Watcher (Bluerose)

A Watcher was a Bluerose Tiste Andii agent hidden among the Tiste Edur of the Lether continent.The Bonehunters, Glossary The Andii of Bluerose were nearly driven to extinction by Edur treachery when Scabandari Bloodeye turned on his onetime ally, Silchas Ruin, shortly after both their peoples arrived in the Malazan world. Scabandari imprisoned Ruin in the Azath Tower while his soldiers were hunted down and killed. A number of Andii managed to escape their Edur hunters and form their own hidden society at Bluerose.The Bonehunters, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.683-685
To monitor their enemies, the Andii sent Watchers among them. Bleaches were used to lighten their skin, secret gestures enabled communication, and subtle manipulations assured their presence at eminent gatherings. The fractured nature of the Edur tribes and the chaos of their endless internecine disputes worked to the Watchers' advantage. Hannan Mosag's unification of the Tiste Edur tribes ended this, but by then the Watchers' bloodlines had been mixed inseparably from the Edur and could produce new Watchers across generations. When a Watcher was ready to return to the homeland, they simply disappeared on a hunting expedition and crossed the southern edge of the ice fields to sanctuary.
==Notable Watchers==
*Ahlrada Ahn
==Notes and references==
Category:Glossary
es:Vigilante (Rosazul)