Griff

Griff was a freebooter of Malaz Island - part of the Malazan raider fleet under the overall command of the "Pirate Admiral",Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 2, US TPB p.19 Mock. Griff was the highly skilled, elderly steersman of the Honest Avarice, a privateer ship captained by Bezil. Griff was a "wizened wiry fellow", whose bald scalp was almost completely covered in blue tattoos. Griff smoked a clay pipe with a long stem when he did not need both hands to work the tiller-arm - which controlled the ship's rudder. The old sailor was usually not one to waste words.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 3, US TPB p.45-47
==In Deadhouse Landing==
Griff was a member of the crew of the Honest Avarice when it was involved in a sea raid upon a convoy originating from the Quon Tali city of Cawn. While waiting in hiding for the convoy to sail by, Griff and the Napan, Cartheron, conversed to pass the time. The convoy having finally appeared, and the corsair vessel and her crew readied to strike, Griff chose one of the lumbering cargo ships as prey and maneuvered the Avarice alongside in preparation for boarding by the armed crew. As it turned out, however, the convoy was actually a well-disguised trap and the members of the boarding party were ordered to retreat back to the Honest Avarice by the captain. Unfortunately, in the melee, Griff - stationed at the tiller-arm of the Avarice - was "shot through by crossbow bolts". The old steersman died soon thereafter but only after being assured by Cartheron that he would see that the Honest Avarice made it safely back to Malaz City.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 3, US TPB p.45-52
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Category:Males
Category:Pirates
Category:Sailors