Kest

Kest was the scar-faced captain of the merchant Sirik's bodyguards in Darujhistan. Gruntle thought him a thick-skulled bully.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 3, US TPB p.76
==In Toll the Hounds==
Kest was present with five of his men guarding Sirik when an expected caravan carrying a very valuable load of the increasingly popular beverage, Kelyk, arrived at Sirik's estate in Darujhistan. Unfortunately, as Kest and his employer soon realized, only half the caravan wagons had survived the return trip from the city of Bastion (in central Genabackis), with eight of the caravan guards and all eight wagon drivers dead - the caravan leader and the leader of the caravan guards, Gruntle, being the only survivor. Kest challenged Gruntle's explanation that the caravan had been attacked by a hundred raiders of the Dwelling Plain (which the caravan had had to cross on its way back from Bastion to Darujhistan), because Kest did not see how even one guard could have survived those kinds of odds - asking Gruntle if he thought that they were idiots to believe such a tale. The already simmering Gruntle answered Kest in kind, but further hostilities between them were avoided as Sirik stepped in to discuss the payment due to Gruntle, since only half of the expected Kelyk had been delivered. Eventually Sirik agreed, under pressure, to pay the total amount owed and ordered Kest to pay it to Gruntle, which Kest did, presumably without enthusiasm.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 3, US TPB p.74-76
==Notes and references==
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Category:Genabackans
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