Spinnock Durav

Spinnock Durav [SPIN-nock dur-AV]Spoiler Chat: Toll the Hounds - Part Three with Dr. Philip Chase and Steven Erikson - A Critical Dragon - As pronounced by Steven Erikson at 1:08:15 was a Tiste Andii warrior and loyal and trusted subject of Anomander Rake. The Son of Darkness frequently sent him out into the world to stand in his stead to accomplish difficult tasks, and Spinnock knew it would one day kill him.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.304 The Tiste Andii of Black Coral considered him the best warrior among them,Toll the Hounds, Chapter 20 although he thought himself incapable of military command.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 2, US HC p.66 
He often frequented the bed of the High Priestess of Darkness--their lovemaking serving as a temple ritual to access Kurald Galain, the Tiste Andii Warren of Darkness.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 4, US SFBC p.137Toll the Hounds, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.302-304
He was described as "large for a Tiste Andii, wide-shouldered and strangely bearish [... with] a faint reddish tinge to his long, unbound hair."Toll the Hounds, Chapter 2 His forest green eyes were tilted at the cornersToll the Hounds, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.308 and "set wide apart on a broad, somewhat flat face, the cheekbones prominent and flaring. The slash that was his mouth was fixed in a grin, an expression that rarely wavered."Toll the Hounds, Chapter 2
Spinnock possessed a Hust sword, the only heirloom of House Durav, and forged in Darkness itself. It was as long as an arm, made of copper-hued iron with a horn grip. The sword's ferrule was covered in faint glyphs, which glistened when rubbed with oil, reminiscent of ancient magic and armouring the blade against corrosion. The sword had been wielded by three of his kin before Durav.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 4, US SFBC p.135-136 He made a regular ritual of oiling the sword with a small sponge, a metal flask of eel oil, and a sharkskin pad he kept in a stiff leather pouch on his sword belt. The act of servicing the sword with a lover's touch was as much for himself as the health of the blade.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.306Toll the Hounds, Chapter 4, US SFBC p.138
Spinnock was a master of the ancient Andiian game of Kef Tanar, with which he had nearly twenty thousand years of experience.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 2, US SFBC p.62 Yet he had never beaten Rake in the game.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.301
==In Toll the Hounds==
Spinnock Durav missed the Pannion War and the Siege of Capustan because he was away hunting a dragon for Anomander Rake.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.300 He had only recently returned to Black Coral from Assail where his lord had sent him to learn the truth of what occurred there. It took Spinnock a fair amount of wandering the continent to gather the necessary information and on the last day he lost count of the number he had to kill to reach the shore and extricate himself. Rake asked a single question, "Must I journey there?". Durav answered in the negative, explaining that "the madness there seems quite...self-contained." In the peace of Black Coral, he felt like an unused weapon grown rusty.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 2, US SFBC p.77
Spinnock was one of the very few Tiste Andii in Black Coral who mixed with the human population. He frequented the Scour Tavern where he became friends with Seerdomin while playing Kef Tanar. Spinnock admired the man's refusal to deny his infamous past and his ability to keep the weight of his own grief at bay--a quality very unlike the Andii. Seerdomin's emotional resilience fed something inside Spinnock, giving him a vicarious sense of life.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 2, US HC p.61-62 But when Salind, the High Priestess of the Redeemer at the Pilgrim camp surrounding the Barrow of the Redeemer, came for Seerdomin's aid, he flatly turned her down.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.219-220
Spinnock took on himself to attempt to aid Salind in Seerdomin's absence. When he found her overcome by illness at the camp, he brought her to the Temple of Shadow to be healed.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.306-309Toll the Hounds, Chapter 10, US SFBC p.401 He quickly grew to realise he loved her.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.472 Still feverish, Salind dragged herself out of bed when Spinnock was away and made her way back to the pilgrim camp.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.468-470 When Spinnock returned, he was heartbroken to find her gone and went to [the Scour Tavern to drink away his misery.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.472-474 Seerdomin shocked him when the man admitted he had been hunting and killing members of the Liberators, who sought to overthrow Tiste Andii rule of the city.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.473-474
On his final mission for Rake,Toll the Hounds, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.489-490 he was sent to the outskirts of Darujhistan to keep Kallor occupied while Rake faced his destiny in the city. Spinnock set up four torches at a crossroads and waited for Kallor to arrive. The High King turned down his offer of wine and conversation and unhappily drew his sword. He insisted he had great respect for Spinnock and raged against those who forced honourable men to die before him. Spinnock found he could only fight defensively to keep the superior Kallor at bay. Thus, the two great swordsmen fought the whole night through. When Spinnock was finally knocked on his back and dying, he smiled when he felt Rake die as he had not failed his lord. The High King stayed the killing blow, realising it no longer mattered, before continuing on to the city. Crone landed at his side to share his final moments per Rake's request, but Korlat was able to save his life with a healing vial prepared by Endest Silann.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 22, US SFBC p.885-887Toll the Hounds, Chapter 23, US SFBC p.944-948
In Spinnock's absence, Seerdomin was killed protecting the Redeemer from Salind, who had been corrupted by the Dying God. Seerdomin's actions allowed Salind to ultimately be freed of the Dying God's influence.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 24, US SFBC p.979-980/987 A lesser burial mound was built for Seerdomin's bones so that he could stand eternal vigilance at the foot of the Redeemer.Toll the Hounds, Epilogue, US SFBC p.1005
When Rake's son, Nimander Golit, assumed his role as Lord of the Tiste Andii, he commanded Spinnock to seek out Salind at the pilgrim camp since it was clear that she was the love of his life. This met both Korlat and the High Priestess' approval. Nimander wondered if Salind would accept him and prayed to Mother Dark that the man would find the peace and happiness he deserved with the woman he loved.Toll the Hounds, Epilogue, US SFBC p.1003-1005 Salind's answer on this point was not given.
== In Assail ==
There is speculation that Jethiss, the Tiste Andii who traveled with Fisher Kel Tath on the continent of Assail, was Spinnock Durav. This could be inferred from the vague memories that Jethiss had of his previous life.
== In Forge of Darkness==
Spinnock was a young member of the noble House Durav, the brother of Cryl Durav. As a Warden of the Outer Reach he patrolled the shoreline of the Vitr with his cousin, Faror Hend, and Warden Captain Finarra Stone. After Finarra was seriously wounded by a monster from the sea, Spinnock escorted her back to the Warden camp.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 4, UK HC p.99 When Warden Commander Calat Hustain returned to investigate Finarra's reports of a possible invasion from the sea he brought Spinnock with him. Spinnock was witness to the gate that momentarily opened above the sea releasing nine Eleint.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 20, UK HC p.654
==In Fall of Light==
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==History==
Spinnock was a veteran of the Mott Campaign. Although spending five days lost in the briar and brush of Mott Wood, he had witnessed Silanah's attack on their Malazan enemy that had also struck a handful of their Crimson Guard allies. The Crimson Guard mage, Cowl, drove off the dragon with his magic and Rake had hunted Cowl in retribution. Later, standing atop Moon's Spawn, Spinnock thought the resulting mage-storms of their conflict signaled the end of the world.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 2, US SFBC p.66/74-75
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