Rei

Rei was a Sword-Dancer, one of the personal bodyguards of King Chulalorn the Third of Itko Kan.Dancer's Lament, Dramatis Personae She was a tall and slim woman.Dancer's Lament, Chapter 7, US HC p.136/137 
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. Rei was one of a score of sword-dancers under the command of Captain Hallens 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.Dancer's Lament, Chapter 2, US HC p.46-50
After negotiations failed as expected, the Kanese army invested the city and the sword-dancers became hostages of Li Heng. Word came to Captain Hallens that the Nightblades, the king's assassins, planned to strike the Protectress that night. Hallens ordered the sword-dancers to maintain their regular routines to avoid suspicion. She commanded Iko, the new recruit, to take one of her regular midnight walks as usual but bring one of her sisters along as well. Iko chose Rei, much to Rei's dismay at serving as a "chaperone". Rei tried to arrange for Iko to take another, but Hallens waved her away. During their walk together, Rei chastised Iko for searching the rooflines with her eyes looking for Nightblades. Then she shocked Iko by referring to the assassins as romanticised cowardly back-stabbers.Dancer's Lament, Chapter 7, US HC p.135-139
==Notes and references==
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Category:Females
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