Yuna

Yuna was a Sword-Dancer, one of the personal bodyguards of King Chulalorn the Third of Itko Kan.Dancer's Lament, Dramatis Personae She was one of the "heavies"--the largest and most impressive-looking of her order.Dancer's Lament, Chapter 2, US HC p.48
Each of the sword-dancers wore a fine mail coat with their famed whipswords in an oiled wooden sheath upon their back.Dancer's Lament, Chapter 2, US HC p.46 They also wore leather sandals.Dancer's Lament, Chapter 15, US HC p.274
==In Dancer's Lament==
In the years before the foundation of the Malazan Empire, King Chulalorn prepared to invade Li Heng. But first he sent Jerruth to the city as his emissary. Yuna was one of a score of sword-dancers that escorted the diplomat to the court of the The Protectress to deliver the king's terms, although the bodyguards rankled at being sent away from their king. Once Jerruth delivered the king's message before the court, he volunteered a demonstration by the sword-dancers as entertainment. Captain Hallens selected Yuna and Torral to put on a complicated display of precisely choreographed attacks, feints, and counter-attacks. Then Torral stepped away and Hallens handed out silken scarves to the encircling crowd of nobles. As each threw their scarves, Yuna's whip snapped out in all directions to cut them in half to the crowd's applause.Dancer's Lament, Chapter 2, US HC p.46-50
==Notes and references==
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