Starvann Arl

Starvann Arl was the Abbot of Our Lady the Saviour Cloister and Hospice and the authority over all matters of faith in Banith. He was answerable only to the Prioress herself at the capital, Paliss. He commanded all the staff of the Cloister, numbering perhaps more than a thousand, and had authority over the Guardians of the Faith, an order of religious enforcers. 
The Abbot had long grey hair, a thick beard, and unearthly pale eyes. He wore plain dark robes and a diadem around his neck bearing the starburst sigil of the Lady.Stonewielder, Chapter 1, US HC p.59-60
==In Stonewielder==
Starvann Arl's order at the cloister was responsible for protecting one of the three most precious relics of the Lady, a fragment of her body contained within a dark wooded chest traced by silver.Stonewielder, Chapter 10, US HC p.520Stonewielder, Chapter 12, US HC p.609 Some part of their caretakership involved murdering young women every few months for decades.Stonewielder, Chapter 6, US HC p.337 Starvann used his official powers to interfere with Assessor Bakune's investigations into the murders, even ordering his records to be seized and destroyed.Stonewielder, Chapter 3, US HC p.169 
When ships of the invading Malazan Expeditionary Force appeared in the city during the Festival of Renewal, the Abbot attempted to have the Lady moved to a safer location. But the Lady, who was possessing the body of a young girl, objected. She slaughtered Starvann and his followers, who were deluded into thinking their charge was as naïve and powerless as she appeared.Stonewielder, Chapter 7, US HC p.387-389
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