Noto Boil

Noto Boil, not simply "Noto" nor "Boil" as he was ever quick to point out,The Bonehunters, Chapter 15, US SFBC p.611The Bonehunters, Chapter 20 was a company cutter and healer in the Host under Dujek Onearm.The Bonehunters, Chapter 15, US SFBC p.594 Hurlochel described him as irritating, but competent.The Bonehunters, Chapter 15, US SFBC p.599
He was Kartoolian by birthThe Bonehunters, Chapter 20, UK MMPB p.940 and had once been a priest of Soliel. He had long, wispy, colourless hair and skin the colour of tanned goat leather. His grey eyes floated in yellow murk. He was tall, thin, and stooped and had a long-standing habit of picking at his green-furred teeth with a needle-sharp fish spine. This habit did nothing for his appearance. His gums were receded and he had worn round holes between each tooth giving him a skeletal smile.
Noto Boil told Ganoes Paran that he used to be a Leg-breaker in his youth, then was apprenticed to a local healer. After joining the Malazan Army (probably to escape poverty and/or the law), his first campaign was in Korel, in the Theftian Campaigns where he acquired some further tutelage from the healer Ipshank and also met Manask. He was then sent to Genabackis, by now healer to a full legion.The Bonehunters, Chapter 20, UK MMPB p.940-942 
Of his time in the church of Soliel, Noto Boil said he had been disavowed due to "a disagreement...of a political nature": 
Paran recalled that he heard Noto Boil had lost a power struggle over the disposition of the treasury at the temple in Kartool. The cutter said the event was open to interpretation.The Bonehunters, Chapter 15, US SFBC p.599/611-612
==In The Bonehunters==
Dujek's Host tried to stop the Bluetongue Plague ravaging Seven Cities by striking at the disease's source at the Grand Temple of Poliel in G'danisban. Dujek led a company of veterans against the temple expecting to face no more than a High Priestess, but instead found the Goddess herself. The company was forced to retreat back to the Army's camp, but Dujek and the survivors were all wracked with plague. Only the feverish work of Noto Boil and the other healers kept them alive.The Bonehunters, Chapter 13, US SFBC p.518-519
Ganoes Paran, posing as Captain Kindly, took command of the idle and leaderless Host. He met Noto Boil outside Dujek's tent and chose the healer to accompany him into G'danisban to confront Poliel. The astonished healer momentarily lost control of his fish spine and sent it piercing through his upper lip.The Bonehunters, Chapter 13, US SFBC p.594-599
Once inside the city, the pair were approached by Naval D'natha, whom Noto Boil recognised as the chosen of Soliel. The disavowed priest was awed by the presence of his goddess, asking her to forgive him, and was stunned when the clearly mad Paran refused her aid.The Bonehunters, Chapter 15, US SFBC p.611-614 Paran continued on to Poliel's temple while the healer and the chosen followed after. Noto Boil's horse was startled, throwing him to the ground cracking ribs and lodging his fish spine in his throat. Soliel's chosen plucked the bone free allowing him to breathe again.The Bonehunters, Chapter 15, US SFBC p.622
Paran slew Poliel with the aid of the Deragoth then dragged Noto Boil to the Temple of Soleil. There he used his power as Master of the Deck to summon the goddess herself and command her to temporarily grant Noto Boil and the other survivors of G'danisban the power to heal the plague. But before the cutter could return to camp and heal Dujek, the High Fist succumbed to the disease.The Bonehunters, Chapter 15, US SFBC p.628-630/633 When Paran's real identity was discovered, he was elected the Host's new High Fist.The Bonehunters, Chapter 15, US SFBC p.633 
Paran led the army towards Hanar Ara to investigate a source of power he sensed there.The Bonehunters, Chapter 21, US SFBC p.809 He and Noto Boil spent some of the ride discussing the healer's history on Kartool and in the Malazan Military. The ride was interrupted by the sight of a dozen blazing suns plummeting from the sky. Noto Boil was among the officers who witnessed the Master of the Deck save the world.The Bonehunters, Chapter 20, US SFBC p.771-776/792
== In The Crippled God ==
Paran promoted Noto Boil to the position of High Mage.
Noto Boil was part of Paran's Host that captured the North Citadel.
==Notes and references==
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