Cryseth

Cryseth was a swordswoman who was part of a troop of some fifty Malazan mercenaries under the leadership of "Cap'n" Yusen. This band of mercenaries gave every sign of being composed of experienced veterans of one of the various Imperial Malazan Armies. The swordswoman, like most of the mercs, was "accoutred as heavy infantry", with a large shield, crossbow, and "short thrusting weapons". Cryseth was a native of Strike Island in Falar.Blood and Bone, Chapter 1, US HC p.41-43Blood and Bone, Chapter 2, US HC p.93-94Blood and Bone, Chapter 8, US HC p.311
==In Blood and Bone==
The latest engagement of Cryseth and the rest of the mercenary troop had brought the mercs to the Isle of Jacuruku. Subsequent events found the band forced to enter and then travel through the extremely hostile environment of the Jungle of Himatan in search of a way home.Blood and Bone, Chapter 3, US HC p.116 After a long, difficult trek - being out of food and relying on the daily rainfall for water, the mercenaries camped one night in a clearing in the jungle. Here Cryseth and the others were attacked by creatures of Himatan: half-human, half-raptor. Of the resulting casualties of eight dead and some fifteen seriously wounded, Cryseth was one of the latter, with an ugly, ragged gash across her lower thigh. The swordswoman would certainly have lost the leg and she probably would have died of fever and gangrene, except that one of the band's mages, Sour, was able to call on local medical techniques and medicines - that he had recently learned from friendly Himatan villagers - to treat the injury. Cryseth, as her leg was being cleaned and bound up by Sour, said through gritted teeth, to Murk (Sour's partner and fellow mage), "An even exchange..."; Cryseth's words reflecting the traditional understanding of mutual support/obligations (i.e., "Always an even trade...") held between experienced Malazan troops and members of trusted Mage cadres.Blood and Bone, Chapter 2, US HC p.93Blood and Bone, Chapter 8, US HC p.300-304/306/310-311
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