Olar Shayn

Olar Shayn was a Logros T'lan Imass clansman in Ibra Gholan's clan.House of Chains, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.477 He wore a rotted wolf fur the colour of the desert and wielded a bone-hafted double-bladed axe of reddish-brown flint.House of Chains, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.476 
He was born in the Year of the Two-Headed Snake.
==In House of Chains==
Olar Shayn was among a group of Logros T'lan Imass hunting The Unbound, seven Logros renegades.House of Chains, Chapter 9, US SFBC p.381-382 His party included Ibra Gholan, Haran Epal, and the Bonecaster, Monok Ochem. The group lost the renegades' trail in the Nascent, but stumbled upon Onrack T'emlava and Trull Sengar confronting a group of Tiste Liosan led by Seneschal Jorrude.House of Chains, Chapter 9, US SFBC p.380-382
Monok Ochem convinced the Liosan to participate in a ritual that would allow the entire group to escape the flooding fragment of Kurald Emurlahn. But the bonecaster did not reveal that the ritual would take the T'lan Imass separately to Kurald Thyrllan. Monok Ochem had determined that Jorrude's magic unwittingly came from some power masquerading as the Liosan god, Osseric.House of Chains, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.460-476 Once in the Liosan Warren, they located the false god in order to slay it.House of Chains, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.469/477
Their attack was successful, but Olar Shayn's body was largely destroyed in the battle. His arms were torn off, his chest was crushed, and he was decapitated. His body was stumbled upon by Pearl and Lostara Yil, who brought his head back to the Malazan world in return for an explanation for the messy battle scene. Following T'lan Imass custom for their fallen warriors, Pearl placed the head on a shelf of rock where it would have an eternal view of a stony vista. The T'lan Imass asked the pair their names to express his eternal gratitude.House of Chains, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.476-477
It was later revealed that the false god had been the demon familiar of L'oric, son of Osric. L'oric and the demon had granted the prayers of the Tiste Liosan to hide Osric's disappearance from his people. It was L'oric who destroyed Olar Shayn's body in his familiar's defence.House of Chains, Chapter 13, US SFBC p.487-488
==Notes and references==
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Category:T'lan Imass