What is "kesk"

Usage examples of "kesk".

But Kesk Turnskull was paying him enough to make using the draught worthwhile.

Or else they were hungry enough for the payment Kesk had promised that they were willing to take a considerable risk to get it.

As befitted his status as chieftain of the Red Axes, Kesk Turnskull lived with a certain style, in an expansive, albeit decaying, house on the river.

Because it was one thing to resolve to gouge a higher payment out of Kesk and his pack of ruffians, and something else actually to accomplish it.

Four were commonplace vessels for transporting passengers and cargo, the fifth a sleek galley equipped with a small ballista in the bow as well as other features useful to river pirates, and the sixth a gilded and ornately carved pleasure barge, aboard which Kesk sometimes chose to pursue his less unsavory amusements.

Aeron would have asked, but at that moment, Kesk Turnskull stalked through the door.

If ever a creature was born to rule a company of cutthroats, Kesk was surely the bully in question.

He himself had no firsthand knowledge of such esoterica, but thought that anyone who laid eyes on Kesk would have no difficulty crediting the story.

His maneuver tipped the craft, and Kesk cursed as he struggled to keep his balance.

Once Tharag let it slip that Kesk planned to kill my crew and me from the start, that pretty much wrecked any hope of us making a new bargain.

Wherever he went, Kesk liked to stride arrogantly, his head bare and sneering tanarukk face on display, his battle-axe in his hand, and several of his henchmen swaggering along behind him.

Scowling, Kesk lifted his head, pushed back his cowl, and finally had the satisfaction of seeing someone flinch.

The servant flinched as if he expected Kesk to reclaim his anonymity by butchering him on the spot.

But he might not appreciate hearing that Kesk had complicated the plan by scheming to seize the prize and settle an old score at the same time.

Given that Kesk had all of Oeble to search, and his normal business affairs to manage, that seemed unlikely.