Moraval Keep

Moraval Keep was situated on the other side of the river from Ugarat. After being driven from Ugarat during the Whirlwind rebellion, the Malazan garrison fled there.The Bonehunters, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.70
The Keep was an ancient structure, older than Ugarat. Most of the remnants of confounding ancient mechanisms which had been found inside had been lost over time during the many explorations of the monument. Amongst those who had studied what little remained of them was Samar Dev.The Bonehunters, Chapter 3, UK MMPB p.158
The massive Keep was carved out of a flat-topped mesa which had been carved hollow and was surrounded by a deep moat. The stone bridge across it had been destroyed by Moranth munitions. The scorched and battered doors to the Keep were made of solid iron with a broad riveted looking mechanism. The few windows high up were also sealed by iron doors, barbed with angled arrow-slits.The Bonehunters, Chapter 3, UK MMPB p.148-150
Once through the doors, twenty paces (by a Toblakai's standards) through a passage, lined with dark arrow-slits led to an inner gate. The arched ceiling and walls of the passage did not touch each other or the paved floor with gaps of about a finger's width visible between them and looked like they had been lowered some time in the past. Hidden chambers to either side were unlit. Once through the inner gate, the visitor entered a courtyard flanked by four walls cut out of the rock and a rectangle of sky visible above. The tiered walls had fortified landings, balconies leading to doorways some yawning black, others closed, and numerous windows. The wall opposite the gate had twenty-two levels, the one to the left eighteen and the one to the right seventeen. The outer wall above the gate, had twelve levels and in the centre was flanked by projections each holding six more.The Bonehunters, Chapter 3, UK MMPB p.150/151
== In The Bonehunters ==
Karsa Orlong went to the keep to negotiate the Malazan's surrender on behalf of the Falah'd of Ugarat. Instead he found the keep seemingly abandoned. The Teblor discovered an excavated shaft in the corner of the courtyard which seemed to have served as a cesspit but which had a wooden ladder propped up in it. At the bottom of the ladder, Karsa found a beehive tomb with a raised dais which extended almost to the base of the walls. Six massive spikes, each as thick as Karsa's waist, were driven deep into the stone around the edge, in two sets of threes. Karsa was then attacked by what seemed to be the tomb's former prisoner, a short-tailed K'Chain Nah'ruk. He defeated it with his bare hands after a prolonged fight.The Bonehunters, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.70/71The Bonehunters, Chapter 3, UK MMPB p.147-160 Afterwards, the remains of the slaughtered Malazan garrison were discovered elsewhere in the keep.The Bonehunters, Chapter 5, US SFBC p.184
==Notes and references==
Category:Fortresses
Category:Seven Cities