Stick

Stick was a Sergeant in Balk's Company.The God is Not Willing, Dramatis Personae She and Andrison Balk's other two sergeants, Sugal and Bray, had joined the Company together two years previously. They were cruel killers who shared a "secret pleasure in seeing the life fade from a fool's eyes" and were not above grabbing a Malazan invader and torturing him with a slow knife to make him beg for his life. They chafed at Balk's orders to avoid murdering the merchants they robbed. In frustration at this restriction, Stick drank more heavily and her disposition became nastier.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 5, US HC p.79
Stick and Sugal both had ambitious designs for usurping command of the Company. Stick was more intelligent than Sugal and acted as the trio's defacto leader, much to her rival's displeasure. She thought Sugal's mind was only good for busting skulls and not with thinking. In their quarrels, Bray always sided with her against Sugal. She hated Lieutenant Ara for surrendering Balk's Company to the Malazan XIVth Legion after Balk was captured and because Ara's long history with Balk made her an obstacle for advancement.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 5, US HC p.80 Balk and Ara were fully aware of the trio's nature and the lieutenant argued for their immediate execution. Balk preferred to wait until they were caught in the act both in the interest of justice and for tactical expediency.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 5, US HC p.81
Stick had moon-like cheeks and a tangled mass of dirty yellow hair.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 5, US HC p.78 She wore leather leggings.
==History==
When Stick was six years old, her younger sister drowned in a pond. She claimed that as the girl fell off the bank, Stick tried and failed to grab hold of her. Although Stick knew how to swim, she said she was too fearful of the long drop to the water and her sister was dead by the time she made the climb down. Their mother was heartbroken. Stick got over it fast and Lope deduced it had been no accident.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 12, US HC p.199-201
Stick, Sugal, and Bray had known each other for seven years since meeting as members of the Tulips city guard. Sugal's arrangements with that city's criminal elements kept their purses full until the Claw arrived, murdered all the loan-sharks, and sent the trio running for their lives. They had remained together ever since. The fact that Sugal had outranked Stick in Tulips continued to rankle him as they competed for leadership in Balk's Company.
==In The God is Not Willing==
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==Notes and references==
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