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Picker was a member of the 7th squad of the Bridgeburners.[1] She was a head taller than the average Gadrobi.[2] She was Blend's lover.

Ganoes Paran thought her 'an old veteran' when he first met her.[3] Her feet were rag-wrapped and she began picking at a tooth. This habit or using the phrase of 'the way I pick it' might have been the original inspiration for her name.[4]

In her youth, she was abused by her father and ultimately slit his throat.

In Gardens of the Moon

Picker had the rank of Corporal in Sergeant Antsy's squad.[3] She met Ganoes Paran when he first arrived in Pale and gave him directions on where to find the sergeant.[5] Hers was the first face Paran saw when he regained consciousness following the attempt on his life. Assessing his wounds, she noted that they had not been Kalam's work and that they were at least an hour old.[6]

In Memories of Ice

After the events of the Gedderone Fête at Darujhistan, the Bridgeburners rejoined High Fist Dujek Onearm's now "renegade" army at Pale. Picker's squad was assigned to patrol the smuggler trails through Tahlyn Mountains between Pale and Darujhistan. There, she unwittingly bought a set of three interlocking arm torcs from the itinerant artisan, Munug[7] which later turned out to be meant for Gruntle.

On the way to Coral, Captain Paran promoted her to Lieutenant,[8] second in command to himself and charged her with keeping the Bridgeburners together as they approached the Pannion Seer's forces.

After the Battle of Black Coral, she, along with fellow Bridgeburners Blend and Antsy, retired to Darujhistan and opened K'rul's Bar in the former temple.[9]

In Toll the Hounds

On her way back to K'rul's Bar, Picker was ambushed by Dester Thrin of the Darujhistan Assassins' Guild who had taken on a contract on the owners of Krul's Bar. She killed him with a longsword which she had hidden under a long cloak.[10]

Notes and references

  1. Gardens of the Moon, Dramatis Personae, UK MMPB p.xii
  2. Toll the Hounds, Chapter 1, UK HB p.16
  3. 3.0 3.1 Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 3, UK MMPB p.116
  4. Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 3, UK MMPB p.118-119
  5. Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 3, UK MMPB p.118-120
  6. Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 4, UK MMPB p.141
  7. Memories of Ice, Chapter 2, UK MMPB p.75-77
  8. Memories of Ice, Chapter 21, UK MMPB p. 907
  9. Memories of Ice, Chapter 3, UK MMPB p.120
  10. Toll the Hounds, Chapter 1, UK HB p.16/17/19
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