Sea of Glass

The Sea of Glass was the informal name for a large region far to the south of Stratem.Livestream Recording: Steven Erikson, Ian C. Esslemont, and Me (and a surprise guest) - A Critical Dragon - See 18:00 It was a flat, blasted, desert wasteland of salt pans, blasted rocks, and bits of metallic wreckage that was furnace hot by day and deeply cold by night.Kellanved's Reach, Chapter 17, US HC p.253 The region was a great wound upon the Malazan world said to have been caused by a savage battle between the K'Chain Che'Malle and the Forkrul Assail. The explosion of one of the seven known K'Chain Che'Malle cities there had seared the land to glass, burned the skies, and left the soil too poisoned to support life.Forge of the High Mage, Chapter 2, UK HC p.33Kellanved's Reach, Chapter 17, US HC p.255-256 Even the Warrens were wrenched and tattered by the blast such that magic was impossible to perform there.
==In Kellanved's Reach==
After a disastrous encounter with the Crippled God, Kellanved and Dancer found themselves trapped and stranded in the Sea of Glass.Kellanved's Reach, Chapter 15, US HC p.231-232 They were found and nursed back to health by Balak, a Black Moranth under the command of Twist. Twist's small group of exiles had shipwrecked on the shore and cobbled together a raft to escape. Despite his misgivings, Twist was convinced to bring the pair with them on the already crowded raft by Kellanved's promise that he would transport them all to safety through the Warrens once they were outside the magic-inhibiting effects of the plain. The future emperor kept his word, gaining the loyalty of Twist and his soldiers.Kellanved's Reach, Chapter 17, US HC p.253-263
==In Forge of the High Mage==
While recalling the ancient war against The Mountain of Gold in the Ice Wastes of Quon Tali, Bellurdan remembered the similar story of a K'Chain Che'Malle city that devastated a great plain far to the south of Stratem.Forge of the High Mage, Chapter 2, UK HC p.33
==Trivia==
The name "Sea of Glass" comes from an interview with author Ian C. Esslemont; otherwise the region remains unnamed within the text of the Malazan books.
==Notes and references==
Category:Plains