Bright Knot

The Bright Knot were a Human tribe living in the wilds of northwestern Genabackis. Their encounters with outsiders were almost exclusively belligerent, leaving many fearful of them and ignorant of their culture. That their warrior caste consisted exclusively of women led some to believe they were an all-women warrior clan.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 18, EpigraphThe God is Not Willing, Chapter 11, US HC p.180 In fact, they practiced polyandry and the tribe's male members served as guardians of the hearth with responsibilty for all domestic and legal matters. Some thought them somehow related to the Mott Irregulars.
They known to wear armour made of alligator hide and arm themselves with cutlasses and throwing knives. The Bright Knot also rode shaggy ponies and armed themselves with lances decorated in feathers and strips of tattooed human skin.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 19, US HC p.368
The Bright Knot disavowed all forms of sorcery. Their healers, who could be of either gender, made use of only the resources of the forest.
According to their origin myth, the Bright Knot came from another world. Some attributed their of magic as proof of their other-worldly origins.
They sang silently with their hands, telling complex stories with gestures and waving, fluttering fingers.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 19, US HC p.376 They also used their hands to perform warding gestures over their faces.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 19, US HC p.369
It was not unknown for individual members of the Bright Knot to work for the reigning Malazan Empire as scouts.
==Notable Bright Knot==
*Sti Epiphanoz, scout
==In The God is Not Willing==
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==Notes and references==
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