Black

Black, also known as Black the Elder or Black the Greater,Forge of the High Mage, Chapter 14, UK HC p.215 was an Avowed member of the Third Company of the Crimson Guard. He was among the more skilled fighters of the Guard, according to Corlo.Midnight Tides, Chapter 19, US TPB p.463 His brother was Black the Lesser, also a Crimson Guardsman.Assail (novel), Chapter 2
Black wore a thick scaled hauberk with mailed leggings and a helm with a visor. When not in combat he bore a broad shield on his back.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 2, UK PB p.298
==In Return of the Crimson Guard==
After reuniting with the Guard at the end of the Diaspora, Black took part in the invasion of Unta, the Malazan imperial capital.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 2, UK PB p.298 During the fighting he secured the city's wharf by himself. The Unta Harbour Guard, under Sergeant Atelen Tinsmith, engaged Black with crossbows before triggering a booby-trapped chain to toss him into the harbour.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 2, UK PB p.298-301 By the time Black dragged himself from the water, the Guard was leaving Unta. As their ship left the port, the Harbour Guard waved and one bared his arse, enraging Black and earning them his eternal enmity.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 2, UK PB p.311
At the subsequent Battle of the Plains, Black was in a squad of Avowed commanded by Lean that defended the Pilgrim Bridge over the Idryn river. He, Lean, Amatt, Cole, and Turgal resisted numerous attacks (preventing twenty-nine thousand Kanese soldiers from reinforcing the Malazans) before K'azz D'Avore arrived with Kyle and the Lost brothers to relieve them.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 3 Chapter 3, UK PB p.626
== In Assail==
Black the Elder travelled to Assail as part of Shimmer's expedition to find Cal-Brinn and the lost Fourth Company. He fell in battle against the mages, Geth and Lurnan Sharr.Assail (novel), Chapter 9
==In Kellanved's Reach==
Before the rise of the Malazan Empire, when the Crimson Guard was still a mortal mercenary band, Black and his brother served under Courian D'Avore. The Guard fought for the Bloorian League and participated in the siege of Castle Jurda. When Gregar and Haraj entered the Guard's camp in effort to join them, Gregar noted the presence of two similar looking fellows sitting together. He speculated that they were "the famed Brothers Black, the Lesser and the Greater".Kellanved's Reach, Chapter 11, US HC p.173
==Notes and references==
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