Jhardin

Marquis Jhardin was the Commander of the Marchland Sentries. He was an older, heavyset man with short grey hair, and pale eyes hidden within a nest of wrinkles.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 1, US HC p.258Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 3, US HC p.352 In another instance, he was described as having black curly hair.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 5, UK lg PB p.410Often found with a pipe in his mouth, Jhardin's teeth were stained.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 3, US HC p.349
The Marquis had once hoped to be a poet, but circumstances made him a soldier. He had a tendency to speak in poetic language and could quote passages from Thenys Bule's Sayings of the Fool. Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 3, US HC p.352
== In Return of the Crimson Guard==
Normally used to combat Seti raiders on the Quon Tali frontier, Jhardin and his Marchland Sentries joined the Talian League during the Malazan civil war. Initially sent to pillage, burn, and harry Malazan possessions south of Li Heng, Jhardin's five hundred calvary soldiers became the defacto bodyguards for the League's noble figurehead Ghelel Rhik Tayliin.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 1, US HC p.257-258
After the Talian League was defeated by the Malazans at the Battle of the Plains, Jhardin held Ghelel prisoner. He planned to return with her to his Talian estates and marry her despite already having a wife. This way, the Tayliin line would be preserved and their children might perhaps press their claim again. Ghelel's bodyguard Molk helped her flee the camp, and reported the Marchland Sentries' position to Commander Pirim 'J Shall's Malazan-allied Kanese troops.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2, Chapter 6, US HC p.531-536 
==Trivia==
Jhardin was described as having both "short grey hair" and "black curly hair".Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 1, US HC p.258Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 4, US HC p.410
==Notes and references==
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Category:Quon Talians
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