Banda de Denth
| Banda de Denth | |
|---|---|
| Líder | Denth |
| Mundo de origen | Nalthis |
| Universo | Cosmere |
La banda de Denth es un pequeño grupo de mercenarios de Nalthis contratada por Dedos Azules para ayudar a la Rebelión Pahn Kahl.[1]
Historia
Origen
Arsteel se unió a Denth, conocido anteriormente como VaraTreledees, en algún momento antes de la Multiguerra porque quería redimir a Denth. Pensaba que de esta forma sería posible reconciliar a Denth y Vasher. En vez de eso, fue asesinado por Vasher. Denth lo resucitó como un sinvida, al que la banda llamó Clod, porque sabía que Arsteel podía seguir contribuyendo al equipo con sus excelentes habilidades de combate.[2] Inicialmente Joyas se unió ala banda porque estaba enamorada de Arsteel. No está claro cómo Denth y Tonk Fah unieron sus fuerzas.
“Denth me ha servido bien en ciertas situaciones, y es leal, si es que puede llamarse leal a un mercenario.”
—Carta de Lemex a Vivenna[3]
Antes de la integración de Vivenna en el grupo, la banda había sido contratada por Dedos Azules para la tarea de incrementar las tensiones entre Hallandren e Idris con la intención de encaminar a Hallandren a la guerra.[4][5] Al principio, Denth consiguió trabajar para Lemex, el embajador idriano, para usarlo como enlace con la comunidad idriana de Hallandren. No sólo ayudó al corrupto de Lemex,[6] sino que lo usó hasta un cierto punto igual que hizo más tarde con Vivenna. Cuando se enteró de que Vivenna estaba de camino, Denth se dio cuenta de que podría usarla de peón de repuesto para su plan y comenzó a envenenar a Lemex, que no se había mostrado demasiado complaciente con sus propuestas, y así tomar el control y usar a Vivenna cuando llegara.[7][8][9]
Actividades
“Hay muchas intrigas en marcha en esta ciudad, princesa: algunos de los proyectos en que Lemex trabajaba tenían gran magnitud, y por lo que sé eran por el bien de Idris. ”
—Denth a Vivenna[10]
A su llegada a Hallandren, la banda confraternizó con Vivenna, haciendo un trabajo concienzudo para manipularla y que creyera que, debido a la muerte de Lemex, ahora trabajaban par ella.[3] Mientras Vivenna creía que la banda le estaba echando una mano para ayudar a su gente, en realidad la estaban usando como un símbolo para enardecer a la población local idriana en contra del gobierno de Hallandren y mostrar a los hallandrenses que merecía la pena ir a la guerra contra los idrianos. En primer lugar, debatieron y y utilizaron tácticas como interrumpir el suministro de comida a la ciudad e incitar a las revueltas en las plantaciones de tintes. También se reunieron con comerciantes, jefes del hampa y políticos, usando los Mechones Reales de Vivenna como prueba de su identidad.[11]
Denth knew he must walk a fine line between manipulating Vivenna into doing what he wanted her to do and allowing her to feel like she was in charge, so he allowed her to come along when they robbed a salt merchant's shop, setting fire to a building and attacking a priest's carriage as cover for the robbery.[12] He also went along with her plan to meet up with some forgers. The forgers agreed to falsify documents proving that certain priests were extorting Idris, although Denth privately intended to stop the documents from ever being used.[13][14] The next day, the crew discovered that Vasher had killed a gang of thieves they had previously worked with in the same garden as the meeting with the forgers (though this was actually just a coincidence).[15][16] Denth next agreed to support Vivenna on a trip into the Idrian quarter of T'Telir to some slums called the Highlands, to meet with some of her people. She first tried to speak to the people directly, but they were uninterested in her promises; she met with the slumlords, but was disgusted when she realized they were motivated by greed instead of patriotism. This venture ended when the city watch raided the meeting and Clod saved her from the Lifeless soldiers.[17] That night, after the crew's return to their safehouse, Vasher kidnapped Vivenna because he thought she was confederate with Denth.[16]
Vivenna escaped from Vasher quickly, but upon her return to the safehouse she discovered the bodies of Parlin, of all of Tonk Fah's recent pets, and of a number of Idrian soldiers her father had sent after her. Denth and Tonk Fah confronted her, but she used Clod's security phrase and ordered him to attack Denth, successfully distracting the crew long enough to escape to the streets.[9] Denth set a bounty on Vivenna's head, but she survived for a couple of weeks wandering the streets as a Drab until a group of thugs finally caught up with her. As they were taking her to Denth, Vasher intervened by allowing Nightblood to tempt the men into drawing him.[18] Vasher initially took in Vivenna purely to keep her out of Denth's hands, but once each was convinced that the other sincerely wanted to avoid war they ended up working together to counter what the crew had been doing.[6] While discussing possible ways to get ahead of Denth, Vasher and Vivenna realized that the robbery of the salt peddler was only a cover for the crew’s true motive: kidnapping the daughter of Nanrovah, high priest of Stillmark, to blackmail him into changing his vote at court to one for war. They rescued the girl, Misel, and returned her to her father, convincing him to argue against war once more.[19]
Disbandment
“And you were always to be my payment, Vasher.”
—Denth[20]
When the Pantheon assembled to cast a formal vote on war with Idris, Susebron and Siri were sequestered in the palace by their priests. At Vivenna's request, Vasher went to rescue Siri. However, he was unaware that some of Denth's mercenaries had killed the guards at her door and that Denth himself had laid a trap for him. Denth captured Vasher, disposed of Nightblood in the bay, and tortured Vasher as revenge for murdering Shashara.[20][21] After Nightblood was fished up by Old Chapps and Vivenna was reunited with him, Nightblood led her to Vasher and she assisted in his escape. Unfortunately, Vasher was knocked out of the window in the fight and was forced to draw Nightblood in the process of his attempt to get back to Denth. This left him tired and with very few Breaths left when Denth confronted him again and wanted to duel.[22] While Denth was handily beating Vasher in the duel, Vasher offered him a way to forget his past atrocities and become a better person. However, Denth felt he was not worth it and began to strike a killing blow right as Vasher forced onto him his remaining Breaths; this caused a spasm of ecstasy in Denth and created an opening for Vasher to kill him.[23]
After Denth's death at Vasher’s hands, the crew split up. Jewels left to take the Lifeless Arsteel to his brother Yesteel, master of Lifeless Commands, in the hope that he could find a way to restore Arsteel's memories and personality. Tonk Fah, free from the direction and control that Denth provided for his murderous urges, went off to begin killing wantonly.[24]
Abilities
Denth, the crew's leader, is a Returned; as such, he is highly knowledgeable about and skilled at Awakening.[25] He is also an outstanding swordsman and practiced manipulator.[26] Clod, the crew's Lifeless, retains much of his own excellent swordsmanship from his past life and is probably the most skilled Lifeless existing.[2] Jewels, the crew's only woman, is a Drab; this means that those with enough Breaths to enhance their life sense still cannot sense her by any means.[11] Tonk Fah is a sociopath who readily does the crew's messy work. He is a practiced and unfeeling murderer and torturer whose skills in that area are occasionally valuable to the crew.[27]
Politics
“Mind-set of a mercenary. We’re paid to do things—but we’re not the ones doing them. It’s you who do these things. We’re just your tools. ”
—Denth to Vivenna[12]
Denth's crew becomes embroiled in the local politics of T'Telir to fulfill their contract with Bluefingers; in doing so, they employ a wide variety of covert and often heartless tactics to inflame the populace against Idris. These ploys are largely successful. However, Denth and Tonk Fah stress again and again that they are only mercenaries, implying that their motivations are monetary in nature, not truly political.[10][11] For Denth in particular, the desire to flee responsibility for his actions motivates him to let others hire and direct him; his past dominates his present thinking and keeps him obsessed with hunting down Vasher to obtain revenge.[7]
Miembros
Notas
- ↑ Warbreaker Annotations
— Arcanum - 2010-09-07# - ↑ a b Warbreaker Annotations
— Arcanum - 2010-10-26# - ↑ a b El aliento de los dioses capítulo 10#
- ↑ Warbreaker Annotations
— Arcanum - 2010-12-22# - ↑ El aliento de los dioses capítulo 58#
- ↑ a b El aliento de los dioses capítulo 43#
- ↑ a b Warbreaker Annotations
— Arcanum - 2010-09-02# - ↑ Warbreaker Annotations
— Arcanum - 2010-10-12# - ↑ a b El aliento de los dioses capítulo 35#
- ↑ a b El aliento de los dioses capítulo 13#
- ↑ a b c El aliento de los dioses capítulo 22#
- ↑ a b El aliento de los dioses capítulo 25#
- ↑ El aliento de los dioses capítulo 28#
- ↑ Warbreaker Annotations
— Arcanum - 2010-11-28# - ↑ Warbreaker Annotations
— Arcanum - 2010-06-24# - ↑ a b El aliento de los dioses capítulo 29#
- ↑ El aliento de los dioses capítulo 31#
- ↑ El aliento de los dioses capítulo 41#
- ↑ El aliento de los dioses capítulo 49#
- ↑ a b El aliento de los dioses capítulo 51#
- ↑ Warbreaker Annotations
— Arcanum - 2011-04-25# - ↑ El aliento de los dioses capítulo 56#
- ↑ El aliento de los dioses capítulo 57#
- ↑ Warbreaker Annotations
— Arcanum - 2011-07-18# - ↑ Warbreaker Annotations
— Arcanum - 2010-10-26# - ↑ Warbreaker Annotations
— Arcanum - 2011-07-11# - ↑ Warbreaker Annotations
— Arcanum - 2010-10-26#