Starvald Demelain

Starvald Demelain [STAR-vald DEM-eh-lain]Gardens of the Moon - Chatting with Steven Erikson, part 1 - Claudia Iovanovici - As pronounced by Steven Erikson at 1:19:33 was an Elder Warren also known as 'The First Warren', the 'Warren of T'iam',Gardens of the Moon, Glossary, UK MMPB p.707 and the 'Warren of Eleint/Dragons'. It lay at the centre of the system of Warrens. All other Warrens sprouted from this Warren.Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 10, US HC p.239
==Lesser Creatures of Starvald Demelain==
*D'isthal Wyvalla
*Enkar'al
*ImbrulesThe Bonehunters, Chapter 1, US HC p.53
*Locqui Wyval - aka 'Wyval'Midnight Tides, Chapter 5, US TPB p.140
*Luthuras
*Purlith bats
*Stantars
*Trol
==In Midnight Tides==
A cavern in the Refugium contained twelve gates to other places, including Starvald Demelain. Ulshun Pral, one of the Imass of the Refugium, told Udinaas and Feather Witch that the gate to Starvald Demelain had been closed "by the mixed bloods who gathered long ago." He named the mixed bloods as Draconus, K'rul, Anomandaris, Osserc, Silchas Ruin, Scabandari, Sheltatha Lore, Sukul Ankhadu, and Menandore.Midnight Tides, Chapter 15, US SFBC p.485
==In Reaper's Gale==
Shadowthrone and Menandore struck a deal granting the God of Shadow one-time use of the Refugium's gate to Starvald Demelain in return for his help in the goddess' fight against Sukul Ankhadu and Sheltatha Lore.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 5, US HC p.128-129 
Emroth, one of the Crippled God's Unbound, passed through Omtose Phellack towards the Refugium. She was joined on the journey by the ghost of Hedge, who suspected she might be attempting to turn the thousands of Imass that lived there to the worship of the Crippled God. But when he realised she was more likely interested in the realm's gate to Starvald Demelain where anything was possible, including the destruction of the warrens, he killed her with a cusser.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 17, US HC p.506-508 
The group of Silchas Ruin, Seren Pedac, Udinaas, Wither, and Kettle were guided by Clip through Kurald Galain to a gate that led to Starvald Demelain.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 21, US HC p.662 
 
After passing through the gate, they found a world of black volcanic ash beneath a vast nearly black sky. Even the three blazing suns could barely cut through the darkness. The air was lifeless and foul, bearing a taint of immeasurable grief that seemed to drain the strength from the body and spirit. The rough plain before them was covered with the bodies of hundreds of dead dragons.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 21, US HC p.664 Although the dragons' bones were shattered and their skin and sinew was desiccated and contracted, none showed any sign of wounds. They had all died of old age, not violence, and perished where they settled facing another gate that led to the Refugium. Udinaas compared the sight by the Refugium gate to blue flies dying on the sill of a window which remained closed despite the flies' attempts to escape.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 23, US HC p.721-724 
The arch of the Refugium gate had flanks that "were high as towers, thin to the point of skeletal, while the arch itself seemed twisted, like a vast cobweb wrapped around a dead branch. Enclosed by this structure was a wall smooth and grey, yet vaguely swirling widdershins – the way through, to another world." At its base they found the desiccated body of the Bentract Bonecaster who had sacrificed herself in an attempt to save the dying Refugium. The same gate appeared to burn in silent flames on the Refugium side that momentarily winked out as Ruin's party passed through.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 23, US HC p.732 
Menandore declared to her sisters that Starvald Demelain was the very heart of the Warrens, the heart of K'rul. The Bonecaster's attempt to seal the gate with her own soul was affront that weakened K'rul and weakened everything.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 23, US HC p.720 
According to his promise to the Azath Tower, Silchas Ruin delivered the Azath's seed to the Refugium and used Scabandari Bloodeye's Finnest to awaken Kettle House. At the same time this carried out his revenge against Scabandari, making the god a prisoner of the Azath. The House grew to contain all twelve gates within the Refugium, anchoring the dying dream world to reality. Afterwards, Quick Ben speculated that this had been Shadowthrone and Cotillion's plan all along as the Azath's control of the gates meant the two gods now had full access to them.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 23, US HC p.741
==In Toll the Hounds==
Dillat's Dark and Light recorded how war had raged amongst the dragons once all the First Born (but one) had bowed their necks to K'rul. The children of the dragons, bereft of their inheritance, rose in battle to reject the First Born. Anomander Rake and Osserick had already tasted the blood of T'iam and others came to do the same. War raged upon all the Realms as long as the Gates of Starvald Demelain remained open. Under Osserick, Kurald Liosan was the first Realm to seal the portal between itself and the Realm of the dragons. He cleansed the world of all rivals--the Soletaken and the feral purebloods--and drove out the D'ivers. Crone found much fault in the book's account, so it was unclear how much of this report was accurate.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 1, US SFBC p.52-54
==In Fall of Light==
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==Notes and references==
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