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The Ibaleth mahout is an unnamed female [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Ibaleth|Ibaleth]] who serves as handler of an [[The Tyrant Philosophers/ogrodon|ogrodon]] in the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pal|Palleseen]] travelling court, appearing in the treaty-renewal procession two days out from [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Alkhalend|Alkhalend]] and throughout the court's advance toward the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Tesemer|Tesemer]] monastery compound - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 11. She rides the fourth of five howdahs, the one carrying [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Angilly|Gil Angilly]], [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Loret|Loret]], and [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]], and is among the mounted beasts whose tactical value to the Palleseen Gil reflects upon as the procession moves - ch 11. Her significance to the narrative is bounded but concrete: she is a working member of the court's ceremonial and military apparatus, armed with both a goad and an ornate Usmiat baton, and she remains aboard her ogrodon when [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Gorbudan|Gorbudan]]'s seizure of the throne erupts into violence at the Waygrove - ch 13-15.

Her arc is one of a single sustained sequence: present through the procession and the move toward the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Tesemer|Tesemer]] compound, she charges the ogrodon toward [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Gorbudan|Gorbudan]] and [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Dekamran|Dekamran]] during the melee, sights along a baton in readiness, and is killed by [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Lhisamena|Lhisamena]] with three passes of a falx as the queen climbs the howdah - ch 15. The ogrodon she had been handling is subsequently pierced by falxes and falls, marking the end of her appearance in the series.

== Character ==
=== Appearance ===
The mahout is a female Ibaleth standing roughly four feet from nose to haunches, with a six-foot tail, golden eyes, and double-thumbed hands; her hide is painted in red and bronze designs - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 11.

=== Personality ===
The sections record no interior life or extended interaction. What is visible is professional competence and physical readiness: she handles a large mounted beast through a formal procession, carries both a goad and an ornate Usmiat baton, and during the Waygrove melee is noted sighting along a baton - a Palleseen firearm - as combat closes on her position - ch 11, ch 15.

=== Beliefs & Motivations ===
No stated beliefs or personal motivations are attributed to the mahout beyond the execution of her duty as handler of an ogrodon within the Palleseen court's procession and, once violence erupts, her attempt to engage with a baton before Lhisamena reaches the howdah - ch 15.

== History ==
=== Days of Shattered Faith ===
==== The Treaty Renewal at the Tesemer Compound (ch 11-12) ====
The Ibaleth mahout is an unnamed female [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Ibaleth|Ibaleth]], roughly four feet from nose to haunches with a six-foot tail, her hide painted in red and bronze designs; she has golden eyes and double-thumbed hands. She handles the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/ogrodon|ogrodon]] on which [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Angilly|Gil Angilly]], [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Loret|Loret]], and [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]] ride in the fourth of five howdahs during the procession two days out from [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Alkhalend|Alkhalend]], and she carries both a goad and an ornate Usmiat baton - ch 11. [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Angilly|Gil]] observes the mahout and the ogrodon as part of a broader reflection on the tactical value of the mounted beasts to the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pal|Palleseen]] - ch 11. The mahout is present as the travelling court moves toward the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Tesemer|Tesemer]] monastery compound for the treaty-renewal ceremonies; the preceding day's renewal with the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Ibaleth|Ibaleth]] queen [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Kass|Kass]] had involved the display of five ogrodons and the firing of batons, though the mahout's own role in that earlier ceremony is not detailed - ch 11.

==== Gorbudan's Coup at the Waygrove (ch 13-16) ====
During the melee that follows [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Gorbudan|Gorbudan]]'s seizure of the throne after the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/His Tranquillity Oparan|Alkhand]] takes the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Alborandi|Alborandi]] mask and vanishes into the Waygrove, the Ibaleth mahout is aboard the ogrodon that charges toward [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Gorbudan|Gorbudan]] and [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Dekamran|Dekamran]]. [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Lhisamena|Lhisamena]], riding her hookloper and having just proclaimed Gorbudan Alkhand, climbs the ogrodon's howdah and kills the mahout with three passes of her falx - ch 15. Separately, an Ibaleth sniper (a distinct individual) kills one of Gorbudan's retainers with a baton-shot during the same fight; the mahout herself is noted sighting along a baton - a Palleseen firearm - before Lhisamena reaches the howdah - ch 15. The ogrodon she had been handling is subsequently pierced by falxes and falls - ch 15.

== Relationships ==
* '''[[The Tyrant Philosophers/Angilly|Gil Angilly]]''' - Gil rides in the mahout's howdah during the procession and observes both her and the ogrodon as part of a broader assessment of the tactical value of mounted beasts to the Palleseen - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 11.
* '''[[The Tyrant Philosophers/Loret|Loret]]''' - Loret rides in the same howdah as Gil; the mahout is their handler throughout the procession - ch 11.
* '''[[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]]''' - Drathel likewise rides in the fourth howdah under the mahout's handling - ch 11.
* '''[[The Tyrant Philosophers/Lhisamena|Lhisamena]]''' - During Gorbudan's coup, Lhisamena climbs the ogrodon's howdah and kills the mahout with three passes of her falx, after which the ogrodon is pierced by falxes and falls - ch 15.

== Tags ==
#mahout · #ibaleth · #beast-driver · #soldier

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