Pran Chole
Also known as: — | Race: T'lan Imass | Warren/Affiliation: Tellann (Bonecaster)Summary
Pran Chole is a Bonecaster (shaman) of the Kron T'lan Imass — one of the most significant Bonecasters in the T'lan Imass's ancient history. He plays a crucial role in both the deep past (the time of the Ritual of Tellann) and the narrative present, appearing in Gardens of the Moon during the freeing of the Jaghut Tyrant Raest and in Memories of Ice during the gathering of T'lan Imass.
Pran Chole is notable for being one of the few T'lan Imass who demonstrates genuine philosophical reflection — questioning the cost of the Ritual and the endless war against the Jaghut even as he participates in it.
Arc by Book
Book 1: Gardens of the Moon
Pran Chole appears in the prologue set 300,000 years before the main narrative, during the time immediately before the Ritual of Tellann. He is a Bonecaster who witnesses the fall of a Jaghut Tyrant — events that establish the deep historical context for the T'lan Imass's eternal war.
In the present-day narrative, Pran Chole's legacy is connected to the T'lan Imass forces operating on Genabackis and the freeing of Raest.
Book 3: Memories of Ice
Pran Chole is among the T'lan Imass Bonecasters who gather during the campaign against the Pannion Domin, responding to the emergence of Silverfox — the reborn Bonecaster who holds the power to release the T'lan Imass from their undead existence.
Key Relationships
- Onos T'oolan (Tool) — fellow T'lan Imass, the First Sword
- Silverfox — the reborn Bonecaster
- Kilava — the renegade Bonecaster who refused the Ritual
- Logros — commander of the T'lan Imass clans serving the Malazan Empire
Appearances
| Book | Role |
| 1. Gardens of the Moon | Minor |
| 3. Memories of Ice | Minor |
See Also
- T'lan Imass — the undead race Pran Chole belongs to
- Memory and Forgetting — the T'lan Imass's eternal memory
- Elder Warrens and Holds — Tellann, the Imass warren