Nenanda was a Tiste Andii who formerly lived on the moving island of Drift Avalii before the Tiste Edur invaded in an attempt to claim the Throne of Shadow. He was the son or grand-son of Anomander Rake. He and his relations (Nimander, Phaed, Skintick, Aranatha, Kedeviss, and Desra) were kept safe on the island by their uncle Andarist until the events in House of Chains.
Nimander thought Nenanda gripped by an unreasoning rage.[1] Nenanda preferred plain talk, thinking liars and thieves profited from the confusion engendered by clever words.[2]
Nenanda and Desra had once been lovers.[3]
In Reaper's Gale[]
After joining Adjunct Tavore Paran and the Bonehunters at Malaz City, Desra and the other Tiste Andii remained aboard the Adjunct's flagship, the Froth Wolf, for over a year as it crossed the oceans to Lether. At the start of the Malazan invasion of the Letherii Empire, the Andii were at the Adjunct's headquarters at Second Maiden Fort. The older Sandalath Drukorlat became a surrogate mother to the group, something which the mentally unstable Phaed deeply resented.[4]
Phaed attempted to murder Sandalath in her sleep, but was stopped in the act by Nimander. Sandalath sought mercy for Phaed's act, but when she went to summon help, Withal threw Phaed out a window to her death. He refused to believe his wife would ever be safe while Phaed lived. When Sandalath returned with Lostara Yil and Banaschar, she was followed close behind by an upset Nenanda and the other Andii. Withal claimed Phaed had committed suicide and Nimander agreed.[5]
The Bonehunters left the island to support the invasion, leaving the Andii behind to build Phaed's tomb.[6] Clip, the Mortal Sword of the Black-Winged Lord and chosen of Mother Dark, later came to the island to bring Nenanda and the others to Rake. When Nimander said Rake did not want them, Clip claimed it only mattered what Mother Dark wanted. Nimander wondered whether their exile was finally over.[7]
In Toll the Hounds[]
Clip attempted to bring Nenanda's group of Tiste Andii to Rake at Black Coral via Kurald Galain, but "layers of resistance" forced them to emerge further south on Genabackis. The Mortal Sword thought little of his charges, finding them largely weak and soft. But he saw the rage boiling beneath Nenanda's surface as comforting and something he could work with.[8] Nimander saw Nenanda as desperate for Clip's approval[9] and suspected Nenanda sought to replace him as the group's leader.[10] As they continued towards Black Coral on foot, Nenanda remained vigilant and guarded their rear, his hand ever present on his sword pommel and his eyes glowering at every shadow. He simmered over the others' relaxed attitude.[11]
Arriving in Morsko, Clip was intrigued by the town's flourishing cult of the Dying God. He sent Nenanda and the others to safety while he witnessed the cult's rituals in the local tavern. Nenanda complained that Clip held them all in contempt and said it was time for the Mortal Sword to learn why they--of all Drift Avalii's defenders--had managed to survive. Nimander and Skintick were nearly overcome by the ritual's call, but were saved by Aranatha's overpowering will. Hearing screams from the tavern, the group found Clip lying catatonic amidst a crowd of worshippers he had slain. Aranatha claimed Clip's insensate state was because the cult had taken something from him--perhaps his soul. Nimander had Clip's body placed in a wagon and organised the others to follow the fleeing priests to the presence of their god in Bastion.[12] Nenanda took the wagon's reins and it soon became clear their presence at Bastion was welcomed and expected as the cult left supplies for them along the way.[13]
Near Heath they encountered Kallor walking to Darujhistan. While Nenanda advised they "turn this fool away...[to] drink our dust", Nimander recognised the High King's menace and talked him out of killing them all. Happy for an easy ride to Bastion, Kallor joined Desra in the wagon where he rebuffed her attempt to poison him with kelyk.[14] The more time Kallor spent with the group, the more Nenanda argued for driving him away with stones and pieces of dung.[15]
They found Bastion seemingly abandoned, its streets empty and its walls and buildings marred by sigils and glyphs. Only the distant sound of singing and the feeling of watching eyes gave indication that anyone remained. Aranatha warned that the entire city was now sanctified as the Abject Temple of the Dying God, so they found a closed up inn to rest. Nimander, Skintick, and Kallor left to search out the Dying God's temple while Nenanda remained behind with the others to prepare their armour and weapons and guard Clip. Finding a mob of naked and armed worshippers surrounding the temple, Nimander and Skintick retreated as Kallor ventured through the crowd to the temple and did not return. Back at the inn, the Tiste Andii made plans to return to the temple with Clip once the element of darkness was in their favour.[16]
At nightfall the group approached the temple, but were soon hemmed in by more than a thousand armed fanatics. But the Andii were not hampered by the same darkness that nearly blinded their opponents. Nimander, Skintick, and Desra slew the score of priests in the temple's front chamber, while Nenanda and Kedeviss formed a rearguard against the mob. Aranatha calmly led the way to the altar as Nimander dragged Clip. Nenanda's ashen expression soon turned to glee as he cut down dozens of opponents with laughter. Kedeviss wanted to slap him for enjoying something so pointless, but they were soon forced to retreat inside. Nimander confronted the Dying God and Aranatha startled them both by revealing the God was Bellurdan before seizing the puppet that served as the God's body. Once it was under her control, Clip awoke. Kedeviss reported their enemies outside had all been killed or fled.[17]
The revived Clip led the group into the Godswalk Mountains bringing them ever closer to Black Coral. But not all the Tiste Andii believed the Dying God had been bested. Kedeviss confronted Clip alone, and after he revealed the Dying God resided within him, he killed her and made it appear she had fallen to her death. Nenanda and the others were not fooled by the Dying God's ruse, but Nimander warned the god was too powerful and they would have to play the fools until they brought him to Rake to deal with.[18][19]
Just before reaching Black Coral, Clip opened a Gate into Kurald Galain that he said would take them the rest of the way. Nenanda pushed ahead of Nimander and was cut down by Clip's dagger in the darkness in Nimander's stead, while the others were left trapped in darkness.[20] Mother Dark rescued Nimander through Aranatha and brought them both to Black Coral to help defeat Clip and the Dying God.[21] Afterwards, Nimander took his father's place on the throne of the Tiste Andii and it was revealed that Nenanda had survived his wound.[22]
In The Crippled God[]
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History[]
Nenanda and scores of other progeny of Anomander Rake spent their childhoods in a snowswept keep in a remote mountain range. Rake lived among them in godlike indifference, but their daily needs were tended to by Endest Silann, a priest and ancient companion of Rake. The priest looked upon the children with dismay, knowing what kind of future awaited them. Consequently, he withheld his warmth and treated them like an ogre, although he never did them harm. The children endlessly tormented the old man, mocking and tripping him.[23]
Eventually, Rake's brother Andarist arrived and the two argued bitterly for days. When it was over, Rake told the children Andarist was taking them away to an island. Freed from his duty, Endest wept as the children passed through a warren to Drift Avalii. Andarist proved a stern teacher, ending any insolence with a cuff to the head. The children eagerly took up arms and Andarist made them soldiers.[24]
Although each of the children bore the blood of the Eleint, a bitter Andarist commanded they suppress it, trying to make them more his own children than Rake's. But of the group, Nenanda's blood was the thinnest.[25]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.471
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.724
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 4, US SFBC p.122
- ↑ Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.370-372
- ↑ Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US HC p.601-608
- ↑ Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US HC p.601-608
- ↑ Reaper's Gale, Epilogue, US HC p.824-825
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 2, US SFBC p.72-73
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 4, US SFBC p.122
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.209
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 4, US SFBC p.122
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.202-211
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.225-226
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.226-229
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.293
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 10, US SFBC p.407-417
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.479-484/490-496
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.756-759
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 20, US SFBC p.800-805
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 22, US SFBC p.888-889
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 24, US SFBC p.978/985
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Epilogue, US SFBC p.1004
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.311-312
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.312-313
- ↑ Toll the Hounds, Chapter 22, US SFBC p.890