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Anomander Rake

**Anomander Rake** also known by his titles of the **Lord of Moon's Spawn**, **Son of Darkness** and **Knight of Darkness** was the leader of the Tiste Andii. He was said to be "*seated on the Throne of Sorrow*"; a reflection of the loss and apathy his people had suffered.

Baruk described Rake as having jet-black skin, a mane which flowed silver and features, sharp as if cut from onyx. The Tiste was nearly seven feet tall and on that occasion was cloaked and wore boots. He carried the enormous two-handed sword Dragnipur on his back. There, it was "surrounded in its own breath of preternatural darkness."

Rake's eyes were described as multihued with a slight upward tilt and large vertical pupils. Baruk perceived them as changing colour from a deep hue of amber to grey and banded, a rainbow of colours changing depending on Rake's mood. Whilst with Baruk, Rake's eye colour was in turn green, dun, grey and black. When Paran encountered Rake, he describe their colour as a deep, cold blue which lightened to sky blue a short while later.

As a mage he made use of the Elder Warren of Kurald Galain. Baruk could feel the power emanating from Rake and judged him to be more powerful than the Malazan High Mage, Tayschrenn.

By the time of *Gardens of the Moon*, Rake disliked the title "Son of Darkness", saying it was used "by those fools who think me worthy of worship."
Tavore Paran

**Tavore Paran** was the second child of House Paran and sister to Ganoes and Felisin. She was a year younger than her brother, so was most likely born in the 1143rd year of Burn's Sleep, presumably in Unta where the family was based.

In 1161 BS, Tavore was described as being almost as tall as Ganoes, plain with pale eyes, a slash of bloodless lines comprising her features, with reddish hair trimmed shorter than was the style. Three years later in 1164 BS, she was described as "tall, somewhat broad in the hips, her breasts slightly oversized for her frame" with "unyielding, unprepossessing features", unremarkable eyes, and her cropped, reddish hair now streaked with grey. When not arrayed for battle her "clothes were well made, but plain and virtually colourless."

Ganoes implied that Tavore had been in the habit of making up for him, assuming the burdens of his failures. He thought her cold and canny as a child, unable to accept defeat, and somehow able to avoid the habit of self-pity that he had inherited from their parents. He also noted that she had no care for her standing amongst the nobility, but highly valued her professional reputation in the eyes of the Empress and her court. Paran described her as cold-eyed, pragmatic, free of sentimentality, and brutally rational. Felisin thought her older sister had never known a playful moment as a child.

Tavore was regarded as being 'cold iron'. At the age of nine, she had claimed her brother's toy soldiers to recreate historical battles between the Kingdom of Unta and the rebelling House D'Avore, working through every possible sequence of tactics as she sought victory where Duke Kenussen D'Avore had failed.
Phoenix Inn

The **Phoenix Inn** was a popular haunt and drinking den in the Daru district of Darujhistan used regularly by Kruppe and his friends.

It was described as an old building with a poorly lit entrance and yellow light bleeding through dirty windows. The wooden sign which hung above the door, bore the faded image of a bird dead on its back with feet jutting upward. Steps led up to the door which had some kind of railing.

Upon entering, there was a table near the far wall, beneath a gallery, which was where Kruppe and his friends mostly used to sit. The room also had a bar and drinks might be served in mugs or pewter tankards. The Inn stocked Gredfallan Ale. The counter was made of wood and there was a kitchen attached to the main room.

The Inn had at least one upstairs floor with rooms which were occupied either long or short-term by guests.
Grolims

The **Grolim** were the hereditary priesthood of the Angaraks and of their god, Torak. They worshiped him in their temples, making use of bloody sacrifices to please him. They always wore black robes. Some Grolims were sorcerers, and they were distinguished by a lining to their robes. Grolims often wore steel masks.

Grolims were found throughout Angarak lands, but they did not have their own country. In Mallorea, their power was balanced by the secular military. The Mallorean Grolims were ruled by Urvon, a Disciple of Torak.

The Western Grolims answered to the Sorcerer Ctuchik, another Disciple of Torak, who ruled from Rak Cthol. Later they were led by Agachak. In the west, Grolim power was nearly absolute, particularly among the Murgos and Thulls. However, their hold on the Nadraks was weak at best.
Elene Church

The **Elene Church** is the official church of the continent of Eosia (excluding Zemoch). The Elene Church believes in one God, who is reported to be all-powerful and forgiving. The name of the Elene God is a closely kept secret in the Church. The Elene Church teaches that there is a Devil (this is affirmed by Bevier in *The Ruby Knight*). The Elene Church does not recognise the existence of any other gods, although the Church Knights are permitted to be trained in the secrets of Styricum, which involves making supplications to the Younger Gods of Styricum. This practice has been approved by all the Archprelates for the last nine hundred years, but there are some in the Church, such as Patriarch Ortzel, who oppose it. The Styric Goddess Aphrael remarks that the Elene God is "stuffy". She says that every time she goes into the Basilica of Chyrellos, she has to talk to him. She also remarks that the infantile Tamul Gods irritate the Elene God. In the background story, a god's strength and power is related to the number of his followers, so the Elene God's quirk in not allowing his followers to acknowledge the existence of other gods is most likely a way to prevent them from converting to other faiths and thus weakening his power.
Malazan Book of the Fallen

***Malazan Book of the Fallen*** is a high fantasy book series by the Canadian author Steven Erikson. The series, published by Bantam Books in the U.K. and Tor Books in the U.S., consists of ten volumes, beginning with *Gardens of the Moon* (1999) and concluding with *The Crippled God* (2011). Erikson's series is extremely complex with a wide scope, and presents the narratives of a large cast of characters spanning thousands of years across multiple continents.

His plotting presents a complicated series of events in the world upon which the Malazan Empire is located. Each of the first five novels is relatively self-contained, in that each resolves its respective primary conflict; but many underlying characters and events are interwoven throughout the works of the series, binding it together. The Malazan world was co-created by Steven Erikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont in the early 1980s as a backdrop to their GURPS roleplaying campaign. In 2005, Esslemont began publishing his own series of six novels set in the same world, beginning with *Night of Knives*. Although Esslemont's books are published under a different series title – *Novels of the Malazan Empire* – Esslemont and Erikson collaborated on the storyline for the entire sixteen-book project and Esslemont's novels are considered to be as canonical and integral to the series' mythos as Erikson's own.

The series consists of the following books:

* *Gardens of the Moon* (1999)
* *Deadhouse Gates* (2000)
* *Memories of Ice* (2001)
* *House of Chains* (2002)
* *Midnight Tides* (2004)
* *The Bonehunters* (2006)
* *Reaper's Gale* (2007)
* *Toll the Hounds* (2008)
* *Dust of Dreams* (2009)
* *The Crippled God* (2011)

The series has received widespread critical acclaim, with reviewers praising the epic scope, plot complexity and characterizations, and fellow authors such as Glen Cook (*The Black Company*) and Stephen R. Donaldson (*The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant*) hailing it as a masterwork of the imagination, and comparing Erikson to the likes of Joseph Conrad, Henry James, William Faulkner, and Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Burn's Sleep

**Burn's Sleep** was the predominant era in Malazan history covered by *Malazan Book of the Fallen* series. The name itself referenced the amount of time that the goddess Burn had been asleep. The first book of the series, *Gardens of the Moon* began in the year 1163 of Burn's Sleep. Prophecies predicted the death of humankind when the goddess awoke.
Aldur

Aldur is the eldest of the seven gods. He is worshipped by no race of people, but has a number of disciples: Belgarath, Beldin, the twins Belkira and Beltira, Belzedar (formerly), Polgara, Belmakor (deceased), Belsambar (deceased), Belgarion, Beldurnik (formerly Durnik, admitted in the Malloreon), and Poledra, as mentioned in *Polgara the Sorceress*. His totem animal is the owl; this is never mentioned in the primary story (though the owl is commonly associated with his disciples), but appears in the *Rivan Codex*.

After Aldur and his brothers create the world in which the stories are set, Aldur refuses to take a seventh part of mankind to worship him, leaving the ancestors of the Ulgos, Dals, Morindim, Karands, and Melcenes Godless. Instead, he takes disciples, prepending *Bel-* to their names. Polgara and Poledra are also counted among the Disciples, as is shown by the prefix *Pol-* being the feminine of *Bel-*. At one stage, Aldur also names Polgara as his *Beloved daughter*, although this may be connected to the title "Ancient and Beloved", given to her father Belgarath. The Disciples all at some time take residence at the Vale of Aldur, where each disciple has its own tower, apart from Poledra and Polgara who inhabit a cottage at the far edge of the Vale. Aldur also possesses a tower, wherein furniture may appear or disappear as he wishes.
Toc the Elder

**Toc the Elder** had disappeared during Empress Laseen's purges of the Old Guard at the time of the old Emperor's death. When the Imperial Adjunct, Lorn, told his son that she had known the former commander and that the Empress regretted his death, Toc the Younger told her that he did not believe that his father had died.

Toc the Elder had been one of Kellanved's family, the group of people who had coalesced around Kellanved and Dancer to conquer Malaz Island from Mock the pirate and form the Malazan Empire.

Apart from Toc the Younger, Toc also had two older sons Ingen and Leese. Their mother was never mentioned but given Toc the Younger's thoughts about his own mother, she was likely another woman. Toc the Elder raised his three children among the Seti people, spending many years with them.
Belgarath the Sorcerer

***Belgarath the Sorcerer*** is a fantasy novel by American writers David Eddings and Leigh Eddings.

Set in the same universe as the Eddings' *The Belgariad* and *The Malloreon*, it is a prequel to the other series, although the framework story is set after the events of *The Malloreon*.

The book opens shortly after the end of *The Malloreon* with Belgarion, with help from Durnik, pestering Belgarath to write an autobiographical account of the events prior to *The Belgariad*. The core of the book is in the form of Belgarath's memoirs starting with his becoming an outcast from his village and becoming first disciple of the god Aldur and ending with the birth of Belgarion—a span of about seven thousand years.
Bonehunters

The **Malaz 14th Army,** also known as Bonehunters, was commissioned in Aren in 1164 of Burn's Sleep under the command of Adjunct Tavore Paran. It was made up of three legions: the 8th, 9th and 10th Legions. Their objective was to defeat the armies of the Apocalypse and reconquer Seven Cities.

The 14th had a large number of untried recruits, half of them originated from Quon Tali.

Command of the 8th Legion was given to Fist Gamet, command of the 9th Legion was given to Fist Blistig and command of the 10th Legion was given to Fist Tene Baralta.
Crippled God

The **Crippled God**, the **Chained One**, **The Shattered God**, **Fallen God**, or **Fallen One**, was a majorly disfigured Ascendant who frequently came into conflict with the other gods and goddesses of the world. He could be considered the main antagonist of the *Malazan Book of the Fallen*.

The Crippled God often appeared as a bent figure wrapped and hooded in rags or blankets, inhabiting a dilapidated, sunbleached tent along a sandy beach. He was usually found huddled over a smoking brazier, and spoke in raspy voice intermingled with hacking coughs and laboured breathing. He had long, tangled hair and his thin mangled hand appeared to have every one of its bones broken. His features were hidden in darkness beneath his hood. He was in constant agony and cast seeds into the brazier's coals to thicken the heady smoke.
David Eddings

**David Carroll Eddings** (July 7, 1931 – June 2, 2009) was an American fantasy writer. With his wife Leigh, he authored several best-selling epic fantasy novel series, including *The Belgariad* (1982–84), *The Malloreon* (1987–91), *The Elenium* (1989–91), *The Tamuli* (1992–94), and *The Dreamers* (2003–06).
Pandion Knight

One of the four orders of Church Knights, this order specializes in swordsmanship.

Sparhawk, Martel, Vanion, Kalten, Dolmant, and many others are or once were Pandions. Like the other Orders, they have a Styric instructor in the magical arts, a position held by Sephrenia for centuries before her departure at the end of the Elenium, and they work their spells through Aphrael. The Pandions are generally based in Elenia, though they have operations in many places. They are described as the most worldly of the four orders.

The Pandion Order are protectors of the Kingdom of Elenia, and Queen Ehlana. Known for their implacable resolve, a reputation for brutality and martial skill, the Pandions are a feared group. The Preceptor of the Pandion Order at the time of the books is Lord Vanion. Vanion is secretly in love with the Pandion's teacher of the Secrets of Styricum, Lady Sephrenia, and the entire order loves her and calls her their "little mother". The paramount Knight of the Pandions is Sir Sparhawk, main protagonist of both *The Elenium* and *The Tamuli* and lifelong pupil of Vanion. Sparhawk is a bleak and foreboding man, possessed of an unearthly calm, and a steadfast devotion to duty. In an Order of expert swordsmen, Sparhawk stands head and shoulders above the rest. It has been said his only equal was the renegade Pandion, Martel. Like all Pandions, Sparhawk wears black lacquered armor, a visored helmet, and carries a heavy shield. The members of the order also wear white/silver surcoats, with the Pandion insignia in the center. The Pandion Knights appeal to the Styric goddess, Aphrael for their spells.

The Pandions have an independent streak, only marginally hindered by their oaths to follow the commands of a ranking churchman. The Pandion insignia is an osprey (pandion is part of the Latin for osprey) ,wings outspread holding a spear in its talons
Kalam Mekhar

**Kalam Mekhar** was an assassin, originally from Seven Cities, who had been among the Claw's best before a falling out. He was black-skinned and described as moving effortlessly despite his girth. Other descriptions noted him as being tall and broad shouldered, big and almost bear-like in appearance, but in possession of a certain grace. He had dark eyes.

Kalam spoke with a north Seven Cities accent, melodic and round and had a deep, smooth laugh. According to Quick Ben, when Kalam spoke in a certain low tone, he was at his most dangerous.

The second part of his name signified that Kalam was a member of the Mekhar tribe which used to live towards the west of Aren. He and Quick had a habit of speaking in tandem. Their friendship had begun long before both men became Bridgeburners.

According to Salk Elan, during his early pre-Imperial days in Karashimesh, Kalam had had another partner named Porthal K'nastra.

As a former member of the Claw, Kalam possessed an advanced inner discipline of mind and body. He could staunch his own bleeding wounds with his thoughts alone. He could also decrease his body temperature to a level indiscernible from cobble or stone to prevent detection by those with enhanced sight.

Kalam's favourite weapon was the compact crossbow used by the Claw. He sometimes carried a pair of them attached to wrist braces under his voluminous sleeves. He wore moccasins.
Quick Ben

**Ben Adaephon Delat**, commonly known as **Quick Ben**, was squad mage of the 9th Squad, Bridgeburners. Originally from the Seven Cities continent, he still spoke Malazan with a harsh Seven Cities accent.

Quick Ben was black-skinned and tall with a lean face and fine ascetic features. He had a row of neat, smallish, white teeth. His long hands were almost feminine and also described as thin and spidery. He wore leather armour over a heavy quilted tunic, thin wool undergarments, leather leggings, and moccasins. His voice took on a strange lilt whenever he struggled against speaking his mind.

Whiskeyjack once stated that while Kruppe might have been the most intelligent man alive, Quick Ben was but a short step behind.

His long-standing friendship with Kalam Mekhar, the two of them often working together, led to a habit of the pair talking in tandem.
Sadi

**Sadi** was the Chief Eunuch of the Palace of Queen Salmissra of Nyissa during the time of Garion. An accomplished apothecary with a large stock of chemicals, drugs, poisons and a very small poisonous snake named Zith which he uses to advantage. He is very pragmatic about the murder and poisioning that goes on in the court of Nyissa, but does prefer it when there's less murder. He meets Belgarion and his companions when they fist come to Nyissa. Later, he travels to Riva for Belgarion's coronation, and thanks Polgara for transforming the queen into a snake, saying it has made all of their lives in the court much easier.

Sadi was eventually dismissed from his post as the Chief Eunuch due to overstepping certain bounds of who he was allowed to kill. Sariss, a scheming eunuch, had sought the position of Chief Eunuch for himself. Sariss blew "the matter out of proportion" and Sadi fell out of favor with the queen. Sadi helped Belgarion and his companions during the search for the kidnapped Prince Geran, initially by posing as a Nyissan slave trader to help them enter Cthol Murgos, and eventually joining them all the way to Mallorea. He is described in the Prophecy in the Mrin Codex as "The Man Who Is No Man."

Sadi is very useful between administering various pharmaceuticals to scare, inducing truth or talkativeness, detecting poisons, and a variety of other bad habits (espionage, political maneuvering, causing corruption). He is extremely unemotional, although he isn't mean, like a cold blooded snake, he views the world coldly, although he needed drugs to relax when dealing with Salmissra in her chamber, which implies that some of his reserve, at least, is from narcotics.

In *Enchanters' End Game*, Salmissra apologizes to Sadi for giving him a hard time when she was a woman, although she modifies her apology by saying, "not much of course, but just a little".
The Ruby Knight

Sir Sparhawk and his companions seek the Bhelliom, a powerful magical artifact in the form of a sapphire carved in the shape of a rose, the only object with enough power to cure the rare poison administered to Queen Ehlana. The Bhelliom was last known to have been mounted on the crown of the Thalesian King Sarak.

The characters travel to the house of Count Ghasek whose sister is ill, as her soul was stolen by Azash, an Elder God of Styricum, whose spirit was confined in a clay idol. Sephrenia and the others manage to cure Lady Belina, though she has been rendered hopelessly mad by destroying the idol which was controlling her power. The Count then tells them about the giant's mound where King Sarak was buried.

After finding King Sarak's grave they learn that the crown had not been buried with him. They encounter a serf who tells them about the great battle which killed the King and how the Earl of Heid retrieved the fallen King's crown and cast it into the dark murky waters of Lake Randera.

The search for Bhelliom suffers a setback when Ghwerig, the deformed dwarf troll who originally carved the gem into the shape of a rose, retrieves the Bhelliom first after his own centuries-long search to reclaim his beloved gem.

Sparhawk and his companions follow Ghwerig to his secret cave hidden in the mountains of Thalesia. The book ends with Sparhawk and his squire Kurik giving Ghwerig fatal injuries. Ghwerig then intentionally rolls off a cliff into a chasm, Bhelliom still clutched in his hand. The girl Flute dives into the chasm only to rise out again with the Bhelliom and depositing it into Sparhawk's hands, thereby revealing her true identity as Aphrael, Child-Goddess of Styricum.
Ascendant

**Ascendants** were individuals who had transcended death. In the time of the First Empire they had been called First Heroes. Ascendants could become gods if they gained sufficient following among mortals, but they were not gods by default. Those without worshippers were considered unchained, or Unaligned in the language of the Deck of Dragons. Gods who lost their worshippers remained ascendant, but were effectively emasculated unless worship was somehow renewed.

Ascendants possessed some sort of power — be it sorcery, personality, or something else — that gave them an unusual degree of efficacy. Their strength of will meant that when they acted, the results rippled through everything. They were more or less immortal, but could be killed. They had access to magic, even if they were not mages prior to their ascension. But ascendancy had its drawbacks. Ascendants began to see things differently and think differently. Power drew power like a force in nature and a confluence of energies. Ascendents drew the interest of other ascendants, gods, and powers, which was not something to take lightly. Seven Cities was one of two continents which were especially unhealthy places to be an ascendant. The other was not revealed.

Oponn maintained that Ascendants would try to rig every game and Oponn delighted in uncertainty. They also stated that Shadowthrone and The Rope did not play fair.

Tattersail claimed that when Dassem Ultor turned on his patron god Hood, "all at once other Ascendants started meddling, manipulating events."

Ganoes Paran theorised that ascendancy was "a natural phenomenon, an inevitable probability." He believed enough pressure from a mass of people caused ascendants to arise as heroes, and over generations to become gods representing some long-lost golden age. A large number of ascendants living at the same time might cause difficult and unsettled conditions, but eventually the numbers would shake themselves out.
Mappo Runt

**Mappo Runt** was a full-blooded Trell and Icarium's companion. He was big even for a Trell, with broad shoulders, sinewy muscled long arms, and a mane of black hair braided and studded with fetishes. He had deep, warm brown skin, and eyes the color of sand, set deep in a robustly boned, pallid face. His massive sharp canines became exposed whenever he grinned, and his fingers were blunt and wrinkled. He possessed the ability to see in the dark.

Mappo's homeland was on the other side of the Jhag Odhan (as stated from the location of the temple of Tesem).

He wore leather armour, though his natural hide was thicker, and moccasins.

Mappo carried a large leather saddlebag over his shoulder presented to him by his Clan's witches. It contained a small, private Warren giving it a basically unlimited carrying capacity. Within the bag he kept his cooking utensils, bedding, tents, healing elixirs, and the occasional irritating person. It also stored a massive petrified bone club ensorcelled by seven Trell witches. The club was half again as long as his arm and had once been the thigh bone of a powerful prehistoric beast. It was hard as iron and golden in lustre. Its tip was ringed by thumb-sized spike-shaped teeth.
Borune

Ran Borune does not have a son to pass the crown onto (his daughter not being allowed to inherit the crown), and therefore the entire empire (and as a result of its sway over the continent, the entire western world) is practically "killing each other in the streets of Tol Honeth" in order to gain the crown and start a new imperial dynasty. However, the "wily" Ran Borune "adopted" the Duke of Anadile, General Varana, as his son, and after his death, the general, in front of all the major lords and nobles of the empire, declared himself "Ran Borune XXIV, Lord of all Tolnedra", to the incredible outrage of the major houses. The general, however, was a great supporter and leader of the legions, and had gained their full loyalty, support and love, and with this incredible power behind him, not even the most arrogant lords noble houses dared openly confront him (although a few Honethite lords plotted against him in secret). Already, before Ran Borune XXIV ascended the throne, the Third Borune Dynasty was already the longest running dynasty in Tolnedran history, and is not at an end, with General Varana assuming the title of Ran Borune XXIV and not Ran Anadile I.
Bridgeburners

During the conquest of Seven Cities, the unit that would become the Bridgeburners was tasked with hunting down a Cabal of thirteen mages which fled through the Pan'potsun Wastes and across the Holy Desert Raraku. They were a collection of seventy marines, engineers, infantry, and cavalry veterans cobbled together from decimated squads that Dassem Ultor could afford to sacrifice. For the pursuit, the company under the command of Whiskeyjack was given as guide a Claw agent who was native to Seven Cities, Kalam Mekhar.

During the chase, body after body was found but the unit was itself nearing death. As they approached the edge of the Raraku desert, they came upon the last remaining mage, Quick Ben. In the confrontation that followed, Kalam was revealed to be in league with Quick Ben and accused of attempting to lead the unit to its death whilst crossing Raraku. Seeing the changes in the soldiers wrought on them by Raraku, Quick Ben and Kalam were stunned, and they pledged their allegiance to the unit. Ultimately they were brought into the company itself, naming it the 'Bridgeburners' because Raraku had burned the bridges of their pasts, of who they once were.

That night, the Bridgeburners saw their first blood-letting engagement. They singlehandedly crushed the 400 desert warriors holding nearby G'danisban and retook the rebel city.

The story of the forging of the Bridgeburners was told by Whiskeyjack to Anomander Rake.
Nedra

Nedra is the second-oldest of the seven gods. He is the god of the Tolnedrans, and his totem animal is the lion. Nedra instills the values of thrift and wealth into his people: as a result, Tolnedrans are often associated with the idea of greed and Emperor Varana, as the representative for the Tolnedrans, is characterised as the archetypal skeptic. This suggests the Tolnedrans to be a materialistic race. Their culture thrives on enterprise and commerce.
Riva

Riva was born in the kingdom of Aloria to King Cherek. He went with his father, two brothers, Dras and Algar, and Belgarath the Sorcerer to retrieve the Orb of Aldur from the Angarak God, Torak in Cthol Mishrak. He then became the Guardian of the Orb and the King of the Island country of Riva after Aloria was split up. Shortly after he arrived at Riva, he forged the Sword of the Rivan King, with the help of Belgarath and the Alorn god, Belar. Sixteen years after he got the Orb and became King he married Belgarath's daughter, Beldaran who was also the twin sister of the Sorceress Polgara. He had a son named Daran. After his wife died from a disease, Riva disappeared from the public eye lost in overwhelming grief. He wasn't seen again until Daran was married and then when Daran had his son Cherek. Riva held his grandson, smiled at him and then he went back to his room and died in his sleep. He also later becomes the ultimate Grandfather of the Godslayer, King Belgarion.
The Sapphire Rose

Sparhawk now has possession of the Bhelliom, so he returns to Cimmura and uses it to cure Queen Ehlana. Unfortunately, when returning the symbolic ring of the monarchy to her, she, perhaps deliberately, mistakes his action for a marriage proposal. The engagement has been publicly announced before he has had time to clarify this - although it seems unlikely that Ehlana would have been willing to break the engagement anyway. After curing the Queen of her illness, the knights ride for Chyrellos to prevent the Primate of Cimmura from ascending the throne of Archprelate. An enormous army lays siege to the Holy City.

Meanwhile, the evil God Azash and his servant, Otha, have been massing their forces along the eastern border of Eosia in preparation for an invasion of the west. Sparhawk decides, after consultation with his superiors in the Church, to take Bhelliom and travel to Zemoch with several others, with the intention of destroying Azash.

They reach the city of Zemoch, and find the temple which contains the mud idol to which Azash is confined. By a slightly odd mixture of subtlety and brute force, they gain access to the inner room - but not without the loss of Kurik, Sparhawk's squire and friend. Sparhawk duels with Martel, another of Azash's accomplices, and kills him; he then goes on to destroy Azash himself, who takes Otha and Annias with him.

The end of the series comes to a close with the birth of Sparhawk's daughter Danae, who reveals herself to be Aphrael.
Seven Cities

**Seven Cities** was a sub-continent north of Quon Tali and west of Genabackis that had been conquered by the Malazan Empire. It was an ancient land, built upon the ruins of countless cities dating back to the First Empire. Hot, dry, and largely desert, its sands obscured forgotten pathways, hoarded power, and soaked up sorcery. Every foot of the land had been walked by Ascendants.

To the northwest it was bounded by the Sepik Sea and the Dryjhna Ocean. To the north, by the Kokakal, Maadil, Talgai, Otataral, and Bandiko Seas, as well as the Sea of Kaltepe Kadesh. To the east were the Sea of Gallada, the Sahul and Dojal Hading Seas, and Seeker's Deep. To the south lay the Cragg Sea and Quon Tali. The Clatar Sea was contained within the south-central portion of the continent itself.

Whiskeyjack commented that Mock's Hold was about 3000 leagues from Seven Cities.

Seven Cities supplied the front lines on Genabackis.

Ganoes Paran thought that the natives of Seven Cities had a predisposition for causing trouble and attributed the problems of the Genabackis Campaign to the pre-dominance of Seven Cities natives in the Malazan 2nd, 5th, and 6th Armies.
Eleint

The **Eleint** were an ancient and powerful race of pure dragons, not to be confused with Soletaken Eleint. They possessed more than one heart.Their home was the Elder Warren of Starvald Demelain.

Among the most natobale eleint include:

* Alkend
* Ampelas
* Anthras (or Telorast Anthras)
* Arak Rashanas
* Atrahal
* Dalk Tennes
* Dralk
* Eloth
* Habalt Galanas
* Iskari Mockras
* Kalse
* Karatallid
* Karosis (or Kerudas Karosias, or Curdle)
* Kessobahn
* Korbas
* Korabas
* Latal Menas
* Okaros
* Olar
* Silanah
* Sorrit
* T'iam
Cthol Murgos

**Cthol Murgos** is a fictional country in the fantasy book series The Belgariad  and The Malloreon  by David Eddings .
The country is bordered on the east by the Sea of the East , a vast body of water created when the god Torak, having stolen the Orb of Aldur, used it to split the world asunder. On the north lies Mishrak ac Thull, home of the Thulls, and west lies Tolnedra. Major cities in Cthol Murgos include Rak Cthol and Rak Goska.

The inhabitants of the country are often described as "slant-eyed" and are known as Murgos, and are one of the Angarak  races who worship Torak. A separate caste of priests known as Grolims are spread throughout Cthol Murgos, and they have sorcerous powers (while within the borders of Cthol Murgos, at any rate).

At the time of The Belgariad  Cthol Murgos is ruled by King Taur Urgas. The Urgas family demonstrates an hereditary disposition towards insanity in the male line, growing worse as each ages. Extreme fits of rage were not uncommon; Taur Urgas repeatedly beat his wives and even starting chewing on carpet when he was very angry. By the end of the *The Belgariad* Taur Urgas had been killed in battle by King Cho-Hag of Algaria, succeeded in The Malloreon by his son Urgit who has no trace of the Urgas insanity.
King of Hell

The **King of Hell** is the ruler of demons, including being master to Demon Lords such as Mordja and Nahaz. Long before the creation of the world (possibly the universe), UL bound the King of Hell in chains that bound him to Hell. Hell appears to be another universe or dimension, as mentioned briefly in the Seeress of Kell.

He is a hidden antagonist in the Malloreon until the very end. The King of Hell sought to use either Mordja or Nahaz to gain the Sardion and use the Sardion's power to wrest the Orb of Aldur from Garion. Then he would use the power of both stones to become the new God, and break his chains and then contend with UL.
Olar Ethil

**Olar Ethil** was first among the Bonecasters of the Logros T'lan Imass, and was known as the First Soletaken.

She was described as hugely boned, the skull beneath her thin, withered flesh bestial. She wore a scaled, leathery cloak of skin that hung down to the ground behind her. Unadorned by a helm, the broad, flat skull revealed only a few remaining patches of skin that each bore but a few strands of long, white hair.

In her Soletaken form, she was a colossal Eleint, that was "an undead twin to T'iam, who spawned all dragons".
Perivor

The **Kingdom of Perivor** was an island nation located in the Dalasian Protectorates, lying in the Eastern Sea to the southwest of the continent Mallorea and south of the Turim Reef.

Originally inhabited by Dals, Perivor was discovered by an expedition of Mimbrates that, despite the generally poor seakeeping of Mimbrate vessels, managed to sail around southern Cthol Murgos before wrecking on this island. Some Mimbrates wanted to marry with the Dals, but some others wanted to take them as serfs. This led to serfdom being abolished. The Mimbrates established the traditions of their homeland, and as such the culture of their descendants, the Perivorans, was that of Mimbre, blended somewhat with the mystical ways of the Dals. They painted their capital city of Dal Perivor yellow in order to match the yellow stone of Vo Mimbre.
Kilmandaros

**Kilmandaros** was worshipped as an Elder Goddess by the Forkrul Assail. She favored a form that possessed the physical characteristics of the species, such as more joints than a normal humanoid, allowing her to manipulate her body into odd shapes. She was obsessed with death and destruction. She was the mother of Sechul Lath and step-mother of Errastas.

Kilmandaros was usually described as a very large, muscular, bipedal hominid. She was usually naked, with skin the colour of sun-bleached bone. Her hands and arms frequently displayed the effects of some recent battering.
Mimbrates

Mimbrates are now the dominant people of Arendia, the inhabitants of the historical Duchy of Mimbre. The martial traditions of their nobility run along chivalrous lines, with Mimbrate knights in heavy armour forming a fearsome heavy cavalry collectively, and highly trained warriors individually. The Arendish civil war "officially" ended when Korodullin, Duke of Mimbre, and Mayaserana, daughter of the Duke of Asturia, married and became co-regent King and Queen. The breach was not wholly healed, and the Mimbrates remained the chief authority in Arendia, often refusing to recognize the titles of any of the Asturian nobility.
Silverfox

**Silverfox** was a Soletaken and Imass Bonecaster. She was reborn of a Rhivi woman who carried a child with no soul. She aged extremely rapidly to achieve maturity, but this accelerated growth was at the physical expense of her birth mother who aged at a similar, alarming rate.

On her way to warn Whiskeyjack of betrayal, the Malazan Mage Tattersail encountered the Thelomen High Mage Bellurdan who had been tasked by Tayschrenn to return her. With Bellurdan was the body of his former partner Nightchill, killed at Pale, upon which Tattersail had previously laid a preservation spell. The presence in the area of a T'lan Imass had made accessing Warrens extremely dangerous and seeing no other way out, Tattersail resorted to desperate measures. She opened up her Warren fully, causing a conflagration in which both she and Bellurdan, whom she embraced at the last moment, were incinerated. According to Steven Erikson, *the nature of the Tellann sorcery kicked out by Tool essentially locked Hood’s Gate for any soul leaving mortal flesh within range of its influence*. The souls instead shifted to the body of Nightchill where all three souls were preserved.

One of Kruppe's dreams was hijacked by the Elder God K'rul to create a Soletaken. Through the efforts of a pregnant Rhivi woman, the Mhybe, prepared by means unknown, and the T'lan Bonecaster Pran Chole they transferred the three souls into the body of the unborn child. The child was born with silver fur which sloughed away immediately, hence the name, Silverfox. Kruppe's dream ended with that scene.

Besides the souls of Tattersail, Nightchill, and Bellurdan there was the soul of Silverfox herself, the seed-child of the Bonecaster Pran Chole.
Draconus

**Draconus** was an Elder God. He called K'rul his brother and the Sister of Cold Nights his sister although it was unclear if those terms meant they were siblings in the human sense of the term.

Draconus did not assume the form of a dragon but rather winged darkness. He was enormous in size, appearing alike a black dragon, described as having wings like "*flames of night*", with argent reptillian eyes. Silchas Ruin pondered the question: *"Was Draconus a true Eleint? Or was he something else? All I can say is, he wore the skin of a Tiste Andii for a time, perhaps as a sour joke, mocking our self-importance— who can know?"*

Draconus had two daughters, Envy and Spite. He was also a blacksmith and the one who forged the sword Dragnipur.

Draconus had been imprisoned within his own sword by Anomander Rake while his daughters looked on.
Muros

**Muros** is a large trading hub in what is now Sendaria. It is best known for the annual cattle fair, which is so vital to the local economy that it has informed the civic design; Muros has unusually wide streets for a city, to make it easier to drive herds through.

The heirs to the Rivan Line have lived there at various points due to the anonymity that it usually offers.
Sword Coast

The **Sword Coast**, not to be confused with the Sword Coast North, was the region in western Faerûn that lay along the coast of the Sea of Swords and extended inward into to the vale. It was bordered by the Delimbiyr Vale in the North, and to the south by the merchant nation of Amn.

Some say the Sword Coast took its name from the white cliffs that rose up sharply for hundreds of miles along the coastline between the River Dessarin and Baldur's Gate. Traveling author Volothamp Geddarm attributed the region's name to its dangerous inhabitants, both humanoid and bestial.
Genabackis

**Genabackis** was a continent where much of the plot in the first books of the *Malazan Book of the Fallen* series took place. It was one of the larger continents on the planet.

It was bound to the west by Meningalle Ocean, to the north by the Hudd Sea, and to the east by the Rust Ocean. The "Free Cities of Genabackis" was an alliance of cities attempting to thwart the Malazan Empire's intention to conquer the continent. The majority of them were subjugated. As of the beginning of *Gardens of the Moon*, only Pale and Darujhistan  remained unconquered by the Malazan Empire, although Pale was defeated early on in the book.
Vanion

**Vanion** was a Pandion Knight and head of the Pandion Order. An older, but still vibrant man, he acted as equal parts father figure and drill sergeant for his Knights. Vanion held a deep affection for Sephrenia beyond the normal, a feeling quietly returned by the Styric teacher. While many knights saw this and knew that it was technically a violation of many rules against inter-religion/racial relations, none told out of devotion to their teachers.

When Queen Ehlana was poisoned, Vanion was nearly killed taking on the burden of the powerful spell Sephrenia cast to keep Queen Ehlana alive. After the crisis with Azash is dealt with he disappeared with Sephrenia to be nursed back to health.

After the events of *The Tamuli*, the two were married with the full approval of their respective deities and Bhelliom gives them a parting gift- shedding years off their ages so they both appear to be in their early twenties.
Stratem

**Stratem** was a sub-continent, that together with the Lands of Fist, formed a continent generally referred to by the Malazans as Korel, although its actual name was unknown. Stratem formed the southern portion of the continent while Fist formed the northern portion. They were separated by the Aurgatt Range.

Stratem became the homeland of the Crimson Guard after they left Quon Tali.
Tamazin

Lady **Tamazin** was the wife of Taur Urgas and mother of Urgit. She was a kindly, silver haired woman, soft spoken and thoughtful, who limped as the result of a broken hip when Taur Urgas knocked her down a flight of stairs (among other injuries from years of abuse at the hands of the mad Taur Urgas).

It was revealed that Urgit's father was not in fact the lunatic king Taur Urgas, but a Drasnian merchant, also the father of Prince Kheldar.
Tol Vordue

The Second largest city of the empire (Tol Honeth being the largest), Tol Vordue, is located in northwest Tolnedra, and is one of the largest sea ports of the western sea .It is home to the second oldest house, the Vordue family. The Vordue family ancestors were the ones to take away the crown from the Honeths back in the early days of the empire and start the second imperial dynasty, known as The First Vordue Dynasty.
Church Knights

The **Church Knights** are a fictional military organization in *The Elenium* and *The Tamuli*. The Knights are divided into four orders, created to protect the Elene Church. All the Militant Orders are trained in the Secrets of Styricum, allowing them to perform magic. Each order has its own teacher, representing one of the Thousand Younger Gods of Styricum. Church Knights are the only Elenes permitted to learn magic. The Preceptor of each Order hold equal rank to a Patriarch in the Church Hierarchy. They consist of the Pandion, Alcione, Genidian, and Cyrinic orders.

The Church Knights are considered members of the clergy, to an extent. They are hinted at being forbidden alcohol and are sworn to tell the truth. These rigid practices, however, are not well-suited to the corrupt world they inhabit, and many Church Knights routinely smuggle in a wineskin into their chapterhouses and drink in taverns, though, notably, they never seem to drink enough to get seriously drunk. Even the Preceptors ignore the prohibition against lying, using deception when necessary to accomplish their goals.

Each order has a presence in important cities in its native country and in Chyrellos. They are each based in a motherhouse that also seems to handle most of the training of novices, and each order also maintains several chapterhouses in major cities in their home country, and in Chyrellos. Each chapterhouse is ran by an administrator selected from that order's own ranks, often a person whose manegerial skills outweigh their battle prowess.

The Church Knights also engage in spying, sending members out to unstable areas to search for information. Such assignments are often long-term, requiring a knight to become an accepted member of the populace, sometimes by living for years in one place.

The orders have different methods. The Pandions are renowned as being torturers--although these rumors were started by the Pandions themselves because 1) It's very hard and very messy to torture somebody and 2) It's easier to intimidate someone into talking. The Genidians will readily contact the Troll Gods if necessary, though Church doctrine holds that the very act imperils an Elene soul. The Cyrinics seem to be perfectly willing to wait for years for an enemy to meet them on the Knights' terms and their champion, Bevier, is an expert on siegecraft and often absently corrects others' mistakes in the area.
Claw

The Claw, created by Surly, were modeled on Dancer's own assassin network, known as the Talon. Whereas the Talon was an organization whose focus was external and was used as a covert arm for military campaigns, the Claw were originally focused internally, rather like an organization of secret police, and were a network of spies and assassins.

The Claw were commanded by the Clawmaster, who was under direct command of the Emperor/Empress. The Claws were divided in groups of five, called Hands, each one under command of a Hand Leader who could contact the Clawmaster when needed. In the field, the leader of a hand was only outranked by the Clawmaster, the Imperial Adjunct and the Empress herself. Hands were trained to work as a unit, which Kalam Mekhar called both a strength and a flaw.

Early on in the Malazan series, the term Clawmaster was also applied to individual Claws (possibly those in charge of a Hand). Kalam Mekhar bore a pendant with a symbol etched into its flat surface with which he identified himself as a Clawmaster to a sergeant at Ladro Keep. According to Fiddler, Dancer and Kellanved had been murdered by Laseen's chosen Clawmasters. After *Deadhouse Gates*, the term was only used for the leader of the organisation.

The Claw abided by rules of conduct acknowledged in the wider world of assassins, including payment upon completion of contract.

The organization was accused several times of being corrupt, with several of its members putting personal wealth and power as a priority over the Malazan interests they represented.
Gardens of the Moon

***Gardens of the Moon*** is the first of ten novels in Canadian author Steven Erikson's high fantasy series the Malazan Book of the Fallen . It was first published in 1999 and was nominated for a World Fantasy Award.

The novel details the various struggles for power on an intercontinental region dominated by the Malazan Empire. It is notable for the use of high magic, and unusual plot structure. *Gardens of the Moon* centres around the Imperial campaign to conquer the city of Darujhistan on the continent of Genabackis .
Bear-Cult

The **Bear-Cult** is an organization of Alorn religious extremists. They believe in the reunification of the Alorn kingdoms, and there are chapters of the cult in every kingdom. They are a semi-militant organization that serves the High Priest of Belar.

Under the command of High Priest Grodeg the Cult grew in power, including holding a great deal of influence over Queen Islena of Cherek. Elvar, the head of the cult in Algaria sought to take possession of the Orb of Aldur, but balked when presented with the Orb itself by Errand. The Cult lost significant power when Queen Islena sent most of the leadership to fight at the Battle of Thull Mardu that resulted in the death of Grodeg. At the same time Queen Porenn of Drasnia purged all of the cultists out of her intelligence service.

After the death of Torak the cult had a reemmergence, focusing their enmity on Ce'Nedra, the Tolnedran wife of the Overlord of the West. Under the leadership of Ulfgar the cult began the practice of branding new converts on the heel with a stylized bear-paw.

For centuries the Bear Cult has been seen as a fundamental part of the religious life in the outlying rural sections of Alorn kingdoms. The Cult performs many rituals, including some that seem quasi-mystical.