Stolmen

Stolmen was the Warchief of clan Gadra of the White Face Barghast.Dust of Dreams, Chapter 4, US HC p.142 He was a huge, stolid man with scarred features and broad shoulders who tended to "lumber" when he walked. Stolmen wore a bhederin cloak and, when armoured, was armed with a twin-bladed axe and a heavy hook-knife.Dust of Dreams, Chapter 8, US HC p.249/251Dust of Dreams, Chapter 15, US HC p.483 The Warchief was easily manipulated by his wife, Sekara, who thought that her husband was a "pathetic oaf". He was "as a child in her hands", and had been so from the very beginning of their relationship - something which had never changed.Dust of Dreams, Chapter 10, US HC p.311 Stolmen often experienced the "befuddled misery of the unintelligent man" when events moved too rapidly for his comprehension.Dust of Dreams, Chapter 15, US HC p.466
==In Dust of Dreams==
Stolmen's confusion due to his relative lack of intelligence was particularly marked after the younger, blood-mad Gadra warriors rashly maneuvered Stolmen into starting an unprovoked war with the neighbouring Akrynnai people.Dust of Dreams, Chapter 8, US HC p.249 The Gadra, having heedlessly initiated hostilities with the Akrynnai - and with other nearby peoples - Stolmen was forced to break up the Gadra encampment, abandoning the Gadra's bhederin herd in the process, and to make a "fast-paced retreat" to the safety of the distant Senan Clan.Dust of Dreams, Chapter 15, US HC p.466-468
Once arrived at the Senan encampment, however, Stolmen soon met his death - not in battle with the Akrynnai - but at the hands of fellow White Face Barghast of clan Barahn - who were in the process of taking control of the combined White Face clans away from clan Senan.Dust of Dreams, Chapter 15, US HC p.483
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