Lobe

Lobe was a Medium infantryman of the 9th Company, 8th Legion of the Malaz 14th Army. He was assigned to Sergeant Balm's 9th squad. 
Lobe seemed to prefer not to think too hard as it made his brain hurt, but was competent with his weapons.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.350-351
==In House of Chains==
Lobe was part of Adjunct Tavore Paran's punitive expedition against the Army of the Apocalypse. On the road from Aren to Raraku, his squad had done their share of the fighting, and their names were well known amongst the other soldiers in the legion.House of Chains, Chapter 22, US SFBC p.711
==In The Bonehunters==
After the Battle of Raraku, Leoman led the Army of the Apocalypse westward to Y'Ghatan and the 14th Army followed. Upon reaching the outskirts of the city, Corporal Deadsmell, Throatslitter, and Widdershins settled in for a game of Troughs while Lobe and Galt fought over dinner preparations. Bottle spotted the two men silently grappling over a boiling pot of water, each clutching their preferred herbs. Meanwhile, Sergeant Balm, pessimistic of their chances, went off to create his death-mask.The Bonehunters, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.239 
Adjunct Tavore launched the Last Siege of Y'Ghatan by sending the army's sappers to breach the city's wall under the cover of night. First into the city were the Malazan marines, followed quickly by the heavy and medium infantry. Once inside the city, the Malazans immediately came under attack from swordsmen on the ground and archers in the buildings above them.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.287-295 
Balm's squad pushed forward well beyond the other Malazan troops and took cover in a building filled with bolts of silk, which Lobe identified as coming from Darujhistan. While Lobe and Galt watched the street from the windows, Deadsmell, Throatslitter, and Widdershins went to investigate a noise upstairs. The three soldiers discovered the walls of the entire building had been filled with olive oil. Realising what Leoman meant to do, Balm's squad attempted to report their findings to Fist Keneb. But it was too late. When enough Malazans were engaged in street fighting inside the city, Leoman sprung his trap. The city's olive oil-soaked buildings were set alight and the streets quickly became an inferno.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.301-303 
Fleeing from the flames, they soon joined a mixed group of survivors from Hellian's, Fiddler's, Cord's, and Gesler's squads, who made their way to the Temple of the Queen of Dreams.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.307-309/316 Lobe was among the small group of soldiers who survived Y'Ghatan by tunneling their way out from under the city. They spent three days crawling on their hands and knees through the dark led by Bottle and his rat.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.368/370
After the survivors rejoined the 14th Army on the coast of the Kokakal Sea, Gesler and Stormy were given back command of the Silanda. They requested that Balm and Fiddler's squads serve as their crew.The Bonehunters, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.716 On the return voyage to Quon Tali Lobe was throwing bones with other members of his squad when a fight between Shortnose and Flashwit rolled into them. In the melee that followed, Mayfly threw Lobe in the air onto the pile of animated heads on the Silanda's deck.The Bonehunters, Chapter 19, US SFBC p.765
The Adunct's fleet travelled to Malaz City where Empress Laseen awaited Tavore in Mock's Hold. The Silanda joined Tavore's flagship, the Froth Wolf, to moor at the city pier while the rest of the fleet remained anchored in the harbour. The entire city seethed with magically induced anger against the 14th Army and the soldiers of the Silanda prepared to defend their ship from the mob after the Adjunct was escorted away. Cuttle directed Lobe and Galt to arm themselves with sharpers, which they used against the archers on the mob's flanks. Later, both soldiers replaced the injured Uru Hela and Shortnose in the shield wall holding the mob back.The Bonehunters, Chapter 23, US SFBC p.889-890/910/940
==In Reaper's Gale==
Adjunct Tavore clashed with Empress Laseen at Malaz City and took the Bonehunters rogue, following the Tiste Edur fleet that had ravaged Sepik back to Lether to invade the Letherii Empire.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.356 Balm and Cord's squads took the Silanda to the island of Second Maiden Fort off the coast of Lether to establish a headquarters and resupply base for the Adjunct.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.353Reaper's Gale, Chapter 14, US HC p.409 They found the island on the verge of being destroyed under a mountain of ice released by the collapse of Gothos' ancient Omtose Phellack ritual, but Sinn was able to hold the ice back with her magic until its force was spent. The island's self-declared ruler, Brullyg, gratefully welcomed the Malazans as royal guests until they placed him under house arrest and secretly took control of the island.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.348/369
Balm's squad kept Brullyg under guard and monitored the island from its only town, as Cord's squad patrolled the island's coast and interior while awaiting Tavore's arrival.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.345-350/358Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.468 Galt and Lobe guarded Brullyg in his rooms with Masan Gilani, who was on loan from Urb's squad, while Balm, Deadsmell, and Throatslitter spent their days in Harridict Tavern observing the clientele. All three of Brullyg's guards served as muscle, but the voluptuous Gilani also kept Brullyg stupid and docile. Lobe killed time playing games of Troughs with Galt or dissembling Galt's daggers into unusable parts. When Shurq Elalle and Skorgen Kaban managed to gain an audience with Brullyg, Galt took the lead in handling the visitors while Lobe readied his crossbow and Gilani held a knife to Brullyg's back.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.345-354
Meanwhile Tavore sent Fist Keneb's marines to the mainland, spreading them in isolated pairs of squads across thirty leagues of coast and burning their transport vessels behind them. The marines moved forward into the Letherii countryside towards Letheras, the capital, with orders to kill Edur by night and stir the occupied Letherii into rebellion. Each squad had a mage responsible for hiding their presence and confusing their enemies.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.361-365
Once Adjunct Tavore arrived with the rest of the Malazan fleet, she hired Shurq Elalle to guide them to the mouth of the Lether River leading to Letheras.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US HC p.613 Balm and Cord's squads made the journey on the Silanda.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US HC p.612-613 
The Adjunct's fleet made landfall near Letheras in time to see a massive release of enemy sorcery near Fist Keneb's reported position. Believing the marines had been wiped out, Tavore's forces defeated the city's Imperial Brigade.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.693-694Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.748-754Reaper's Gale, Chapter 17, US HC p.501 Balm's squad, along with Masan Gilani, secured horses to chase down fleeing Letherii soldiers and continued further inland towards the city. When they arrived at the field where Beak had saved Keneb's marines, they were mystified to find no bodies.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.751-754 Approaching the city's western gate, they found it in control of Keneb's troops. By this time, "the Confusion" had come upon Balm and he was incapable of communicating with anyone. Deadsmell assured Keneb the sergeant would snap out of it soon, as Masan Gilani raced back to fetch reinforcements from Tavore.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.790-792 Soon the City Garrison surrendered and the city fell.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.812
==In Dust of Dreams==
He did not survive the exchange with the K'Chain Nah'ruk.
==Notes and references==
Category:Bonehunters
Category:Males
Category:Marines
Category:Medium infantry
Category:Soldiers
Category:Y'Ghatan survivor (underground)