Gryllen

Gryllen [GRILL-en],Midway Malazan chat with Steven Erikson and A.P. Canavan - A Critical Dragon - As pronounced by Steven Erikson at 47:10 also known as the Tide of Madness, was a D'iversDeadhouse Gates, Dramatis Personae, UK MMPB p.17 who could veer into a horde of rats.Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 18 According to Fiddler, Gryllen had once tormented Y'Ghatan before the Malazans had flushed him out of the city by fire.Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 14, US HC p.195
== In Deadhouse Gates==
Gryllen pursued the Path of Hands in Raraku seeking Ascendancy and mastery over the other D'ivers and Soletaken.Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 1, US HC p.35-36 In the desert he tried to murder Fiddler, Apsalar and Crokus before being driven off by Icarium and Mappo Runt.Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 7, US HC p.195-196
Later, he assumed the form of a wealthy merchant named Nawahl Ebur, and traveled upon a palanquin carried by four undead servants. Gryllen met and entertained Heboric, Felisin Paran, and Kulp, who were also passing through the desert. All the while, Nawahl's gnaw-marked servants hinted to the guests about having died horribly at their master's hands. Fearing exposure by a suspicious Kulp, Gryllen suddenly veered and devoured the mage. Before he could kill the other two, he was attacked by the Soletaken Messremb and by Baudin, who set the D'ivers' rats on fire. Baudin died protecting the others, but Gryllen was driven off.Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 14, US HC p.374-381
Gryllen reappeared in the maze surrounding Tremorlor, the supposed goal of the Path of Hands. As each rival D'ivers and Soletaken fell, he seemed vastly stronger and his rats numbered in the tens of thousands. He nearly triggered the rage of Icarium before Fiddler defeated him using the enchanted conch shell given to him by Kimloc, the Tanno Spiritwalker.Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 18
==In Reaper's Gale==
Samar Dev and Taxilian came across the collapsed headquarters of the Rat Catchers' Guild while exploring Letheras. The Seven Cities witch sensed that the rubble was inhabited with too many spirits of rats to count. Taxilian's mind immediately leapt to the stories of Gryllen, the demonic D'ivers that travelled the merchant roads of their homeland. But Samar Dev assured him it was something different--something far older.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 9, US HC p.232-233
==Notes and references==
Category:D'ivers
Category:Males
de:Gryllen
es:Gryllen