Ap-Athlan

Ap-Athlan - in the formative days of the Malazan Empire - was the Grisian court sorcererKellanved's Reach, Dramatis Personae and High Mage to Malle of Gris at Castle Gris in the city of Gris.Kellanved's Reach, Chapter 1, US TPB p.17 The High Mage was described as being a trim, elderly man who dressed in leathers. He also sported a small goatee on his chin, which he stroked from time to time. He was evidently fond of grapes.Kellanved's Reach, Chapter 7, US TPB p.119-120
==In Kellanved's Reach==
Ap-Athlan was the extremely cruel and heartless master of Haraj - a young slave whom he called "Dog" - and kept chained to the wall of the "sub-sub-kitchen" in the bowels of Castle Gris by an ensorcelled collar. Ap-Athlan forced Haraj to do "things for him"...things which the lad did not want to remember having to do. Haraj was also starved by the High Mage to a degree that left him physically weak and greatly emaciated.Kellanved's Reach, Chapter 1, US TPB p.15-18
Haraj was able to escape from the sorcerer and Castle Gris with the help of a fellow prisoner, Gregar Bluenth. Hearing what Ap-Athlan had done to Haraj and seeing the signs of a long period of severe physical and mental abuse, Gregar thought to himself, "This Ap-Athlan had a lot to answer for".Kellanved's Reach, Chapter 3, US TPB p.35-39
After a council with Grisian allies was over and the outsiders gone, Malle of Gris called on her High Mage for his thoughts on the many problems that faced Gris. Ap-Athlan's chief contribution was to recommend to Malle that she hire the notorious Skinner and his troop of mercenaries - who were at the time nearby - a suggestion which Malle found distasteful in the extreme. Ap-Athlan was, unsurprisingly, indifferent to the evil reputation of these mercenaries and their leader. Malle dismissed the sorcerer from her presence, clearly determined not to take the advice of her High Mage.Kellanved's Reach, Chapter 7, US TPB p.119-120
Some time later, Surly - in the 'palace' at Dariyal on the Napan Isles - called a meeting of interested people to observe the first trial of a very early version of an Imperial Sceptre-like device developed by Tayschrenn and Nightchill. The trial proved to be successful and contact was made with Ap-Athlan up in Gris. Gris' court sorcerer was seen by the observers as a "blurred shape" in the globe of the proto-Sceptre, and Ap-Athlan's faint voice could be heard. After a proposal was suggested by Tayschrenn to the sorcerer, Ap-Athlan answered that he would get back with a reply, via the proto-Sceptre, after consulting with his mistress, Malle of Gris.Kellanved's Reach, Chapter 16, US TPB p.241-242
==Notes and references==
Category:Males
Category:High Mages
Category:Quon Talians