Jaghut matriarch

The Jaghut matriarch was an ancient Jaghut female who was said to be the mother of the Icebloods and the other peoples of Assail. She was said to live high in the Salt Mountains guarding the heights.Assail (novel), Chapter 12 Her true name was not revealed.
She had the "height and narrow build of a full-blooded Jaghut" and walked with a limp. Those people of Assail with Jaghut blood instinctively seemed to find her familiar.Assail (novel), Chapter 15 
She was a figure of legend among the Iceblood clans, who were not sure she truly existed. The Sayers spoke of their ancestor, Vesti the Oddhanded, who discovered the "matriarch of all their kind living in a tower of ice" on the tallest peak in the Salt Mountains. She resisted his romantic advances.Assail (novel), Chapter 6 The Lost clan told the story of Baynar Lost, who was said to have found a dwelling in a tower of rock in the same heights.Assail (novel), Chapter 12
Timmel Orosenn, the Primogenatrix of Umryg, claimed the matriarch was her mother.Assail (novel), Epilogue
== In Assail==
Over 30,000 years ago, during one of the Jaghut Wars, the woman who would later be known as the Great Mother was pursued into the Salt Mountains by Ut'el Anag and the Kerluhm T'lan Imass. In an attempt to escape, she lured them to the caves of the Forkrul Assail. Before the Imass were overcome, Ut'el stabbed the matriarch in the leg with his spear, Svalthbrul. The matriarch toppled into the abyss seemingly to her death, clutching the spear.Assail (novel), Prologue
In modern times, the few remaining Icebloods fleeing Marshal Teal's army of fortune hunters met the matriarch high in the Salt Mountains. When she appeared, they all knelt before her while she expressed her dismay that so few survived. The matriarch pulled the spear, Svalthbrul, from the body of Buri, clearly recognizing it before she handed it back to Orman.Assail (novel), Chapter 15
As the Kerluhm approached, she led the Icebloods, along with Kyle, Jethiss, K'azz D'Avore and the Crimson Guard, further up the mountain. The bard, Fisher kel Tath, tried to prevent her from approaching the caves of the Forkrul, but failed. They were soon met by U'tel and the Kerluhm, as well as Silverfox and Kilava Onass. Silverfox enlightened U'tel and ended the Kerluhm threat just as the Forkrul arrived. Two Forkrul, Arbiter and Penance, spoke to the group, chastising the matriarch and the Imass for their eternal warring. In response, an agreement was made to reforge the peace of the four founding races (Forkrul Assail, T'lan Imass, Jaghut, and now Tiste Andii).Assail (novel), Chapter 15 Afterwards, the matriarch went back to her mountain dwelling, a tomblike heap of stones. She allowed Fisher and Kyle to stay in her home while they waited for Jethiss' return from the Forkrul, but she did not stay with them.Assail (novel), Epilogue
==Notes and references==
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