Choss

Choss [Ch-oss like boss]Pronunciation provided to the Malazan Wiki by Ian C. Esslemont was a Sub-commander of the Malaz 3rd Army at the Siege of Y'Ghatan under Dassem Ultor,Night of Knives, Chapter 5, UK HB p.151/152 along with Amaron and Whiskeyjack. He had also been Nok’s protege.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 4, US HC p.178 After Dassem was wounded, Choss received a field promotion to High Fist and became interim commander of the Third Army.Night of Knives, Chapter 4, UK HB p.170
Choss was a wiry, battle-scarred man with a bushy tangled head of curly hair and a gold and russet beard. He had thick, expressive brows.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 5, US HC p.218Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 3, US HC p.320/323 Choss was Napan,Deadhouse Landing, Dramatis Personae and thus presumably had blue-hued skin. 
==In Return of the Crimson Guard==
Like many of the Old Guard, Choss was presumed dead.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 2, US HC p.77 He resurfaced to command the Talian forces in the Talian League during the Malazan civil war. Choss and Amaron began an uprising in Quon Tali that replaced Kal'il, the Malazan governor, with a troika of noble families.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 2, US HC p.77 They also raised nearly fifty thousand troops and produced Ghelel Rhik Tayliin of the royal Tayliin line to stand as titular leader of the revolt.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 3, US HC p.119
Leaving ten thousand soldiers behind to defend Quon Tali, Choss advanced down the Idryn River by raft with forty thousand soldiers to seize the walled city of Li Heng.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 5, US HC p.219 Along the way he linked up with Toc the Elder and his Seti.
Choss conducted the resulting siege and attack on Li Heng often leading from the frontline.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 5, US HC p.448 His troops captured the city's Outer Round becoming the second enemy to ever breach the city's legendary walls (the first being the Kanese under Chulalorn). When the city's defenders released the man-jackal Ryllandaras on Choss' men, he cannily blew their inner city gates with munitions to return the favour.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 5, US HC p.449 
With the arrival of Empress Laseen and the Malaz 4th Army, he was forced to abandon the siege. Choss and Laseen's armies met at the Battle of the Plains where the League was broken and the severely wounded Choss was forced to surrender his army.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 6, US HC p.520 He ultimately died in Malazan captivity due to blood loss.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 3 Chapter 1, US HC p.550
==In Deadhouse Landing==
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==In Kellanved's Reach==
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==In Forge of the High Mage==
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