Meese

Meese was an inhabitant of Darujhistan and a regular at the Phoenix Inn.Gardens of the Moon, Dramatis Personae, UK MMPB p.xiv She was described as a big, beefy, rough looking woman with broad forearms.Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 11, UK MMPB p.375Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 11, UK MMPB p.376Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 17, UK MMPB p.525 She and her friend Irilta worked in tandem performing jobs for the Eel.Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 17, UK MMPB p.523Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 18, UK MMPB p.542/543
== In Gardens of the Moon ==
Meese and Irilta looked after Crokus Younghand. They intercepted the assassin Sorry when she followed Crokus into the Inn, careful to keep Crokus protected from her.Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 11, UK MMPB p.378 
Meese later stood outside the Inn to warn Rallick Nom that a stranger was inside looking for him.Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 17, US HC p.362
When Crokus returned to Darujhistan with Apsalar soon after she had lost her memories, Meese told him the guards were after him for murder but that she and Irilta would hide him.Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 17, UK MMPB p.525/526 Crokus later found out that this had been a ruse to keep him safe.Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 22, UK MMPB p.641
Meese and Irilta mortally wounded Adjunct Lorn during the Fête of Gedderone.Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 23, UK MMPB p.678
==In Memories of Ice==
It seemed that Meese was the hooded carriage driver that brought Kruppe to the meeting near Pale between Caladan Brood, Dujek Onearm, and the representatives of Darujhistan's Noble Council because Murillio angrily noted that Kruppe and Meese's train of six jewel-decked horses closely resembled the Darujhistan delegation's missing team.Memories of Ice, Chapter 5, UK MMPB p.201-204
==In Toll the Hounds==
Meese was now named as the proprietor of the Phoenix Inn.Toll the Hounds, Dramatis Personae She was working at the Phoenix Inn on the night of the Gedderone Fête when Irilta found a stabbed and bleeding Murillio on the Inn's doorstep. Kruppe sent a pale-faced Meese in search of Coll to summon Mallet, the Malazan healer.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 1, US SFBC p.49 After hearing of the Assassins' Guild contract on the Bridgeburners, she speculated that the residents of the city's new Malazan Embassy had learned of the deserters and were cleaning house.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 3, US SFBC p.86-87
On the night Crokus finally returned to Darujhistan, a misunderstanding outside the Inn with Rallick Nom led to Nom's wounding. Crokus carried the bleeding man inside where Meese rushed to attend to him and pronounced he would live. While Nom was brought to a room upstairs, she sent the distressed young thief to meet with Kruppe at his usual table.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 5, US SFBC p.190-191
Murillio later fell to the blade of Gorlas Vidikas, who sent his body to the Phoenix Inn to taunt Murillio's friends.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.710/713-714 Meese was the first to find his body laying in the ox-cart in which it arrived. After Irilta threatened the story out of the ox-cart's driver, she and Meese tenderly carried the body to a room upstairs, while Cutter rushed out to seek vengeance against Gorlas.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 19, US SFBC p.786/788 Coll violently argued with Rallick Nom over their options until Meese shamed the men into honouring Murillio by attending his interment.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 19, US SFBC p.792-794 When they returned from the crypt, Meese found Irilta's body in her room.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 21, US SFBC p.840 The woman, who had long harboured a secret love for Murillio, had killed herself by cutting her wrists.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 19, US SFBC p.798
In the evening, word of Gorlas' death reached Hanut Orr, who knew of Coll's ties to the Phoenix Inn. Determined to kill Coll and the lowborn conspirators who he suspected had also murdered his uncle, Turban Orr, Hanut assembled four of his most capable guards. Two were sent to watch Coll's estate while Hanut brought two others, Havet and Kust, with him to the Inn.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 21, US SFBC p.846-847 Hanut set Havet to watch the Phoenix Inn's front door while Kust went inside to make a show. Hanut positioned himself in the back alley intending to slay anyone attempting to flee. Coll quickly overpowered Kust, who valued his own life more than loyalty and divulged his master was nearby. While Meese watched over Kust with a two-handed mace, Coll and Kruppe went to confront Hanut. But they found only his corpse. The noble had crossed paths in the alley with the notorious killer Gaz, who had beaten him to death.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 21, US SFBC p.861-865
==In Orb Sceptre Throne==
Meese came to the Phoenix Inn most evenings.Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter 1, UK lg PB p.69
==Notes and references==
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