Ephras

Ephras was a caravan guard and shareholder in the Trygalle Trade Guild.The Bonehunters, Chapter 10, US HC p.358
==In The Bonehunters==
Ephras was one of about a dozen or so men and womenThe Bonehunters, Chapter 10, US HC p.356 who were working as caravan guards with the mage-merchant, Karpolan Demesand's Trygalle Trade Guild caravan which had been hired to provide escort for Ganoes Paran (along with his companions, the spirit of the dead Bridgeburner Hedge, and the Jaghut sorceress, Ganath) through the ancient Jaghut underworld realm, Verdith'anath (aka the 'Bridge of Death').The Bonehunters, Chapter 10, US HC p.351-354
The Trygalle Trade Guild caravan had not gotten even halfway across the "fell" bridge when Ephras and the other shareholders (who were stationed on the carriage roof) became suddenly very busy fighting off an attacking swarm of ochre-skinned creatures with long arms which ended in sharp talons, ape-like legs, and small heads which seemingly bristled with fangs.The Bonehunters, Chapter 10, US HC p.356-357 The situation had gotten very perilous very quickly and Ephras, having seen the death of Stebar (which had earned him the 'spike' - i.e., double the usual payback for Stebar's family) and the condition of the badly mutilated face and body of Thyrss, remarked to the other shareholders on the roof of the Trygalle Guild carriage (after the carriage had finally pulled away from the attackers) upon learning that although Thyrss was going to survive that she "ain't gonna be pretty no more", that from what he knew of her, Ephras thought that Thyrss would probably have preferred to have earned the 'spike' (i.e., to have died) instead.The Bonehunters, Chapter 10, US HC p.358
Upon reaching the end of the bridge, they travelled through a gate into the Nascent where they found the Deragoth imprisoned in five enormous statues. Paran ordered Hedge to free the Deragoth by destroying the statues with munitions. While Hedge worked, Karpolan readied the passage to escape the Warren ahead of the angered Deragoth and barely got them all out in time.The Bonehunters, Chapter 11, US SFBC p.461-470
They first appeared in a Warren crawling with undead who clung onto the sides of the carriage until Ganath hastily pulled them into Omtose Phellack. The carriage crashed down an icy hill, killing two horses and three shareholders, and leaving another shareholder with a broken neck.The Bonehunters, Chapter 11, US SFBC p.470-472The Bonehunters, Chapter 13, US SFBC p.512 After some quick repairs, Karpolan returned them to Seven Cities between the new Raraku Sea and G'danisban. Paran paid the High Mage for the Guild's services and they finally returned home through the Warrens.The Bonehunters, Chapter 13, US SFBC p.512-514
It was unstated if Ephras was among the survivors.
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