Senior Assessor

Senior Assessor was a monk of the Mockers sect from the Cabal Archipelago. He was a bald man, who was short in stature and slight of build, reaching no more than Yan Tovis' shoulder.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 9, US HC p.221-223 The features of his round face were flat and unresponsive, but were thickly painted with bright and garish colours into an exaggerated comical expression. The mask matched the twinkle in his soft brown eyes, and his demeanour gave the impression that he was always on the verge of bursting into laughter. Despite appearances, he was forbidden from laughing by his sect.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 9, US HC p.224 He wore loose silks and kept his feet bare.
As a member of the Unified Sects of Cabal, he had discarded his birth name and was known only by his rank: Senior Assessor. When pressed by non-Cabalhii to identify what he assessed, he described it broadly as "all matters requiring assessment." He was highly observant--capable, for example, of deducing a person's geographic and social background from their accent alone. He was also a healer, talented in High Denul and High Mockra, whose understanding of health and well-being were based on the esoteric knowledge of his sect.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 9, US HC p.221/223-224 He took vows of celibacy.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 15, US HC p.421
==In Reaper's Gale==
Senior Assessor was among the champions brought back to Letheras by the Third Edur Imperial Fleet to face the Tiste Edur emperor, Rhulad Sengar. Unlike the other champions, he had volunteered to join the Edur in the Cabalhii tradition of delivering hostages to fend off potential enemies. Additionally the fleet, its empire, and the demands of its emperor required assessment. He quickly determined that he was doomed to die at Rhulad's hand as the emperor was cursed with power of the Crippled God.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 9, US HC p.221-226
Upon the fleet's arrival in Letheras, Yan Tovis called upon his talents to heal her second in command, Varat Taun, whose mind had been broken by the time of his return during the attack on the First Throne. The monk gave Yan Tovis a detailed assessment of Taun's condition, attributing it to the man's passage through Chaos, which had been tainted by the Crippled God. Taun immediately woke from his months-long madness, calling Icarium an abomination. When Senior Assessor heard Icarium's name and discovered the Jhag was among his fellow champions facing the Emperor, the staggered monk's eyes bulged, he smeared his face paint with his clutching hands, and bit his lips so hard they spurted blood. Then he ran from the room. Yan Tovis suspected he had been on the verge of hysterical laughter. 
Seeing he was no challenge to the Emperor, Yan Tovis brought him with her as she took her company back to Fent Reach. The Cabalhii struggled with his unfamiliar horse and by the time they reached the town of Almas he decided to return to Letheras. Varat Taun had reached the same decision and they returned together.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 9, US HC p.227Reaper's Gale, Chapter 10, US HC p.253-255
Back in Letheras, Samar Dev joined Senior Assessor on a walk in the city where he astutely informed the scholar the city was on the brink of an economic crisis. But it soon became apparent the walk's true purpose was for the monk to observe Icarium with wonder from afar. He was sure he was the only living Cabalhii to have seen his people's god with his own eyes. Icarium called him "my very own personal vulture" and thought his worship delusional. The monk refused to draw closer even when Icarium tried to call him over.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 15, US HC p.430-431/436-437 Once the contests between the Emperor and the gathered champions began, Senior Assessor refused to watch and could barely contain his own mirth.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US HC p.622-623
As Icarium's time in the arena with Emperor Rhulad drew near, Senior Assessor warned the Jhag's companion, Taralack Veed, to be ready. When Icarium slipped away from the champion compound amidst the unrest of the economic collapse and the Bonehunters' invasion, the pair followed. Icarium travelled to the site of a device he had constructed millennia ago at Scale House. When activated, it opened a glowing door and buildings began to crumble. After Icarium stepped inside, a mass of masonry collapsed on Senior Assessor, allowing him only a moment to burst out laughing before it crushed him.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.771-772/795-797
==Notes and references==
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