Quote Originally Posted by Mysteltain View Post
Also, Iceheart didn't want anymore deaths in the Ishgard/Dravanian war, so "beating death" could work as well, especially given how Death is referred to as a woman and the previous line talks about fighting her. Which also brings up the question of why death is referred to as a woman--it sounds like Shiva (in which case your interpretation is right), but that sounds too obvious...
Oversimplification but, Halone (the Fury) is said to be one of the more...aggressive of the Twelve, if I'm not mistaken. If that IS the case, Iceheart may have come to see Halone as synonymous with Death.