Icarium

= Icarium the Jhag =

Icarium is a fictional character from Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series. He appears in Deadhouse Gates, House of Chains, The Bonehunters and Reaper's Gale

Physiology

Icarium is described as tall, but not excessively muscled. His skin is an "olive-green colour" and his canines are prominent, almost tusks. He is a Jhag, a half-blood Jaghut, son of Gothos. The all that is known about his mother is that she was a member of the Toblakai race.

Abilities

Icarium is known across the Malaz world as a dangerous being whose rage signifies unconstrainable destruction. He uses a single-edged longsword and a bow with warren-etched arrows, capable of killing a dragon. When enraged, Icarium is able to draw on his rage as a form of power.

History

Little is known of Icarium's history. He has wandered the world for millenia. In his early youth, his father, the Jaghut Gothos, took up residence inside a House of the Azath. Icarium, abandoned and not understanding his father's actions, assaulted the Azath House.It is at this time that Icarium's now legendary rage was unleashed.Icarium almost destroys the Azath and his efforts leave him in a delerious state.At some point Icarium is cursed to lose his memory whenever he goes into a rage,he wanders the world suffering from amnesia. The group known as the Nameless Ones decided that he was too dangerous to allow to wander unwatched, and so have taken it upon themselves to recruit his "guardians", such as Mappo Runt the Trell and Taralack Veed of the Gral. Their task is to protect Icarium from the world, and protect the world from Icarium.

Recent Movements

Bereft of his companion Mappo, Icarium is lead to the continent of Lether by Taralack Veed, an Agent of the Nameless Ones, who intend to use Icarium as a weapon to destroy the Emperor of a Thousand Deaths, the Edur Emperor Rhulad Sengar. However, before this can be accomplished, Icarium disappears into an ancient mechanism, apparently of his own devising.