Master Quell

Master Quell was a navigator, sorcerer,Toll the Hounds, Dramatis Personae and merchant with the Trygalle Trade Guild based out of Darujhistan. While other shareholders clung to the outside of the carriage during their perilous trips, Master Quell remained in the relative safety of the carriage's interior.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.277-278 Quell possessed a knowledge of important figures and world events well beyond that of the average person.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.246/278
He was known to suffer greatly from kidney stones,Toll the Hounds, Chapter 3, US TPB p.69-71Toll the Hounds, Chapter 7, US TPB p.198/200/202-204/227-228 which frequently left him needing to urinate at inopportune times.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.746 
Master Quell kept his caravans well-stocked with healing elixers, unguents, and salves (some of which were of High Denul) for emergencies.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.753
==Shareholders known to have ridden with Master Quell==
* Amby Bole - a male caravan guard - new to the Trygalle Trade GuildToll the Hounds, Chapter 7, US TPB p.204
* Faint - a female caravan guard - old hand with the Trygalle Trade GuildToll the Hounds, Chapter 3, US TPB p.70-71
* Glanno Tarp - a male caravan driver - old handToll the Hounds, Chapter 3, US TPB p.70-71
* Gruntle - a male caravan guard - newToll the Hounds, Chapter 7, US TPB p.228
* Jula Bole - a male caravan guard - newToll the Hounds, Chapter 7, US TPB p.204
* Precious Thimble - a female swamp witch - newToll the Hounds, Chapter 7, US TPB p.204
* Reccanto Ilk - a male caravan guard - old handToll the Hounds, Chapter 3, US TPB p.70-71
* Sweetest Sufferance - a female caravan guard - old handToll the Hounds, Chapter 3, US TPB p.70-71
==In Toll the Hounds==
Master Quell's latest Guild trip through the Warrens ended with a crash in Darujhistan outside Quip's Bar that sent shareholders sprawling.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 3, US SFBC p.82-85 Five shareholders had been killed during the journey, but that was just another day working for the Guild.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.241 Master Quell followed the survivors (Faint, Glanno Tarp, Reccanto Ilk, and Sweetest Sufferance) into the bar to drink and recover. The mage made a beeline for the water closet, complaining of a kidney stone the size of a papaya.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.241 Mappo Runt approached Master Quell about taking him to Lether where he planned to search for his friend, Icarium. Recognising the names of the infamous Trell and Jhag, the sorcerer warily agreed presuming they could fill the positions of the now understaffed crew. Consequently, Gruntle, Amby Bole, Jula Bole, and Precious Thimble were hired. Quell initially hesitated to take on the independent Gruntle, fearing he would not take orders, but Mappo's approval settled the matter. While the other shareholders took their places for the trip, the mage invited Mappo and Precious Thimble to join him inside the carriage.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.277-278
The carriage first passed into Hood's realm where they were unexpectedly overwhelmed by a hostile army of the dead. Unable to find the exit gate, Quell hastily brought them to a small tropical island (where it was realised that the Trygalle Guild equipage had inadvertently picked up the undead Cartographer). Quell then returned to Hood's realm with Gruntle as his escort in an attempt to learn what was happening. They saw Hood's entire host was assembled and on the march before they were confronted by Hood's servant, the Seguleh Second. The Second threatened their lives if they did not leave before he was interrupted by the arrival of three more dead: Toc the Younger, Whiskeyjack, and Brukhalian. Toc convinced Quell that Hood's realm was now sealed to the living and the mage promised to alert the other Guild pilots. An undead dragon burst from the ground as Quell opened a return portal, following them back to the island before flying away.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 13, US TPB p.415-417Toll the Hounds, Chapter 14, US TPB p.455-457 Quell's response was to say, "Oops."Toll the Hounds, Chapter 14, US SFBC p.580
Master Quell took them off the island through Mael's realm, riding heaving waves amidst a furious storm.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 13, US SFBC p.513-514Toll the Hounds, Chapter 14, US SFBC p.579-581Toll the Hounds, Chapter 16, US SFBC p.658-659 Arriving at the shores of a southern Genabackis island, the carriage raced to the top of an immense wave to crash into a cliffside village before it could be dashed onto the rocks below. The carriage was shattered, sending driver Glanno Tarp, Cartographer, and the horses careening away. The shareholders found themselves in Reach of Woe, a community of Wreckers plagued by a curse that turned their young women into bloodthirsty Tralka Vonan. Three Tralka Vonan were awakened by the noise of the crash, forcing Mappo and the shareholders to barricade themselves in a tavern, while the villagers locked themselves in the tavern's basement. Gruntle killed two of the creatures, while Reccanto Ilk accidentally killed the other. Afterwards, Gruntle, Amby, and Jula volunteered to seek out Glanno Tarp, finding him lying in a corral with his legs broken near Cartographer, who was still tied to a carriage wheel.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 16, US SFBC p.659-664Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.740-742
Meanwhile Quell, Precious Thimble, and Mappo went to confer with the village Provost, Bedusk Pall Kovuss Agape, who they soon discovered was a Jaghut and the originator of the curse. After burying his wife years earlier, the Jaghut had been elected Provost by the village to ameliorate his grief. He soon fell in a love with a village girl who spurned his advances. In a rage, he placed a curse on the village that turned any woman of childbearing age who was without children into a Tralka Vonan. Recognising Sweetest Sufferance, Faint, and Precious Thimble were in danger, Quell's first thoughts turned to impregnating them before he sheepishly allowed them to leave for the next village while the male shareholders repaired the carriage.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.742-749Toll the Hounds, Chapter 20, US SFBC p.820-821
The Provost's wife was not, in fact, dead. He had buried her alive near the cliff and she had been freed from her "grave" when it collapsed into the sea. She emerged from the water determined to destroy the village of wreckers, who preyed on passing ships. Quell saw the opportunity to negotiate an end to the curse which was almost upended when Amby and Jula Bole attacked the woman. Despite her terrifying magic, they brought her down and pinned her until Gruntle bargained for peace. The Jaghut agreed, but the Boles had to be threatened with decapitation by Gruntle's swords. The Jaghut said the curse would end when her husband was dead and she stalked off to confront him.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.750-756Toll the Hounds, Chapter 20, US SFBC p.823
Makeshift repairs completed, the male shareholders retrieved their female colleagues, but the Jaghuts' sorcerous battle soon threatened to engulf the entire island. Cartographer drew a map in the dirt that would serve as a gate to allow them to quickly escape. With misgivings, Quell invested it with his power to activate it.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 20, US SFBC p.820-823 The gate brought them to the Warren inside Dragnipur where the army of Hood's dead fought a war with Chaos. Quell immediately realised they had been duped as Hood chided Cartographer for being late. The god sent the Guild caravan away with Cartographer as their guide and Hood's Herald, Toc the Younger, following in their wake.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 24, US SFBC p.957-959 They were last shown passing through the primeval world where Picker's spirit was lost.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 24, US SFBC p.970
==In Dust of Dreams==
Master Quell's caravan onward through Warrens to their final stop in the Wastelands of Lether to deliver Mappo, who expressed satisfaction (and some surprise) at reaching his destination.Dust of Dreams, Chapter 20, US HC p.655 A K'Chain Che'Malle Shi'Gal Assassin ambushed Master Quell's Trygalle Guild caravan in the Wastelands of Lether, unfortunately killing Quell and some of his shareholders.Dust of Dreams, Chapter 20, US HC p.655-660
==Notes and references==
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