Pearl (demon)

Pearl was a huge, hulking Korvalah demon originally in service to Tayschrenn and said to be of royal blood.Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 13, UK MMPB p.423/440Toll the Hounds, Prologue, US SFBC p.23 It had the voice of a child, but it was capable of leveling a city if it chose.
==In Gardens of the Moon==
Pearl was summoned by Quick Ben in Darujhistan to stall Anomander Rake and ensure Quick Ben's escape. Pearl was surprised to see Quick Ben rather than Tayschrenn and was distraught when he recognised his opponent and hence, what his fate would be. He nevertheless was compelled to face Rake.Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 13, UK MMPB p.423/424 Pearl was slain by Rake and imprisoned in Dragnipur.Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 13, UK MMPB p.424/427
==In The Bonehunters==
Quick Ben told Tayschrenn that far from being a High Mage for the first time, he had been the true identity of Kribalah Rule, also known as Rule the Rude, a High Mage in the Blackdog Campaign under the old Emperor. In that guise he had saved Tayschrenn from Tiste-assassin mages before apparently dying in a horrible conflagration. Tayschrenn pondered that he had lost an object containing a demon lord at the time - the very same demon that was later killed by the sword of Anomander Rake to which Quick Ben just commented 'how unfortunate'.The Bonehunters,Chapter 2, UK MMPB p.124/125
==In Toll the Hounds==
Whilst pulling the wagon in chains, Pearl also collected a score of those too exhausted or broken to continue and carried them on his shoulders. Ditch tried to convince him to throw them in the wagon with the others, but Pearl said there was no room. Because Rake no longer used his sword to add new prisoners to their number, the swirling storm of Chaos that pursued them grew closer.Toll the Hounds, Prologue, US SFBC p.23-24 Later, as Pearl walked beside Draconus, the demon was attacked by an enkaral which had been taken by madness. Pearl killed the creature and, despite sustaining severe wounds to his neck and back, was able to continue pulling the wagon. The demon was grateful the creature had not attacked someone smaller and weaker. At the time, he confided to Draconus that he would welcome the end.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, UK MMPB p.666-668
When Pearl could no longer add any bodies to his load, he softly wept. Despite his plight, he did not hate any of the men responsible for sending him there: High Mage Tayschrenn, Ben Adaephon Delat, or Anomander Rake. The demon had long since weighed the value of hate and found it an illusion. Draconus, who had come to see the demon as a friend, apologised for creating the sword in the first place. Pearl startled Draconus when he said he would now be sorry to see the end of it. He said, "So many enemies, all here and not one by choice. Enemies, and yet working together for so long. It was a wondrous thing, was it not, Draconus? When necessity forced each hand to clasp, to work as one. A wondrous thing." Draconus left his side, unable to bear the emotions the demon stirred within him.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 22, US SFBC p.906-908
Hood arrived in Dragnipur with his armies of the dead as part of a plan with Anomander Rake to bring an end to the sword. Pearl joined them in defence against the legions of Chaos, forming the point of a defiant wedge of the Chained. He wept as he fought for his comrades, grieving for those who fell and were annihilated, until he too was lost.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 24, US SFBC p.955/988 
==Trivia==
*Erikson admits "it was kind of a mistake" using the same name for Pearl the demon and Pearl the Claw. "But, you know, it's done. It's done. Nothing I can do about it now."A Conversation with Steven Erikson - Malazan Mid-Series Reflection - Green Team of the Legendarium - See 36:55
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