Jaim

Brother Jaim was a member of a Deputation of five Hood devotees who had come to Li Heng to ask the Mortal Sword of Hood, Dassem Ultor, for a boon.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 2, US TPB p.21-22
==In Deadhouse Landing==
The Deputation - of which Jaim was the youngest delegate - had sought out Dassem to ask him to intercede with Hood because a deadly plague, which had an unusually high mortality rate (causing it to be known to some as "Hood's Wrath"), was running rampant in their congregations causing numerous fatalities among their flocks. Dassem told the deputies that, as they should know, there was no way for anyone to escape death at the hand of Hood when it was the "appointed" hour. The four eldest delegates apparently meekly accepted this, but young Jaim spoke up, refusing to take Dassem's words as final. Jaim accused Dassem of being an imposter and no true Mortal Sword of Hood. The young man challenged Dassem to "prove himself". Jaim, throwing off his robes, was wearing leather armour and carried two longswords at his waist. Thus, the two men fought each other in a duel to the death. Jaim, after several preliminary passes, proved to be a good swordsman in Dassem's opinion - but he was not "inspired". Not wanting to drag out the duel unnecessarily, Dassem thrust his sword "through the heart" of Jaim. Realizing that Dassem was, in fact, what he claimed to be, Jaim "nodded to Dassem, mouthing silently, My apologies...". Dassem saluted the young man as he died. The remaining deputies, bowing, also apologized to Dassem, saying that they had had to be sure and so Jaim had been chosen to test the Mortal Sword, as "he was the best of us". Leaving the body of Jaim, stripped of possessions, in the middle of the dusty main area where the duel had been fought - as was apparently their custom - the members of the Deputation bowed one last time to Dassem and then departed.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 2, US TPB p.21-25
==Notes and references==
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