Chillbais

Chillbais was a small demon with stony eyes and needle fangs who served Baruk.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 1, US SFBC p.36/56 Among his kin, he was a giant--heavy as a badger, with sculpted muscles beneath a prickly hide.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 1 His leathery wings were very nearly too small to provide any lift, yet he was able to fly.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 1 He was even more squat and obese than Kruppe, causing him to waddle, and his head was bald and knobbled.Orb Sceptre Throne, Prologue, UK PB p.25 His hands were stubby.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 5, US SFBC p.182 He could stretch his mouth into an impossibly broad grin.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 22, US SFBC p.902 
Chillbais did not get along with Crone, calling her a "grotesque monstrosity"Toll the Hounds, Chapter 1, US SFBC p.56 and an "oily black-tarred hen."Toll the Hounds, Chapter 5, UK HB p.157 He was capable of sitting motionless and watchful for months at a time.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 1, US SFBC p.36
==In Toll the Hounds==
Baruk kept Chillbais on a monthslong vigil in an ash tree on Coll's estate, looking for anything at all of interest going on at the Finnest House.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 1, UK HB p.17/18 He returned to his master with news that Vorcan Radok had escaped. The Great Raven Crone was with Baruk and she and Chillbais insulted each other until the High Alchemist put a stop to it. Baruk told Chillbais to find somewhere to be until called, whereupon the demon clambered into the fireplace and disappeared up the chimney.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 1, UK HB p.36 
Chillbais continued to squabble with Crone until her visit ended. When Vorcan Radok appeared at Baruk's estate, the High Alchemist quickly sent Chillbais to return with Derudan. The demon again used the fireplace to exit.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 5, UK HB p.158
Preparing for the return of the Tyrant to Darujhistan, Baruk bargained with Hinter in an attempt to secure the ghost's neutrality. The High Alchemist agreed to assign one of his servants to watch Hinter's Tower and sound the alarm if anyone made a move to enslave him. Hinter knew of the demon and was not pleased at Baruk's choice.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 15, UK HB p.550 
As beings of power converged on Darujhistan, Chillbais was perched in a niche of the city's southern gate where he could sense the arrival of the Hounds of Shadow in the distance.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 20, UK HB p.757 On the last night of the Gedderone Fête, the Hounds and other arriving powers wreaked havoc in the city and the demon shook uncontrollably as it tracked the arrival of the one named Traveller. His first attempt at flying off to tell his master that Dassem Ultor had appeared ended with panic amongst the crowds fleeing the city as Chillbais performed an impromptu crash landing. Samar Dev and Karsa Orlong spotted the demon as they entered the city in Traveller's wake.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 22, UK HB p.827/828 
==In Orb Sceptre Throne==
On a visit to Baruk, Kruppe fed Chillbais a rare blind albino cave fish from the deserts of the Jhag Odhan, pilfered from the stores of the High Alchemist, which Chillbais snapped up eagerly. Baruk accused Kruppe of bribing and suborning his servants.Orb Sceptre Throne, Prologue, UK lg PB p.25/26
Chillbais informed Baruk of the Tyrant's arrival.Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter 3, UK lg PB p.151
Baruk set Chillbais free prior to the arrival of the Tyrant. Fearful of getting ensnared by another, Chillbais hid in a clothes chest situated in the tallest tower of Baruk's grounds.Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter 3, UK lg PB p.154
After the Tyrant was defeated, Baruk dragged himself back to the tower on his estate. Chillbais found him and administered the content of a silver flask which returned Baruk to his senses.Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter 21, UK lg PB p.821/822 
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