Garelko

Garelko was a Thel Akai who lived on the Thel Akai Plateau in the time of ancient Kurald Galain. He was the first and eldest of Lasa Rook's three husbands--the others being Tathenal and Ravast--who lived together on a farm on the heel of the Lower Rise above their village.Fall of Light, Chapter 5, US HC p.127/135Fall of Light, Chapter 12, US HC p.362 The three men were farmers and sheep herders.Fall of Light, Chapter 12, US HC p.362/376 They were each other's closest companions and constantly traded barbs over their shared ties to the same woman.Fall of Light, Chapter 12, US HC p.363Fall of Light, Chapter 5 
None of the three men enjoyed Lasa's cooking, and Garelko begrudged the time his wife spent in the kitchen as it left her svelte and slim when he preferred his women "wallow[ing] in fat with grease painting flabby lips."Fall of Light, Chapter 5, US HC p.128 Lasa thought all three of her husbands had the palate of dogs for shovelling down the meals she prepared that even she herself described as wretched.Fall of Light, Chapter 5, US HC p.130 Although he raised sheep, Garelko did not care for the taste of mutton.Fall of Light, Chapter 12, US HC p.362/376
According to Lasa, Garelko was slow and creaking with age.Fall of Light, Chapter 5, US HC p.133 But Garelko claimed he had been desired far and wide before his marriage, catching the eyes of mothers and daughters alike. Even the Thel Akai king, who had an eye for beautiful men, could not keep his hands off him. His hair was thinning and he had whiskered lips.Fall of Light, Chapter 12, US HC p.366Fall of Light, Chapter 23, US HC p.706
He carried an iron-shod staff on his back that served as a mace.Fall of Light, Chapter 5, US HC p.129Fall of Light, Chapter 12, US HC p.374
==In Fall of Light==
When Lasa Rook disappeared from their village in the company of Erelan Kreed and Hanako, Garelko and the other husbands put their flocks in Stapp's care in order to pursue her.Fall of Light, Chapter 5, US HC p.126-131
==Notes and references==
Category:Males
Category:Thel Akai