Esthala

Esthalla was one of the Tiste in the time of ancient Kharkanas.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 14, US SFBC p.571-572
==In Toll the Hounds==
Endest Silann was invited to meet with Anomander Rake in a room of pure darkness within the New Palace of Black Coral. The room reminded the old castellan of Kharkanas as he once knew it--before Mother Dark "embraced Light, before the ones born of ashes lifted themselves up and took swords in hand. Scabandari. Ilgast Rend, Halyd Bahann. Esthala who dreamed of peace. Kagamandra Tulas Shorn, who did not."
== In Forge of Darkness==
Millennia before the events of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, Esthalla was a captain and cohort commander in Urusander's Legion. She was married to Silann, a fellow captain in the Legion. Esthalla and her husband had a testy relationship, often having venomous arguments in the presence of their soldiers. Among other issues, each blamed the other for their son, Endest Silann, joining the priestly orders at Kharkanas rather than choosing a role more supportive of their ambitions.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 10, UK HC p.281
She was aroused by the savagery of killing. After a battle she would make fierce love to Sillann in a manner that skirted on the edge of pain.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 17, UK HC p.545
Esthalla and her husband were members of Hunn Raal's conspiracy to place Vatha Urusander on the throne of Kharkanas. When Silann carelessly exposed the plot to discovery by ineptly massacring a caravan, she seriously considered Lieutenant Risp's suggestion to arrest Silann and execute him before the true motivations became known. Esthala participated in the slaughter of the villagers at Riven Keep and took great pleasure in it.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 17, UK HC p.545
==Notes and references==
Category:Captains
Category:Females
Category:Tiste
Category:Urusander's Legion