Caladan Brood

Also known as Anomander Rake, Mane of Chaos, Rake

Supporting
First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 2

Caladan Brood is a supporting character in Malazan Book of the Fallen (Book 1).

Gender: male
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 2
Books: 1

Description

A nearly seven-foot-tall Tiste Andii man with jet-black skin, long silver-white hair, a broad back, long legs, and sharp, onyx-like features. His large, vertical-pupilled eyes shift among colors including amber, grey, green, blue, and indigo. He wears a grey cloak and carries a long, two-handed sword on his back; in one appearance he wears a black dragon mask with fine silver-traced highlights.

Connections

Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals

Crokus Younghandprotected charge
Brood has arranged for the Crimson Guard to protect Crokus because he bears Oponn's coin.
Fiddlercommander
Fiddler is a Bridgeburner serving under the commander during the riots in Malaz City; the two converse with the ease of long familiarity.
Ganoes Stabro Paranconflicting source relationships
As a twelve-year-old, Paran speaks with the Bridgeburner commander later identified as Caladan Brood. The commander cautions him against seeking a soldier's life and advises him to live quietly.
Quick Benally
Baruk is allied with Caladan Brood, but their cooperation is strained by poor communication and Baruk's fear that Brood may gain access to the destructive power buried in the Jaghut barrow.
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Tattersailsheltered charge
K’rul tells Kruppe that the Rhivi protect Tattersail and that a powerful warlord, Caladan Brood, now shelters her.
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Great Ravenmaster
Crone says that Anomander Rake is not her only master, implying another powerful allegiance; she is drawn to the mystery surrounding Brood, but the passage does not explicitly identify him as that other master.
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Cronecommander
Crone serves Brood as a scout and source of intelligence. They trade teasing insults, and Brood relies on her reports while keeping some military plans and information from her.
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Jorrick Sharplancecommander
Sharplance is a young Crimson Guard officer commanding Barghast forces in Brood’s army. Brood respects his recent battlefield success and counsels Kallor not to dismiss him.
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Kallorcommander
Kallor serves as Brood’s second in command. Their exchanges are sardonic, but Brood trusts him to take charge of the army in his absence; Kallor repeatedly urges Brood to destroy Rake, advice Brood dismisses.
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Prince K'azzmilitary ally
Brood coordinates with K’azz, leader of the Crimson Guard, and travels to meet him to request the Guard’s Sixth Blade.
Lornenemy
As Adjunct, Lorn advances the Empire's campaign against Brood and hopes the Jaghut Tyrant will challenge him. Brood's forces oppose the Empire.
Whiskeyjackmilitary adversary
Brood's campaign has devastated the armies around Pale, including the forces with which Whiskeyjack serves.
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Dujek Onearmmilitary opponent
Brood commands forces opposing the Malazan campaign. Dujek describes him as an adept commander who has repeatedly made the Malazans pay for their mistakes.
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Empress Laseenopponent
The commander openly challenges Laseen's orders and resents her restrictions on sorcery, anticipating that the Emperor would oppose them.