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| - Korbal Broach was a necromancer and the silent partner of Bauchelain. The duo were known as the Nehemoth. He was a eunuch and a Soletaken, able to shapeshift into the form of a crow. Emancipor Reese acted as manservant to both. Broach was a large, pale, bald man "as big as a half-blooded Trell" with an oversized round face and thick lips. His face was both childlike and ineffably monstrous, his eyes buried in puffed flesh and his lips slightly downturned at the corners. Despite his imposing stature, he moved with a fluid grace. He usually remained silent in the company of others, but when he did speak, his voice was unexpectedly high and reedy and he had a disturbing tendency to giggle to himself. He wore full-length chain armor under a thick black cloak, and wielded a hand-and-a-half sword. Possibly due to the fact that he was a eunuch, he was obsessed with "procreating", in his own way. He hunted at night and collected various organs and souls from his victims, piecing them together to form a patchwork "child", which he kept for the most part in a locked chest. Broach was a personal enemy of Hood, the god of death, who Bauchelain claimed was "easily irritated." His first solution to any problem was to kill all opponents and witnesses. Bauchelain was usually able to curb his more extreme instincts. The Bonecaster Pran Chole described him as insane, but a lesser threat than Bauchelain. He said Broach "plies the chaos on the edge of Hood's realm". He was immensely strong, able to carry heavy weights, and break iron in his bare hands. He also possessed a sweet tooth. He was said to heal quickly.
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