Ventrala

Ventrala was one of Hannan Mosag's K'risnan.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 4, UK BCA edition p.98 His body was mangled and misshapen--a racked, twisted cage from his use of the Crippled God's Chaos magic.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 4, US HC p.103/105-106 His forearms were scrawny and root-like. 
==In Reaper's Gale==
Ventrala and twenty-five Merude warriors were ordered by Ceda Hannan Mosag to pursue and capture the betrayers, Fear Sengar and Udinaas. Mosag planned to use the pair as leverage against Emperor Rhulad Sengar, who he believed had stolen the throne of the Letherii Empire from him. In return for loyally assisting the former Warlock King with his vengeance and enduring the physical violence done to his body, Ventrala was promised salvation. His search party journeyed ahead of their quarry to the Bluerose Mountains before settling in at a Letherii fort guarding the pass that was occupied by another search party led by Atri-Preda Hayenar. The K'risnan lay wards along the pass to alert him of trespassers.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 4, US HC p.101-102/105
When Fear and Udinaas' travelling companion, Silchas Ruin, discovered the K'risnan's trap, he turned the tables on their pursuers and launched an attack on the fort.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 4, US HC p.101-105 Hayenar and most of the Letherii soldiers escaped, but the Merude warriors were all killed by the Tiste Andii. The K'risnan attempted to use his magic to fight back, but found his power had fled him. He came to the realisation it was all a lie--there was no exaltation to be had in the Chaos-infused destruction of his flesh. Ruin then entered the room where the terrified Ventrala was hiding, accompanied by a flood of Orthen which Ventrala had earlier sensed massing in the forest outside. Ventrala realised his power had fled because the Crippled God had no interest in confronting Ruin. Silchas let Ventrala live to deliver a message to Hannan Mosag. He warned that "a god in pain is not the same as a god obsessed with evil. Your Warlock King's obsessions are his own. It would seem, alas, that he is...confused." The K'risnan sought out Hayenar to escort him back to Letheras.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 4, UK BCA edition p.96-101
==Notes and references==
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