Sturtho

Sturtho was a Malazan Claw assassin under the overall command of Empress Laseen.The Bonehunters, Chapter 23, US HC p.741
==In The Bonehunters==
Sturtho was one of the hundreds of Claw assassinsThe Bonehunters, Chapter 23, US HC p.728 who had accompanied Empress Laseen on her trip to Malaz City to meet with Adjunct Tavore Paran.The Bonehunters, Chapter 22, US HC p.668-669 The Adjunct and the fleet carrying her Malazan 14th Army had returned from their defeat of the rebellion on Seven Cities,The Bonehunters, Chapter 23, US HC p.722-727 and Laseen needed to test the Adjunct's loyalty. The Claw were ready when Tavore failed the test.
The Adjunct, her aide T'amber, and their escort Kalam Mekhar fled Mock's Hold and attempted to return to Malaz Harbour where the Adjunct's fleet was anchored. The newly appointed Clawmaster, Pearl, prepared ambushes composed of Claw assassins which were stationed along the return route. Sturtho was a member of a group of two 'Hands' (i.e., units of five Claw assassins) under the direct leadership of a Claw Lieutenant who were assigned by PearlThe Bonehunters, Chapter 23, US HC p.731 to the task of 'herding' the fugitives forward into the attacks.The Bonehunters, Chapter 22, US HC p.679/681The Bonehunters, Chapter 23, US HC p.739 
These two 'herding' Claw Hands, however, ran afoul of Kalam in the Lightings District. The Claw Lieutenant followed Kalam down a well into an escape tunnel where Kalam quietly killed him. The other Claw were suspicious when the Lieutenant did not signal that he had reached the bottom until Kalam imitated the Lieutenant's signal. Sturtho was the next down the well and the second to die — followed thereafter by the quick deaths of the remaining Claws in the group.The Bonehunters, Chapter 23, US HC p.740-741
==Notes and references==
Category:Assassins
Category:Claw members
Category:Malazans
Category:Unstated gender