Barathol Mekhar

'.. the nominal head of the community, the blacksmith...Of his past in the world beyond, little was known except what was self-evident - his deep almost onyx black skin marked him as from a tribe of the southwestern corner of the subcontinent, hundreds, perhaps thousands of leagues distant. And the curled scarification of this cheeks looked martial, as did the skein of blade-cuts puckering his hands and forearms. He was known as a man of few words and virtually no opinions – at least none he cared to share –' (BH UK Tpb, p.12/13)

Scillara: 'L'oric says you betrayed Aren. That you're repsonsible for the death of thousands, when the T'lan Imass came to crush the rebellion.' (BH UKTpb, p.489)

Barathol on Kalam :'Cousin, distant. Mekhar refers to the tribe - it's gone now, slaughtered by Falah'd Enezgura of Aren, during one of his westward conquests.' (BH UKTpb, p.496)

L'oric :'..Barathol, an officer in the Red Blades, had murdered the Fist of Aren.' (BH UKTpb, p.497)

Weapons

'..double bladed axe, the haft encased in strips of iron, a looping chain at the weighted pommel, the Aren steel of the honed edges gleaming silver. A three-pronged punch-spike jutted from the top of the weapon, edged like a crossbow quarrel-head..... iron-scaled gauntlets, a round-shield and the camailed, grille-faced helm' (BH UK Tpb, p.14)