Editing Kindly

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{{Quote|Old soldiers talk about him like grandmothers talk monsters to the brats, to keep them in line, sir.|Hurlochel, on Kindly|BH/13}}
'''Captain Kindly''' originally led the 2nd Company in the [[Ashok Regiment]].<ref>[[House of Chains]], Dramatis Personae</ref> He was renowned for his harsh manner with his troops and known as the "meanest officer in the entire Malazan military".<ref>[[House of Chains]], [[HC/9|Chapter 9]]</ref> He claimed to have killed more lazy soldiers than enemies of the empire.<ref>[[The Bonehunters]], [[BH/16|Chapter 16]], US SFBC p.641</ref> One fellow officer described him as "terrifying but competent."<ref name=":5" />

Although known for being strict, events showed him on several occasions to be acting thus for the benefit of those in his care, for example ordering a kit inspection to take soldiers' minds off horrors witnessed.<ref>[[The Crippled God]], [[CG/4|Chapter 4]], UK HB p.92</ref> His caution was legendary and deemed extreme even for a soldier.<ref>[[House of Chains]], [[HC/3|Chapter 3]], US SFBC p.148</ref>

He was described as a man with very little hair left, though he had a passion for his collection of combs.<ref>[[The Bonehunters]], [[BH/16|Chapter 16]]</ref>

[[Pores]] served as his [[Lieutenant]].<ref>[[House of Chains]], [[HC/2|Chapter 2]], US SFBC p.136</ref>  The two men were often at odds, with Kindly expressing his irritation at Pores with threats to promote him.<ref name=":1" />

== In ''[[House of Chains]]'' ==
Kindly was the commander of the [[garrison]] in [[Silver Lake]] when [[Karsa Orlong]], [[Bairoth Gild]], and [[Delum Thord]] attacked the town.  After Karsa attempted to escape, Kindly was annoyed to discover the [[Teblor]] had been recaptured by Sergeant [[Cord]] and his men who had all been previously placed under house arrest by Kindly for drunkeness.  Kindly decided to forgive their lack of discipline.<ref>[[House of Chains]], [[HC/2|Chapter 2]], US SFBC p.136-137</ref>

As a response to rumours of rebellion on [[Seven Cities]], Kindly's regiment was recalled back from Genabackis. He and his men escorted prisoners Karsa and [[Torvald Nom]] as far as the port of [[Tanys]] where they took a different ship across the [[Malyn Sea]].<ref>[[House of Chains]], [[HC/3|Chapter 3]], US SFBC p.138-140/148</ref>

He and his command were then presumably posted in [[Ehrlitan]] when the [[Whirlwind]] rebellion began.<ref>[[House of Chains]], [[HC/4|Chapter 4]], US SFBC p.207</ref>  Several hundred Malazans, including the Ashok Regiment, fled from Ehrlitan, [[G'danisban]], and [[Pan'potsun]] to hole up in the cliff-side fortress of [[B'ridys]].<ref>[[House of Chains]], [[HC/9|Chapter 9]], US SFBC p.345/347-348</ref> There Kindly and Pores fell down a well and were presumed drowned.<ref>[[House of Chains]], [[HC/9|Chapter 9]], US SFBC p.360</ref> They actually managed to escape the [[B'ridys demon|creature]] at the bottom of the well only to later be captured and imprisoned in [[Raraku]] by [[Korbolo Dom]]'s [[Dogslayers]].<ref>[[House of Chains]], [[HC/23|Chapter 23]], US SFBC p.738</ref><ref>[[House of Chains]], [[HC/26|Chapter 26]], US SFBC p.833</ref>

He and Pores were freed by ghosts of the [[Bridgeburners]] on the eve of the [[Battle of Raraku|confrontation]] between [[Sha'ik Reborn|Sha'ik]] and [[Adjunct Tavore]]. They were then found by [[Fist (rank)|Fist]] [[Tene Baralta]] and his men and brought to the [[Malaz 14th Army|Malazan]] camp.<ref>[[House of Chains]], [[HC/26|Chapter 26]], US SFBC p.833-834</ref>

==In ''[[The Bonehunters]]''==
[[File:Captain Kindly by Dejan Delic.jpg|thumb|222x222px|Captain Kindly by [https://www.deviantart.com/dejan-delic/art/Malazan-Dramatis-Personae-Pt-2-819959704 Dejan Delic]]]
After the [[Battle of Raraku]], [[Keneb]] was promoted to Fist and Kindly temporarily replaced him as captain of the [[8th Legion]]'s 9th Company in the [[Malaz 14th Army]].  [[Leoman]] led the Army of the Apocalypse westward to [[Y'Ghatan (city)|Y'Ghatan]] and the 14th Army followed.  About the time the 14th Army arrived at [[Y'Ghatan (city)|Y'Ghatan]], Kindly was replaced by [[Faradan Sort]].<ref>[[The Bonehunters]], [[BH/6|Chapter 6]], US SFBC p.244</ref>  Kindly attempted to take the measure of his replacement, but Captain Sort concluded he and Pores were "two idiots."<ref name=":1">[[The Bonehunters]], [[BH/7|Chapter 7]], US SFBC p.276</ref>

During the [[Last Siege of Y'Ghatan]], he was trapped inside the city by Leoman's olive-oil firestorm along with Fists Keneb and Tene Baralta.<ref>[[The Bonehunters]], [[BH/7|Chapter 7]], US SFBC p.304</ref>  Kindly escaped with no injury but tracked Pores to the hospital tent where he was recovering from burns to chastise him for loafing.<ref>[[The Bonehunters]], [[BH/7|Chapter 7]], US SFBC p.350</ref>  The 14th Army then made haste for the [[Kokakal Sea]] to embark on [[Admiral]] [[Nok]]'s ships and escape the [[Bluetongue Plague]] ravaging [[Seven Cities]]. Three days west of Y'Ghatan, Pores led a patrol that was ambushed by starving bandits and he took a [[crossbow]] quarrel clean through his upper left arm and sword-slash deep enough above the right knee to sever muscle down to the bone.  Healers were able to roughly knit together his wounds, but the pain was excruciating.  Kindly physically dragged him off a convalescent wagon to make room for soldiers with "real injuries" and placed him in charge of picket duty.<ref>[[The Bonehunters]], [[BH/7|Chapter 7]], US SFBC p.350</ref>  Pores thought his captain was insane<ref>[[The Bonehunters]], [[BH/16|Chapter 16]], US SFBC p.642</ref> and reflected that there times when he wanted to kill him.<ref>[[The Bonehunters]], [[BH/13|Chapter 13]], US SFBC p.548</ref>  

While the army embarked on Nok's ships, Kindly supervised [[Thikburd]] and another soldier as they packed the four trunks that comprised his camp kit. This included his prized collection of combs.<ref name=":3" /> 

{{Quote|[A]rranged on a camel-hair blanket, an assortment of combs – two dozen, maybe more, no two alike. Bone, shell, antler, tortoiseshell, ivory, wood, slate, silver, gold and blood-copper. Clearly, they had been collected over years of travel, the captain's sojourn as a soldier laid out, the succession of cultures, the tribes and peoples he had either befriended or annihilated.|Kindly's combs|BH/13}}

The captain complained bitterly over Keneb's seeming incompetence at organising the boarding. He claimed if he had been charge, the task would have been completed in two days, and anyone not on board by then would be stripped naked and left behind. He chose to spend the delay attempting to fix Captains [[Ruthan Gudd]] and [[Madan'Tul Rada]], whom he considered "complete idiots."<ref name=":3">[[The Bonehunters]], [[BH/13|Chapter 13]], US SFBC p.640-641</ref>  

In [[G'danisban]], [[Ganoes Paran]] sought to take command of [[Dujek Onearm]]'s plague stricken and moribund [[Malaz 5th Army|Host]] while keeping his own problematic identity a secret. [[Hurlochel]] suggested he portray himself as Captain Kindly, a name known and feared among the Malazan soldiery.<ref>[[The Bonehunters]], [[BH/13|Chapter 13]], US SFBC p.519-520</ref> His cover identity succeeded with everyone but Fist [[Rythe Bude]], who had served with Kindly at [[Nathilog]].<ref name=":2">[[The Bonehunters]], [[BH/15|Chapter 15]], US SFBC p.596</ref>

==In ''[[Reaper's Gale]]''==
After Adjunct Tavore's clash with the Empress at Malaz City she took the [[Bonehunters]] rogue, following the [[Tiste Edur]] [[Third Edur Imperial Fleet|fleet]] that had ravaged [[Sepik]] back to [[Lether]].<ref>[[Reaper's Gale]], [[RG/13|Chapter 13]], US HC p.356</ref> Tavore invaded the [[Letherii Empire]], spreading Fist Keneb's [[marines]] in isolated pairs of squads across thirty leagues of coast and burning their [[Malazan transport|transport vessels]] behind them. The marines moved forward into the [[Letherii]] countryside towards [[Letheras]], the capital, with orders to kill Edur by night and stir the occupied Letherii into rebellion. Each squad had a mage responsible for hiding their presence and confusing their enemies.<ref>[[Reaper's Gale]], [[RG/13|Chapter 13]], US HC p.361-365</ref>

The rest of the Adjunct's fleet gathered at [[Second Maiden Fort]] where Tavore met with her officers. Reviewing the meeting's assembly, [[Throatslitter]] thought the Adjunct needed to promote some new Fists, immediately striking Kindly from his mental list as someone liable to cause a mutiny.<ref>[[Reaper's Gale]], [[RG/14|Chapter 14]], US HC p.408</ref> Before departing the island, Tavore hired the pirate, [[Shurq Elalle]], to guide her fleet to the mouth of the [[Lether River]] leading to Letheras.<ref>[[Reaper's Gale]], [[RG/20|Chapter 20]], US HC p.613</ref> Aboard ship, Pores still affected a limp from his injuries at Y'Ghatan in what he realised was a pathetic attempt at eliciting sympathy from Captain Kindly. Kindly only found it annoying and warned him to stop it unless he wanted the captain to shatter his leg with a billy club.<ref name=":4">[[Reaper's Gale]], [[RG/20|Chapter 20]], US HC p.610-611</ref> 

When Kindly caught Pores looking across the waves admiring the voluptuous [[Masan Gilani]] aboard the nearby ''[[Silanda]]'', he reprimanded the lieutenant and ordered him to draw up papers to place Gilani on report for being out of uniform. From Masan Gilani and [[Cord]]'s vantage point, Kindly himself appeared to be drooling over her. Gilani predicted Kindly had not lain with a woman since some father or uncle had brought him to a whore for his first time. She thought the captain "repressed, in all the worst ways." Before Pores could even make it back to his cabin to begin the report, Kindly followed up behind to oversee his penmanship. Then he tasked Pores with cleaning the expensive new turtleshell combs the captain had acquired from the [[Shake]] at Second Maiden Fort.<ref name=":4" />

The Adjunct's fleet made landfall near Letheras and defeated the city's [[Imperial Brigade]] with Kindly leading Fist [[Blistig]]'s infantry.<ref>[[Reaper's Gale]], [[RG/22|Chapter 22]], US HC p.693-694</ref><ref>[[Reaper's Gale]], [[RG/24|Chapter 24]], US HC p.748-754</ref><ref name=":5">[[Reaper's Gale]], [[RG/17|Chapter 17]], US HC p.501</ref> Meanwhile, Keneb's marines secretly entered the city to secure its western gate to allow the rest of the army entrance.<ref>[[Reaper's Gale]], [[RG/24|Chapter 24]], US HC p.779/800</ref> Soon the City Garrison surrendered and the city fell.<ref>[[Reaper's Gale]], [[RG/24|Chapter 24]], US HC p.812</ref>

==In ''[[Dust of Dreams]]''==
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==In ''[[The Crippled God]]''==
[[File:Day 7 exhausted by shadaan.jpg|thumb|255x255px|Kindly vs Blistig by [https://www.deviantart.com/shadaan/art/Day-7-Exhausted-767291778 Shadaan]]]
After the battle with the [[K'Chain Nah'ruk]], he was promoted to [[Fist (rank)|Fist]].<ref>[[The Crippled God]], [[CG/4|Chapter 4]], UK HB p.92</ref> As Fist, he refused [[Berrach]]'s request to join the Bonehunters, trying to shame him back to the [[Khundryl Burned Tears]] instead.

== History ==
Kindly had served with one of the Malazan armies during the campaigns in Nathilog. Rythe Bude, who later became a Fist under Dujek, served under him.<ref name=":2" />

==Trivia==
Kindly had an unsavory reputation with rumors about his (in)famous temper rampant among the Malazans. It was said that he had once dangled a Malazan-allied [[Falah'd]] over the edge of the Falah'd's own palace's tower balcony because the colours of his attire were mismatched.<ref>[[The Bonehunters]], [[BH/15|Chapter 15]], US HC p.481</ref>

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