Captain Ivarl
Names: Captain Ivarlgang mastergang lord
First appears in Book 2: The Temporal Void, chapter 2 (Inigo's Eighth Dream)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 2Ivarl owns the House of Blue Petals bordello and styles himself master of Makkathran's criminal fraternity; Ronark thinks he sent Arminel to ambush Edeard.
- Ch 2Ivarl is a powerfully built, lopsided-jawed, gold-bedecked man of about a century, who invited Edeard and his friends to his house.
- Ch 2Kanseen believes Ivarl ordered or approved Arminel's ambush of Edeard; Ivarl has come out to see the Waterwalker for himself.
- Ch 2Ivarl owns the House of Blue Petals, a brothel patronized by sailors, guildsmen, family men and militia officers.
- Ch 2Ivarl is a gang master who lives luxuriously in the House of Blue Petals, surrounded by well-dressed men, servant girls and fine food and wine, and rarely goes out.
- Ch 2Ivarl secretly switched the stolen ingots between gondolas under a bridge to a decoy, planning a reverse deception that only he, Trukal and Lian knew.
- Ch 2Ivarl's warehouse cellars in Myco hold a vast hoard of silverware, jewelry, drosilk, spices and wine, discovered by the constables.
- Ch 2Ivarl is a criminal boss who extorts money from city districts and tries to recruit Edeard.
- Ch 2Ivarl grudgingly admits Edeard is good, but warns that good fortune is fickle.
- Ch 4Ivarl laid a trap: a beagle scented Edeard's left-behind socks, doormen bolted the doors, and Ivarl greeted him as 'Waterwalker'.
- Ch 4Ivarl and Tannarl produced a silvery glow shield and sparks from their fingertips that ignited oil, a power Edeard had never heard of.
- Ch 4Ivarl smashed globes of jamolar oil across the bar floor and set it alight to force Edeard out of concealment.
- Ch 4Ivarl and Tannarl can manifest liquid light, a talent Edeard had never heard of.
- Ch 4Ivarl uses ge-eagles to watch the squad members and has pressured their families, including Macsen's mother, Dinlay's sister Carna and Kanseen's sister.
- Ch 4Ivarl runs a large, organized criminal network across the city; his biggest income is protection rackets, and he knew Edeard had discovered Vilby.
- Ch 4Gang chief with considerable psychic power; he denies involvement in the kidnapping but tells Edeard powerful people fear his potential and want him dead, as a martyr.
- Ch 4Ivarl says he is losing authority over his own people and that no one is left for him to talk to.
- Ch 7Ivarl, a gang lord, was found murdered, bound with elaborate knots and with nine puncture wounds; his killer was never identified.
- Ch 7Ivarl was tortured to death before his body hit the water; Edeard says this to Buate.
Connections
- leadsHouse of Blue Petalsowner
- leadsArminelsuspected of sending him to ambush Edeard
- enemy ofEdeard
- related toNanitteserves in his household
- has memberLiangang lieutenant
- has memberTrukalgang lieutenant
- has memberHarawoldtakes orders from Ivarl
- has memberTanaminextorts money for Ivarl in Fiacre district
- ally ofTannarl
- ally ofBisefinancial connections
- has memberNanittespy working for him
- has memberChiaranworks off her father's debt
- has memberPocklangang run by Ivarl, implied
- family ofBuatehalf brother
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 2Edeard meets Ivarl
Ivarl approached Edeard and invited him to his house; Edeard replied with a veiled threat by showing the ruins of Ashwell, declining while promising a visit.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Edeard infiltrates the House of Blue Petals
Edeard travels through the city's hidden drains and, concealed, slips into Ivarl's brothel and climbs toward the third floor to begin acting against Ivarl.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Edeard spies on Ivarl
Edeard ghosts into the House of Blue Petals and sees Ivarl's opulent court, concluding Ivarl's reach is far greater than expected.
- Book 2 · Ch 2The New Year raid
Edeard leads combined squads, deceives the Bellis and Neph squads, seizes the real ingots and Ivarl's cellar hoard in a Myco warehouse, and arrests Lian as Ivarl arrives furious.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Edeard confronts Ivarl
Edeard tells Ivarl his hidden stock has been found and will be seized, reveals he knows of the Tanamin punishment order, and rejects Ivarl's offer to work together.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Ambush at the House of Blue Petals
Edeard enters under concealment; Ivarl and Tannarl trap him, shoot up the bar and ignite spilled oil. Edeard escapes by making the floor give way.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Edeard confronts Ivarl by longtalk
Edeard accuses Ivarl, who denies involvement but warns the plot is meant to destroy Edeard as a martyr.