


The story of Dwarf looters was spread as a deception to inflame the Trolls into joining the Warlock Lord's invasion of the southern lands. The Warlock Lord had the entire Mallicos family killed except Keltset, whom he brought to his fortress in the Knife Edge. Keltset's word in particular carried a lot of weight because he was a Troll of especially high standing: he was a recipient of the Black Irix, the greatest recognition for honor that a Troll could receive. The Skull Bearers managed to convince most of the city that Brona had come back from the dead, and that he had survived for millenia and could not be killed by mortal means.īut the Mallicos family was one of the ruling families in the city who refused to submit to the Skull Bearers, and they demanded that the city stand firm against the Warlock Lord. However, it was really minions of the Warlock Lord who killed the family: Skull Bearers came to Norbane almost a year before Keltset met Panamon and Shea, and they seized control of the government and ordered the Troll armies to accept their command. The attack was supposedly committed by Dwarves who had attempted to loot the Mallicos home.

However, his family were all killed in an attack that even distant Troll villages ended up hearing about, which was testament to its grisly nature. His family, the Mallicos family, was a very old and honored line in the Northland. Keltset comes from Norbane, one of the larger Troll cities in the far northern Charnal Mountains. He is a mute Troll who befriends the thief Panamon Creel and helps Shea Ohmsford on his quest to find the Sword of Shannara. Keltset is a character in The Sword of Shannara. Killed in the collapse of Skull Mountain ( The Sword of Shannara).
