Heuk

Heuk was a Squad Mage/Priest who enlisted in the Unta Harbour Guard during the Eleventh year of Laseen's reign. He was an old man characterised by his dark curly brown hair and beard, his crooked teeth, greasy seamed face, and sallow bloodshot eyes. He wore dirty robes.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 3 Chapter 1, US HC p.561Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 3 Chapter 2, US HC p.584Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 2, US HC p.283Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 5, US HC p.458/461
Heuk could access the elder Warren Kurald Galain and could read the Deck of Dragons.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 3 Chapter 2, US HC p.584Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 2, US HC p.283
==In Return of the Crimson Guard==
Heuk and the Harbour Guard were on the Untan docks when the capital was invaded by the Crimson Guard. He and the others ambushed Black the Elder, dropping the Avowed into the harbour earning his eternal enmity.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 2, US HC p.298-301/311 Beating a hasty retreat from the enraged Guardsman, they partially interrupted Cartharon Crust's theft of Moranth munitions from the Imperial Arsenal.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 2, US HC p.303-306
Following the Guard's withdrawal, Sergeant Tinsmith's squad was inducted into the Malaz 4th Army, which, led by Empress Laseen, followed the Guard by sea to Cawn and then Li Heng. There, Heuk began drinking heavily of horse blood.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 5, US HC p.456/458 He survived the first day's fighting against the rebellious Talian League at the Battle of the Plains. On the second day, fighting turned to the Crimson Guard, and Heuk joined Sergeant Nait's fortified redoubt on the eastern end of the battlefield.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 5, US HC p.456/458 There he shared his horse blood concoction with Nait's saboteurs giving them the ability to easily spot and target Guard mages and Avowed. He then summoned the Darkness of Kurald Galain to counteract magical attacks on their position. At one point Heuk collapsed in thankfulness as the shade of his God Draconus appeared to stand over him.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 5, US HC p.584-599 
After the battle was won, Heuk observed the arrival of new Malazan Emperor Mallick Rel alongside former Li Heng city mage Ho. The two bantered about the foibles of their leaders before Heuk was spotted by newly promoted High Mage Bala Jesselt and placed in charge of the 4th Army's mage cadre.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 3 Chapter 3, US HC p.667-671 
==Trivia==
Ian C. Esslemont notes that while Tiste Andii are more attuned to Kurald Galain, characters like Heuk show that it is not impossible for non-Tiste Andii outsiders to have the proper mindset, affinity, and opportunity to access elemental Darkness.Malazan Magic, Warrens, and the RPG Origins with Ian C. Esslemont - A Critical Dragon - See 31:15
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