Stump Flit

Stump Flit was a Northern Genabackis deity, known also as the 'Salamander God, Highest of High Marshals'. He was a trickster-figure of special interest to the indigenous people (especially the Bole brothers) inhabiting the area around the city and swamp of Mott and the Blackdog Forest, who viewed him with great ambivalence.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US HC p.288
==In The Bonehunters==
Stump Flit came unwelcomed to Crump of the Malazan 14th Army in Y'Ghatan while the sapper was in a drug-induced reverie following his eating of Carelbarra. The honey, which was laced with opium, was known as the 'God Bringer' because of its hallucinogenic properties. The Salamander God teased Crump, an ex Mott Irregular, with hints of what Crump's brothers would do to him in revenge if they caught up with him. The Trickster also kept trying to get Crump to take ahold of his tail, but when Crump finally did so, Stump Flit bolted, leaving his tail in Crump's grasp and racing away in peals of laughter. As Crump knew, this was the only joke that the Salamander God possessed.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US HC p.231The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US HC p.288
==In Reaper's Gale==
As the Bonehunters Fleet was making its way to the city of Letheras, Stump Flit and his amazing tail came to the mind of Crump/Jamber Bole as he ogled with awe the admirable rump of Masan Gilani.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US TPB p.612
==In Toll the Hounds==
The Salamander God was associated in the mind of the swamp witch, Precious Thimble, with the unusually good 'survival rate' of members of the Bole family, (including Amby Bole and Jula Bole) despite their seemingly complete lack of common sense in risky situations.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 13, US TPB p.423
==In Dust of Dreams==
In Letheras, Crump/Jamber Bole arrived, uninvited, to a gathering hosted by Deadsmell on the night of Fiddler's Deck of Dragons reading for the Adjunct, Tavore Paran, which one and all considered an extremely unwise thing to be doing. Crump had brought with him to Deadsmell's place a large piece of wood, which he said he wanted to carve into something - a fish, a cavalry troop, or a representation of the Salamander God. He decided, however, against carving Stump Flit as being too dangerous - which, as things turned out, was a good decision.Dust of Dreams, Chapter 3, US HC p.105-106Dust of Dreams, Chapter 3, US HC p.112
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