Least Branch was an Azalan demon living in the Shadow realm. Nearly twice the height of a man, he resembled a dull black insect with multiple-faceted eyes and long, skinny, armoured limbs. He was furred in parts and had a mouthful of oversized fangs. He carried a brace of thin spears twice his own length on his back. Least Branch spoke Malazan with a high piping voice, as that was the language of "the pretenders", Shadowthrone and Cotillion.