Shalmanat

Shalmanat had been the legendary Protectress of Li Heng, supposedly since the city's founding.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 3, UK Bantam Press PB p.138
==In Reaper's Gale==
Throatslitter's father told stories of Li Heng's fall to the Malazans. On a spring morning after Kellanved had usurped the pirate Mock and taken control of Malaz Island, strange figures wearing furs and bone helmets and wielding misshapen swords and axes appeared suddenly on the battlements of the Palace of the Protectress. The palaces' vaunted Guard were not seen to challenge Kellanved's T'lan Imass even as tendrils of smoke rose from their barracks. Rumours held that the Protectress was seen falling from the High Tower by the City Temple. Thousands of T'lan Imass then emerged from the Inner Focus Gate to occupy the city. After a half-dozen suicidal skirmishes, the city's army surrendered and by day's end officers and nobles of the high court knelt in fealty before the future emperor.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 14
==In Return of the Crimson Guard==
Hurl was questioning Silk about an apparent bolt-hole under Li Heng. He confirmed that it had not been used, that they should have known that 'she' would never have abandoned the city. Hurl realised that Silk was talking about Shalmanat, the legendary protectress of Li Heng who had been slain by "Kellanved - or Dancer, to be precise" during the Malazan conquest of the city after she had refused to flee to safety.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 3, UK Bantam Press PB p.138
==In Dancer's Lament==
She admitted to Silk that she was a Tiste Liosan who became disillusioned with the war between light and dark and fled to the Malazan realm in order to build something in peace. She was an extremely powerful magus that called upon Kurald Thyrllan and held some measure of control over Ryllandaras. She ruled the city along with a group of chosen magi.Dancer's Lament, Chapter 8, US HC p.153-155
After having seen her might, the people of Li Heng started worshipping her as patron goddess of the city, much to the outrage of the priests of Burn, the official patron deity.Dancer's Lament, Chapter 22, US HC p.525
==In Deadhouse Landing==
Shalmanat summoned Dassem Ultor to a meeting with her in the palace to ask for his help in making his God intervene against the plague which was spreading in the city. Dassem refused, saying he could not as he was only a servant of Hood and the god would not intervene in such matters, which was as Shalmanat had feared. Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 4, UK HB p.75-77
==In Kellanved's Reach==
During Kellanved and Dancer's invasion of Li Heng, four summoned T'lan Imass surrounded Shalmanat at the top balcony of the palace. They found her rulership over humans 'distasteful' and offered her the choice of returning to Kurald Liosan, or death. Shalmanat protested that her people would not have her, but the T'lan were indifferent. Shalmanat damned the pitiless Imass and threw herself over the balcony, disappearing in a blinding flash.Kellanved's Reach, Chapter 20, UK HB p.300-302
==Notes and references==
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