Brohl Handar

Brohl Handar was a Tiste Edur of the Arapay tribe, a minor noble of the Letherii Empire, and the newly-appointed Overseer of the East (i.e., governor) in Drene.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 2, US HC p.62Reaper's Gale, Dramatis Personae However, the real power in Drene lay not with the Overseer, who served mostly as an observer, but with Factor Letur Anict, a high-ranking member of the Liberty Consign of Merchants from Letheras. Less than a hundred Edur served in that remote corner of the empire, with only Handar's three staff coming from his own tribe.
He did not think of himself as a sophisticated man and had no particular experience with governing.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 2, US HC p.61 Before becoming Overseer, Brohl Handar had been the patriarch of a clan devoted to hunting tusked seals.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 1, US TPB p.38-40 He found few of his skills from his previous life applied to his new station.
Like many traditional Edur, he failed to understand the Letherii's rapacious desire for gold and material wealth.
His personal carriage was ornate and trimmed in gleaming Bloodwood. It was pulled by four bone-white horses.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 2, US HC p.60 Slits in the shutters allowed him to observe the outside while a voice-tube allowed him to issue orders to the driver.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 2, US HC p.61/64
==In Reaper's Gale ==
Within two weeks of accepting his responsibilities in Drene, Brohl accompanied Atri-Preda Bivatt as an observer on an expedition to exterminate camps of Awl in the Awl'dan. He witnessed a camp of seventy Awl adults and their children massacred by two hundred Bluerose Lancers. In response to his questioning, the Preda revealed that the official Letherii position that the raids were in response to a warmongering alliance between the Awl, the Ak'ryn, the Bolkando, the D'rhasilhani, and the Saphinand Kingdom was a lie to justify the Lether conquest. She also revealed that his appointment as Overseer was in response to the Letherii Army's recent encounter with an unknown force of mercenaries.
Handar quickly realised that the Factor was utterly corrupt, waging an unofficial and unnecessarily bloody war against the Awl to steal their lands and herds for his own personal wealth. At the same time, the Factor's alliance with Chancellor Triban Gnol and the powerful Liberty Consign of Merchants kept the Overseer isolated from the Edur court in Letheras and his reports unread.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 2, US HC p.61-62 He was determined to find a way to remove Factor Anict and reassert control by the Edur in Drene. The Factor's downfall would serve as an example to others.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 8, US HC p.206
The reemergence from exile of legendary Awl war leader Redmask to unite his people against the Letherii proved the opportunity he was looking for. Redmask massacred a camp of drovers and their families, stealing thousands of Myrid and Rodara belonging to the Factor.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 6, US HC p.141-143 Bivatt prepared for war against the Awl by requesting additional troops from the Crimson Rampant Brigade and Merchants' Battalion to support those already in place from the Artisan Battalion, Harridict Brigade, and Bluerose Lancers.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 6, US HC p.149 
When Factor Anict gave the command to hunt down and destroy those who had killed the drovers, Overseer Handar stepped in to contain the scope of the punitive expedition. He demanded that the Awl be given a chance to concede, but Bivatt would agree only to the terms of complete surrender and enslavement. Handar secretly arranged to fund the expedition as well as accompany it with his own troops and a Den-Ratha K'risnan as a step in reasserting Edur control over the Factor. To keep the Factor and Chancellor in the dark, Handar coordinated his activities with various overseers through the K'risnan, putting himself at risk by acting without Emperor Rhulad Sengar's knowledge. He was pleased to finally move against the Factor, and remained unaware the Factor knew all he had done. Factor Anict gave Bivatt secret instructions for the Awl Campaign, ordering her to make no special effort to protect the Overseer. If the Handar survived, he would be arrested on charges of treason and dealt with by the Patriotists on his return.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 6, US HC p.148-149Reaper's Gale, Chapter 8, US HC p.204-208
Bivatt proceeded to march on Redmask's forces, overconfident in her victory and ready to face the failed Awl tactics of previous campaigns.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 6, US HC p.149Reaper's Gale, Chapter 12, US HC p.305 Handar attempted to convince Bivatt to take a more cautious approach, but was rebuffed and ordered to keep himself, his K'risnan, and his troops near the Letherii supply camp. In the ensuing Battle of Bast Fulmar, Redmask humbled Bivatt, using the unnatural properties of Bast Fulmar to strip her Mage cadres of their magic and employing innovative battle tactics. Handar and his forces attempted to defend the supply camp against an attack by Sag'Churok, one of Redmask's guardian K'Chain Che'Malle. The K'ell Hunter killed Handar's warlocks and nearly the Overseer himself. Only the K'risnan's healing magic kept him from bleeding to death through a wound in his leg. The Letherii were forced to retreat.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 12, US HC p.325-337Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.448
The Awl seemed to disappear after Bast Fulmar so every day Handar led thirty of his best riders out in search of them.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.449 Redmask finally returned to surround the Letherii camp after dark at the Battle of Pradegar. Bivatt tried to send Handar and his Edur out in the dark to reconnoiter the Awl position, but Handar convinced her it was suicide.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.473 Instead the Overseer and his men were once again placed in the Letherii rear where they fought off the two K'Chain Che'Malle and the Awl war dogs. Handar's Den-Ratha K'risnan was cut to pieces by Sag'Churok.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.478
Redmask and the Awl made their last stand at the mud plains of the Battle of Q'uson Tapi. Handar and the Edur once again guarded the Letherii rear as Bivatt's troops slogged their way through the mud to the Awl position. Masarch disobeyed Redmask's orders to launch a cavalry charge into the Edur troops who were supported by Bluerose Lancers. Masarch's command was wiped out and Handar relished the enemy blood that covered his body.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.682/697 When the Letherii forces overwhelmed the Awl position it seemed all was won. But Onos T'oolan's army of seventy thousand White Face Barghast arrived to seek vengeance for the Grey Swords.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.704/706
Recognising they were doomed, Handar and Bivatt wished each other a good death. When Handar boasted that Bivatt had been overly worried about the Factor's assassins, she shocked him with the information that she had secretly assigned Gaskaral Traum to protect him and the man had quietly killed ten assassins. Rather than return to his Edur, Handar asked Gaskaral's leave to fight and die at his side.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US TPB p.665-667/708
==Notes and references==
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