Tugg

Tugg was a sergeant in the heavy infantry, 9th Company, 8th Legion of the Malaz 14th Army. He hailed from Malaz City. Tugg was a large man. His weapon of choice was a short single-bladed axe paired with an enormous shield made of hardwood, sheathed in tin and rimmed in bronze, which he wore strapped to his back. His voice was very thin, probably due to a damaged larynx, and it grated on the listener.House of Chains, Chapter 22, UK MMPB p.848/849
The three heavy sergeants, Tugg, Mosel, and Sobelone, had a threatening air about them that had less to do with size than attitude, and were similar enough in look that they could almost be siblings.House of Chains, Chapter 22, US SFBC p.713 Tugg was the biggest of the three, and younger than Sobelone.
==In Tugg's squad==
*RobelloThe Bonehunters, Chapter 7, UK MMPB p.363
==In House of Chains==
Tugg's squad was part of Adjunct Tavore Paran's punitive expedition against the Army of the Apocalypse. There had been a restructuring of the 8th Legion and soon after the army arrived at Raraku, several of the sergeants from those squads who would join the Marines of 9th Company dropped in on Strings to introduce themselves. Amongst them Tugg and his fellow sergeants, Mosel and Sobelone.House of Chains, Chapter 22, UK MMPB p.848
Tugg told Strings, Gesler, and Borduke some of what Moak, sergeant of the 11th squad, believed to know about the three sergeants. The speculations seemed to refer to past events in their lives not widely known, but Tugg reassured his alarmed listeners that Moak had shared these speculations only with him and Sobelone.House of Chains, Chapter 22, UK MMPB p.862/863
==In The Bonehunters==
After the Battle of Raraku, Leoman led the Army of the Apocalypse westward to Y'Ghatan and the 14th Army followed. Once the 14th Army reached the city's outskirts, an impromptu wrestling match broke out between Saltlick and Shortnose after Saltlick bit Shortnose's ear off. The rest of Tugg and Sobelone's squads gathered around the two straining men, watching and placing bets.The Bonehunters, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.241
Adjunct Tavore launched the Last Siege of Y'Ghatan by sending the army's sappers to breach the city's wall under the cover of night. First into the city were the Malazan marines, followed quickly by the heavy and medium infantry. Barely a street in and fearing an ambush, Sergeant Gesler called up Tugg's heavies as well as Thom Tissy's sappers and Moak's squad to clear the surrounding buildings. Tugg's heavies plunged into one building and the sound of fighting followed soon after. After Thom Tissy's sappers were killed by poorly handled munitions, he and what was left of his squad followed Gesler after Tugg. Gesler found Tugg's body inside next to Robello's. The sergeant had been speared through the sternum and vomited up a gout of bloody bile before dying.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.298-300
==Notes and references==
Category:Heavies
Category:Males
Category:Soldiers
Category:Malazans