Gheven

Gheven was an aged shaman of the Drenn tribe that was native to the Lands of Fist.Stonewielder, Prologue, US HC p.23Stonewielder, Chapter 10, US HC p.520 He had skin as dark as stained wood, dark features, kinky greying hair, a ragged beard, and black eyes. His hands were gnarled and his haunches were scrawny, but his wiry limbs held an obvious strength and his face displayed a fierce sense of pride. He wore a ragged tunic and tattered sandals on his filthy feet and carried an old branch as a walking stick. Around his neck he wore a thong holding a stone inscribed with the circle and horizon line symbol of the Great Mother Goddess.Stonewielder, Prologue, US HC p.22-24Stonewielder, Chapter 2, US HC p.120/123
Gheven was viewed as an itinerant tribal by Banith city authorities, but he was in fact on pilgrimage, visiting, reinscribing, and reaffirming sacred paths and sites of the land. His people's warren was the land and with each step he took its ancient ancestral dreamscape unfolded around him.Stonewielder, Prologue, US HC p.26
==In Stonewielder==
Gheven reported the presence of a body under the city's wharf to the Banith City Watch. He was questioned by newly installed Assessor Bakune and insinuated that the dead girl was an offering to the Lady, patron goddess of Fist. Bakune had to restrain Watch Lieutenant Karien'el from striking the old man for his blasphemy.Stonewielder, Prologue, US HC p.26 
Twenty-two years later he assisted Bakune in another murder investigation, leading him to Sister Charity, formerly of the cloister now living in the shanty town outside the city. He was surprised and pleased that the Assessor continued to seek justice, but was saddened at what the man's beliefs would cost him.Stonewielder, Chapter 2, US HC p.119-123 
After the Malazan Expeditionary Force occupied Banith, the priest Ipshank managed to convince Divisional Fist Rillish Jal Keth to launch an attack on a temple of the Lady near Thol. The temple contained a fragment of the goddess that needed to be destroyed if the Malazan invaders were to succeed. Ipshank brought in Gheven to transport the strike team by warren, because only the indigenous people were able to bypass the Lady's control of access to all warrens on Fist. Ipshank identified the Drenn warren as a version of Tellann.Stonewielder, Chapter 10, US HC p.520
Once the strike team arrived at Thol, Gheven was too exhausted to assist. He was shocked to discover the temple protected by the Stormguard and left to seek help. He returned shortly after the fighting was over with Commander Borun and his Black Moranth heavy infantry. Gheven warned Ipshank that although they had destroyed this fragment another remained at the Sky Tower.Stonewielder, Chapter 11, US HC p.557-559Stonewielder, Chapter 12, US HC p.614-615
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