Brullyg

Brullyg was a pretender to the Shake throne and the self declared ruler of Second Maiden Fort,Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.348 where had been imprisoned for murder before the Tiste Edur invasion had freed him. Former inmates Pithy and Brevity referred to him as the Grand Master of the Putative Assembly and declared him not easily killed.
He was an ambitious, full-blooded Shake with heavy brows and a flabby neck.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.348/352 He was an intelligent man who found it easy to pick up languages, speaking Shake, Letherii, Tiste Edur, Fent, trader's tongue, Meckros, and a smattering of Malazan.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.349 But he was easily swayed by his lust for women.
Shurq Elalle had a previous acquaintance with Brullyg and thought him completely mad.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 8, US HC p.196
He armed himself with a knife and a war-axe.
==In Reaper's Gale==
Yan Tovis became Queen of the Shake with the unexpected death of her mother. The coven of Shake witches and warlocks selected Brullyg to be her Rise (or king) and betrothed the two in Yan Tovis' absence.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 12, US HC p.324 Third Maiden Fort, which Brullyg controlled after a prison revolt, was also the sacred Isle of the Shake.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 12, US HC p.337 Brullyg hoped none of "the dead Queen's bitch daughters" appeared on the island within the designated period of time to claim their throne, so sole rulership of the Shake fell to him. He planned to cast off the Letherii yoke and declare the island's independence, making it a new centre for his people.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 17, US HC p.521-522Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.349 He was also determined for the Shake to learn from their former Letherii masters and cast aside their old values. The Shake dwelled on their history of failure and tragedy, while the Letherii revised their history so that their defeats and cruelties became triumphs and heroics. When Brullyg was king, the Shake would see themselves as "a blinding beacon on this dark shore."Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.350
Brullyg's plans began to go awry when the collapse of Gothos's ancient Omtose Phellack ritual sent mountains of ice crashing into the Katter Bight. Only the magic of a handful of Malazan visitors held the ice back and prevented the island's complete destruction. In gratitude, Brullyg made the strangers royal guests and they, in turn, disarmed him and placed him under secret house arrest in his former palace. Balm's squad kept guard over Brullyg, with the voluptuous Masan Gilani keeping him aroused and the terrifying Sinn keeping him cowed.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.349-350/352
When Shurq Elalle was forced to make port on the island because of the ice, she quickly became suspicious of the strangers surrounding Brullyg and forced her way into an audience. Soon she too was prisoner.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 8, US HC p.192-196Reaper's Gale, Chapter 10, US HC p.259-262Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.352-354 By the time Adjunct Tavore Paran arrived to make the island her headquarters, Yan Tovis had made her way to the island as well. Yan Tovis negotiated for the Malazans to depart and recognise her sovereignty over the island. She denied the right of the coven to choose her king and ordered Yedan Derryg to throw Brullyg out a window. Brullyg demanded Tavore protect him for his cooperation and send him to the mainland. Tavore thanked him for his help, but left him behind when the army departed.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 17, US HC p.521-523Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US HC p.608
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