Anyx Fro

Anyx Fro [AN-ix FRO]Spoiler Chat: The God is Not Willing with Steven Erikson and Philip Chase - A Critical Dragon - As pronounced by Steven Erikson at 01:17:05 was a marine in Sergeant Drillbent's 4th squad in the XIVth Legion's 2nd Company.The God is Not Willing, Dramatis PersonaeThe God is Not Willing, Chapter 20, US HC p.387 Anyx Fro's pale skin and drooping eyes gave her a naturally sickly disposition,The God is Not Willing, Chapter 1, US HC p.22 although she irritatedly insisted she had a porcelain complexion and the inherited eye bags of her mother.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 2, US HC p.40-41 Her face was broad and her chin round.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 15, US HC p.253/265 
She was an early riser who preferred going to bed in the middle of the day.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 1, US HC p.32 She carried a hide sack containing the white painted wooden chips painted white with lead she and her squadmates used to play Fiddler's Gambit. Stillwater wondered whether maintaining the lead-based paint was responsible for Anyx's pallor.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 2, US HC p.37-39/42
She marched alone on campaign because she could not walk in a straight line and her fellow soldiers did not relish being bumped into over and over again.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 5, US HC p.84 Anyx Fro was also an inventor who created stupidly heavy, stupidly bulky, and mostly useless items. One of her most recent pieces was a silver and iron eyeglass that allowed her to see long distances.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 5, US HC p.84-86
Anyx Fro and Stillwater were often found together. Stillwater admitted the shorter soldier was like a sister to her--the "kind you try to leave behind when you go off with your friends, but then you turn around and there she is! So you invent a new game and it's called 'tying your sister to a tree'."The God is Not Willing, Chapter 17, US HC p.297The God is Not Willing, Chapter 15, US HC p.253
Anyx regularly chewed Rustleaf, which left her teeth stained brown.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 15, US HC p.260 She fought with a short-sword.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 15, US HC p.274 When she had to go without it, "bad things happened" to other people.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 23, US HC p.451
==In The God is Not Willing==
She was a mage of Thyr.
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==Iron Maw==
The Iron Maw was an offensive weapon of Anyx Fro's own invention. Standing on a tripod, it was "a heavy flaring tube of polished iron about the length of a clawfoot crossbow. It had an iron peg of some sort halfway along, which [Anyx Fro] angled into a socket on top of the tripod." The tripod swivelled easily. It was packed with a small bag of "stuff", including a munition mix that was denatured so it did not explode upon contact with air. Instead, the mix was ignited by a flame which erupted with a huge ball of smoke and a deafening sound. When test fired into the forest, it left a horizontal hole cut deeply into the trees with licks of flame left on the ground and among the branches around the hole's edges. Little remained of enemy soldiers caught in its blast. The device required about half a day to reload.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 17, US HC p.298-299
==Trivia==
*Steven Erikson says Anyx Fro "was a fun character to write. More of a slow burn in terms of my interest of that character, but each time she showed up on the page I had more and more fun with Anyx Fro."Spoiler Chat: The God is Not Willing with Steven Erikson and Philip Chase - A Critical Dragon - See 26:05
*Of the Iron Maw, Erikson says, "I don't know what she was working on. I think it was more like a blunderbuss, more than anything...She's a bit crazy."Spoiler Chat: The God is Not Willing with Steven Erikson and Philip Chase - A Critical Dragon - See 25:35
==Notes and references==
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