Phaed

Phaed was a Tiste Andii who lived on the moving island, Drift Avalii, as one of the youthful protectors of the Throne of Shadow. She was the granddaughter of Anomander Rake.House of Chains, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.439 
She had a flat, heart-shaped face with skin the colour of smudged slate.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.372-373 Her hair was white, and Cutter thought she appeared to be his age.House of Chains, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.438 She was beautiful and her smile was dazzling. She possessed a kind of natural glamour that took away the breath of those first meeting her. 
It was noted that none of Rake's kin who guarded the Throne seemed to be particularly familiar with their arms or weaponry.House of Chains, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.438-439
==In House of Chains==
Drift Avalii's primary protector was Phaed's ancient great uncle, Andarist, Rake's younger brother. When the island was assaulted by the Tiste Edur servants of the Crippled God, Andarist sent Phaed and the other young Andii to hide deep in the forest. Andarist chose to combat the Edur alone to keep his young relations safe.
Andarist was aided by Cutter during the Edur's first attack. Before the pair could be brought down by the Edur, they were reinforced by Apsalar, Phaed, and the other Andii youths. Apsalar had discovered their hidden camp and brought them along. After the battle, Phaed mercifully cut the throats of the dying Edur.
==In The Bonehunters==
After Andarist's death, Traveller took over the island's defence and sent Phaed and the other six Andii survivors to safety by ship with about a dozen Malazan Marines, including Mudslinger and Gentur. A storm wrecked their ship on an atoll where they lived off coconut milk and clams for months until being rescued by the Jakatakan Fleet and brought to Malaz City.
Braven Tooth met the castaways while drinking at Coop's Hanged Man Inn and was nearly overcome by Phaed's smile. He learned from her that one of the other castaways was Nimander Golit, Phaed's father and the first son of Anomander Rake. Several of the other castaways were Phaed's half-siblings and cousins. Noting that she did not appear to be entirely Andii in blood, she revealed that Lady Envy was her mother. Braven Tooth reported all of this to Banaschar, his drinking companion, noting that Envy used to know Rake and "got her revenge taking his son as a lover."The Bonehunters, Chapter 21, UK MMPB p.1006-1007
Phaed and the other Andii castaways later joined Sandalath Drukorlat and Withal aboard Cartheron Crust's vessel, the Drowned Rat. Crust brought them out into the Malaz City harbour so they could board Adjunct Tavore Paran's flagship, the Froth Wolf.The Bonehunters, Chapter 23, US SFBC p.951-953
== In Reaper's Gale ==
Phaed and the other Tiste Andii remained aboard the Adjunct's flagship, the Froth Wolf, for over a year as it crossed the oceans to Lether. At the start of the Malazan invasion of the Letherii Empire, the Andii were at the Adjunct's headquarters at Second Maiden Fort.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.370-372 Contrary to earlier accounts, Nimander referred to her as his sister. For all her beauty and charm, he saw in her from childhood only an unquenchable malice--her eyes flat except when filled with venom. She reserved her spite for those who truly knew her. Nimander affected a personality of guileless innocence when around her and she in turn confided in him her cruel sentiments.
Phaed deeply resented Sandalath Drukorlat, the Drift Avalii refugees' surrogate mother, who easily saw through the girl's behavior. Sandalath shrugged off the girl's contempt and met her mute histrionics with amusement and even mockery. Nimander feared for Sandalath's safety:
 
Nimander saw that Phaed was an increasing threat to others. When she vowed before him to kill Sandalath, he concluded that she must be killed, but he could not bring himself to follow through.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.471 Instead, he stayed awake for days watching for signs that she was following through on her pledge.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US HC p.605 On the eve before the Bonehunters were to leave Second Maiden Fort, Phaed set out to murder Sandalath in her sleep. She crept into Sandalath and Withal's rooms during a torrential storm and attempted to stab her nemesis with a knife. But Nimander thwarted the plan by following Phaed, and grasping and breaking her wrist as the knife plunged down. When she tried to scratch out his eyes he broke the other wrist before attempting to strangle her. The altercation between the two woke Sandalath and Withal, who first assumed Nimander was the guilty party. Withal pulled Nimander away before Phaed was revealed as the assassin.
Withal was ready to dispatch Phaed himself, but Sandalath was merciful, arguing that Phaed should instead be left behind when the army sailed. When Sandalath departed to get help, and the girl was left alone with Withal and Nimander, Withal threw her out of a window, killing her in front of Nimander. The Meckros blacksmith had no faith the girl would not have made another attempt on his beloved wife and asked Nimander to agree to lie that Phaed had thrown herself to her death. When the horrified and suspicious Sandalath returned demanding answers, Nimander corroborated the lie. Lostara Yil reported that Phaed died of a broken neck. After the Bonehunters left the island, Nimander and the others built a tomb for her body.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.601-608 
During their time on Second Maiden Fort, the Malazans had attempted to spare the Andii refugees the sight of their dead kin aboard the Silanda by keeping the animated heads of its undead crew covered. Phaed alone of the group had looked under the canvas and found the head of her mother.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US HC p.603
==In Toll the Hounds==
Phaed visited Nimander several times as a tormenting voice in his head. She reminded him of how she had nearly died at his hands before Withal finished her. She also stoked doubt in Nimander regarding his lover lost to the Tiste Edur on Drift Avalii.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 4, US SFBC p.122-123 In one visitation, Phaed introduced the idea that Nimander's relationship with the woman was a delusion based only on a willful misinterpretation of chance smiles and looks. Phaed claimed to have been the one that killed her when no one was watching during one of the Edur attacks.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.208
Phaed visited Nimander once again when Clip trapped him seemingly alone within the endless Darkness of Kurald Galain just before they reached Black Coral. He tried to apologise for her death, but she admitted she had lived in perpetual terror of being "found out" and it had only been a matter before someone crushed her underfoot. Then she reminded Nimander that he and his kin were all blood of the Eleint no matter how much Andarist had warned them to suppress it and make them his own children. Skintick, Desra, and the others were actually trapped in the Darkness as well, and their blood could serve as beacons to bring them together. Once Nimander understood this, Aranatha found him and led him out of the Darkness.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 22, US SFBC p.887-891
==In The Crippled God==
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==History==
Phaed and scores of other progeny of Anomander Rake spent their childhoods in a snowswept keep in a remote mountain range. Rake lived among them in godlike indifference, but their daily needs were tended to by Endest Silann, a priest and ancient companion of Rake. The priest looked upon the children with dismay, knowing what kind of future awaited them. Consequently, he withheld his warmth and treated them like an ogre, although he never did them harm. The children endlessly tormented the old man, mocking and tripping him.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.311-312
Eventually, Rake's brother Andarist arrived and the two argued bitterly for days. When it was over, Rake told the children Andarist was taking them away to an island. Freed from his duty, Endest wept as the children passed through a warren to Drift Avalii. Andarist proved a stern teacher, ending any insolence with a cuff to the head. The children eagerly took up arms and Andarist made them soldiers.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.312-313
==Speculations==
Phaed's exact familial relationship with Nimander is made unclear by seemingly contradictory information in the novels. When they are first introduced in The Bonehunters, Braven Tooth points to Nimander and tells Banaschar, "His name is Nimander Golit. And that pretty woman beside him, that's Phaed, his first daughter...Look at 'em, they're all Rake's brood – grandchildren mostly, except for Nimander, who's father to a lot of 'em, but not all." Later in Reaper's Gale they appear to be siblings or cousins. No mention is made of a father-daughter relationship. In The Crippled God, Phaed tells Sandalath Drukorlat that Nimander is "my brother".The Crippled God, Chapter 19 It is possible Braven Tooth's statement was meant to suggest that Phaed was Anomander Rake's first daughter or that the Master Sergeant was just wrong about Nimander and Phaed's relationship. Or perhaps author Steven Erikson initially made a mistake when introducing the characters or changed his mind in the later novels.
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