapter 21, US SFBC p.636
It wielded a double-bladed axe.Midnight Tides, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.560
==In Midnight Tides==
Lilac was among a hundred or so Kenyll'rah stolen from their war-torn homeworld to serve as unwilling soldiers in the Tiste Edur army of Fear Sengar.Midnight Tides, Chapter 21, US SFBC p.634/636-638 After the Battle of High Fort, Trull Sengar came upon the badly wounded Lilac crying piteously on the battlefield while lying pierced by four heavy quarrels.
When Trull tried to recruit one of Fear's Arapay healers to save the beast, she refused saying it would be better to let it die and summon another one. Trull was so angered by her callousness towards one of the creatures enslaved to fight for their cause that he struck her across the face without thinking, knocking her to the ground. Trull successfully convinced another healer, Hanradi Khalag's elder sister, to save Lilac instead.Midnight Tides, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.557-559
Unable to have Lilac sent back to its home, Trull ordered it removed from the fighting and placed under his charge. Lilac resisted being brought to safety while others of its kind continued to fight and die, but Trull convinced it that someone had to remember those Kenyll'rah lost in the war.Midnight Tides, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.559-560 The demon's presence unexpectedly served Trull as well. His distaste for his brother, Rhulad's, war became well-known among the Edur and he was shunned. Lilac became his only companion.Midnight Tides, Chapter 21, US SFBC p.631 At the same time, Lilac protected its benefactor from violence including from his own brother, Fear.Midnight Tides, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.563
Ultimately, Lilac tricked Trull into sending it home by misleading Trull into believing that his mother, Uruth, planned to sacrifice it. It revealed that Trull could override its binding by sharing his blood and then commanding his new servant to return home. Later, Uruth told Trull he had been deceived, but the Edur was still pleased knowing the demon was safe and had trusted him not to seek revenge once he learned the truth.Midnight Tides, Chapter 21, US SFBC p.636-638
==Notes and references==
Category:Demons