Keri was a veteran saboteur in the 17th Squad, 4th Company, 2nd Division of the Malazan 4th Army. Her fellow saboteur on the squad was Len. Her weapon of choice was a long-knife.[1]
Keri had a thin lined face and gentle deft touch.[2][3] She kept up to date on military technology through such sources as Gatan's Compendium.[4]
In Stonewielder[]
Keri accompanied the Malazan Expeditionary Force to the Lands of Fist to bring the renegade Malazan 6th Army to heel.
During the marine assault on the fortifications of Aamil, Keri could barely contain her excitement and had to be ordered to sit down in their approach vessel. Len and Keri shared their professional observations regarding the assault's munitions tactics. Then she joined the rest of her squad's attack up the Moranth siege tower and into the city's streets. Keri and Len delivered the squad from a potentially deadly courtyard ambush after Goss moved everyone into a multi-story residential home and the saboteurs rained munitions down onto their attackers. Her squad soon joined Adjunct Kyle in an attack on a temple of the Lady. Only the Adjunct's mystic blade saved the squad from a horrible death at the hands of the goddess' priests.[5]
After fighting their way across Skolati, the 17th Squad was one of those chosen to take a key bridge over the Ancy River below the fortress at Three Sisters. Keri and her squad made their way into the bridge's understructure during the night before discovering it had been booby trapped with munitions. Before the saboteurs could disable the explosives they were spotted by enemy troops and forced to fight. By day's end the bridge was in Malazan hands.[6]
During the campaign Keri and Suth became lovers and she expressed some jealousy whenever Suth attracted the attention of other women.[7][8]
The army eventually made its way across Rool, and the 17th Squad was one of several placed on garrison duty in Banith under Divisional Fist Rillish Jal Keth. While the rest of the army pursued Overlord Yeull 'ul Taith to Korel Island, Fist Rillish accompanied the 6th and 17th Squads on a secret mission to Thol. The combined squads invaded a network of caves in search of a fragment of the Lady defended by priests and the Stormguard. The squads were slowly whittled away and separated by cave-ins and ambushes.[9]
In the final assault against the complex's main temple area, Keri was wounded in the leg and passed out due to loss of blood. She was carried to safety by their newly gained allies, the Black Moranth.[10]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Stonewielder, Chapter 5, US HC p.249
- ↑ Stonewielder, Chapter 5, US HC p.249
- ↑ Stonewielder, Chapter 6, US HC p.318
- ↑ Stonewielder, Chapter 5, US HC p.254
- ↑ Stonewielder, Chapter 4, US HC p.250-261
- ↑ Stonewielder, Chapter 6, US HC p.317-330
- ↑ Stonewielder, Chapter 6, US HC p.310
- ↑ Stonewielder, Chapter 9, US HC p.463
- ↑ Stonewielder, Chapter 11, US HC p.561
- ↑ Stonewielder, Chapter 11, US HC p.608-615