Character · from book 5

Ikicha

Author of the Cookbook's 11th edition, a castrated male Yenk whose last entry is the sight of someone loved 'twisted and changed' and a warning that hope can be poison if it is blind.

First appears: Book 5

Series arc

Through book 6

Two short notes — the Yenk proverb about embracing one's enemies (B6 ch. 52) and a single line of loneliness (B6 ch. 63).

Through book 5

Named as a Yenk and a eunuch (B5 ch. 13); his last entry — the sight of someone loved 'twisted and changed' — and Drakea's answer, 'Gone is gone', open B5 ch. 52, and Carl carries them into the chapter's fight.

In the Cookbook

Author of the 11th edition, known from the narration at B5 ch. 13. 3 notes in the text so far: B5 ch. 52 · B6 ch. 52, 63. The register of every edition is on the Cookbook.

Where they appear

Book	Chapters they are in (of the book's)	Where
5 — The Butcher's Masquerade	3/78	Ch. 5, Ch. 13, Ch. 52 · the book's own page
6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	2/74	Ch. 52, Ch. 63 · the book's own page

By book

Ikicha in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade

Named as a Yenk and a eunuch (ch. 13); his last entry — the sight of someone loved 'twisted and changed' — and Drakea's answer, 'Gone is gone', open ch. 52, and Carl carries them into the chapter's fight.

Ikicha in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

Two short notes — the Yenk proverb about embracing one's enemies (ch. 52) and a single line of loneliness (ch. 63).