![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This would hide them from anyone, like the Claw themselves, who had sorcery-enhanced vision capable of observing temperature changes in the dark. Those with a higher level of discipline could decrease their body temperatures to a level indiscernible from cobble or stone. This would prevent them from bleeding out as well as hide evidence of their passing. All Claw were taught to mentally staunch bleeding by drawing blood down from their wounds into their muscles. Ĭlaw training stressed inner discipline of mind and body. In the Seven Cities, for instance, they infiltrated a grassroots movement in Aren, and marked its members for assassination, successfully wiping them out. The Claws were responsible for infiltrating anti-Malazan movements and organizations that could harm Malazan interests, whether in the Malazan Empire, or outside it. When applicable, the leader swathed themselves in magical darkness ensuring their presence would be a surprise. The Hand's leader generally travelled in the center, flanked on each corner by the other members. The Claw differed from the Talon in that when they moved as a hand, they moved at five paces apart, two less than the Talon. The organization was accused several times of being corrupt, with several of its members putting personal wealth and power as a priority over the Malazan interests they represented. The Claw abided by rules of conduct acknowledged in the wider world of assassins, including payment upon completion of contract. After Deadhouse Gates, the term was only used for the leader of the organisation. According to Fiddler, Dancer and Kellanved had been murdered by Laseen's chosen Clawmasters. Kalam Mekhar bore a pendant with a symbol etched into its flat surface with which he identified himself as a Clawmaster to a sergeant at Ladro Keep. Įarly on in the Malazan series, the term Clawmaster was also applied to individual Claws (possibly those in charge of a Hand). ![]() Hands were trained to work as a unit, which Kalam Mekhar called both a strength and a flaw. In the field, the leader of a hand was only outranked by the Clawmaster, the Imperial Adjunct and the Empress herself. The Claws were divided in groups of five, called Hands, each one under command of a Hand Leader who could contact the Clawmaster when needed. The Claw were commanded by the Clawmaster, who was under direct command of the Emperor/Empress. The betrayal began subtly as a string of disastrous botched missions, but broke into open war when the Claw's objective was revealed by its own carelessness. With the Talon no longer in operation, the Claw took responsibility for external assassinations in addition to its previous internal killings. When Surly took the name Laseen and forcibly took the throne from Emperor Kellanved, the Claw were used to eliminate the Talon, thus ensuring no threats to Laseen's rule from within the Empire itself. Whereas the Talon was an organization whose focus was external and was used as a covert arm for military campaigns, the Claw were originally focused internally, rather like an organization of secret police, and were a network of spies and assassins. The Claw, created by Surly, were modeled on Dancer's own assassin network, known as the Talon. ![]()
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