Hanradi Khalag

Hanradi Khalag was a warlock and the chief of the Merude tribe of the Tiste Edur on the continent of Lether. The Merude were the most powerful of the six Edur clans boasting a population of nearly a hundred thousand, including nearly forty thousand warriors. Chief Hanradi Khalag had won more trophies for his belt than any warrior in generations, but his skill with a spear far outweighed his strength as a warlock.Midnight Tides, Chapter 1, US SFBC p.46
Hanradi was an older looking Edur with a weathered face, hunched shoulders, and a raspy voice.Midnight Tides, Chapter 15, US SFBC p.463Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.686
His elder sister was a healer with several sons.Midnight Tides, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.558
==History==
When the Hiroth Warlock King, Hannan Mosag, attempted to consolidate the six Edur tribes under his own rule during the War of Unification, Hanradi Khalag balked. The Merude believed overall rule of the Tiste Edur should fall to themselves, and they soon found themselves fighting alone against Hiroth and its allies. When the Tiste Edur system of ritualised war threatened to unravel into desparate brutality, Hannan Mosag secretly appeared before the Merude chief in his own longhouse. It was not known what the Warlock King offered Hanradi Khalag, but the Merude soon joined Mosag's confederacy and Hanradi Khalag's first born son joined Mosag's K'risnan. Afterwards, it was rumoured that Hanradi Khalag no longer cast a shadow.Midnight Tides, Chapter 1, US SFBC p.46-47
==In Midnight Tides==
Hanradi answered the call of newly declared Tiste Edur Emperor, Rhulad Sengar, to make war on the Letherii Empire. He and his Merude traveled to the village of the Warlock King to join Fear Sengar's army. Fear placed Hanradi in charge of the troops as they quickly made their way across the mountains to meet the Letherii forces gathered at High Fort.Midnight Tides, Chapter 15, US SFBC p.463/466 He warned Trull to mind his tongue when criticising his brother Rhulad, calling his words foolish.Midnight Tides, Chapter 15, US SFBC p.463-464
At High Fort, Fear organised the army into two forces, placing the smaller force of about eighteen thousand Tiste Edur under Hanradi's command. He was joined by his son, the K'risnan.Midnight Tides, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.550 The Edur defeated the Letherii at the Battle of High Fort, but Hanradi's son was among the casualties. Afterwards, Fear thought Hanradi's spirit much damaged and left him to govern the surrendered fort.Midnight Tides, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.557
==In The Bonehunters==
Hanradi and Tomad Sengar were promoted to Preda and each made commander of about half the Third Edur Imperial Fleet, which was sent across the world to Seven Cities by Emperor Rhulad. Hanradi and his Merude portion of the fleet sailed back and forth along the subcontinent's northern coast for nearly half a year torturing and murdering those they found while seeking a champion to duel their emperor to the death. Hanradi claimed to abhor these actions, but said he was required to follow his emperor's commands. Also accompanying him was the slave, Feather Witch, who served as his mage. Near Rutu Jelba in the Otataral Sea, he captured a Tanno drake carrying pilgrims. He spared the life of Taxilian to serve as his interpreter before slaying everyone else on board, including the ship's Spiritwalker protector.The Bonehunters, Chapter 16, US SFBC p.659-665The Bonehunters, Chapter 17
The Edur's ravaging of the the Anibar people of the Olphara Peninsula region brought them into conflict with Karsa Orlong. The Teblor tracked the Edur to their camp and killed many of them before his companion, Samar Dev, convinced him to parley. Hanradi offered to bring Karsa back with him to Letheras to face their emperor and Karsa agreed. Samar Dev joined them, although she was disturbed that Hanradi seemed to share no concern for his fallen warriors.
Hanradi also sent newly blooded warriors of the Den-Ratha tribe against the Company of Shadow and other protectors of the T'lan Imass First Throne. But all of his attacks failed.The Bonehunters, Chapter 21, US SFBC p.817The Bonehunters, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.693
Hanradi and Tomad's fleets converged to ambush the Malazan Imperial Fleet as it transported Adjunct Tavore Paran's 14th Army through the Kokakal Sea. Karsa warned him not to make an enemy of the Malazans, but Hanradi replied that anyone who was not Tiste Edur was his enemy and the Tiste Edur feared no one. Nearly a hundred Tiste Edur warlocks attempted to destroy the Malazan fleet with a wall of Chaos magic, but High Mage Quick Ben (assisted by Bottle and the Eres'al) countered with their own magic, causing the wall to collapse and killing many of the warlocks. Hanradi was momentarily frozen in shock before hurriedly issued orders to withdraw.The Bonehunters, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.725-731
==In Reaper's Gale==
The fleet returned to Letheras with the champions it had collected, but Hanradi and Tomad were denied an audience with the Emperor by Chancellor Triban Gnol, who wished to keep Rhulad isolated from his fellow Edur. At the same time, Rhulad demanded to know why Hanradi and the others refused to meet with him, driving him further into paranoia that they were conspiring with Hannan Mosag against him.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 15, US HC p.176-178 Hanradi's failed attempts to magically quest for Binadas Sengar's soul seemed to confirm Tomad's dreams that his son was dead.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 15, US HC p.174
Adjunct Tavore's Bonehunters followed the Edur back to Lether and launched an invasion. By now Hanradi had come to respect the Malazan's power, reporting that their mages were more than a match for the Edur or Letherii.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 18, US HC p.528 As the Malazans neared Letheras, Hanradi took charge of the two to three thousand Edur who gathered on Kravos Hill with the Letherii defenders outside the city. From there he and the Edur travelled quickly to the north and west around the Malazan rear to harry their forces and push them toward the concentrated Letherii army.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US HC p.616/625
The fighting was bloody, but succeeded in pinning the Malazans between the Edur in the west and the Letherii atop Kravos Hill. The Letherii sorcerers conducted a magic ritual which sent a massive wave of Chaos magic down upon the Malazans and Edur alike. Hanradi quickly called upon his two K'risnan to protect them, but the warlocks reported they had been cut off from both Chaos and Kurald Emurlahn. Realising they had been betrayed by the Letherii and angered at Hannan Mosag for bringing their people to Letheras, he killed one of the K'risnan with his sword.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.616/625 Then Beak's blinding white light enveloped the Malazans to protect them from the coming doom. Hanradi commanded his troops forward to crouch in the Malazan's protective shadow. When Fiddler waved them further in, Hanradi cast down his sword and his Edur followed. After the Chaos magic had been successfully dissipated, Hanradi told Fiddler the Edur were done with empire and returning to their villages. He said he regretted everything the Edur had done.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.688-689/692/694-695
==Notes and references==
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