A Malazan Book of the Fallen Collection 2

followers of exiled Prince Arard of Coral
    Lestari Guard: refugee Palace Guard from the city of Lest
    Capan: name for distinct self-contained neighbourhoods and people in Capustan
    Daru Quarter: old town at centre of Capustan
    The Thrall: old Daru keep now home to the Mask Council
     
    THE FOURTEEN ASCENDANTS OF CAPUTAN'S MASK COUNCIL
    Fener/Tennerock
    Trake/Treach
    D'rek
    Hood
    Burn
    Togg
    Beru
    Mowri
    Oponn
    Soliel and Poliel
    Queen of Dreams
    Fanderay
    Dessembrae
    Shadowthrone
     
    PEOPLES AND PLACES
    The Rhivi: pastoral nomadic society in central plains of Genabackis
    The Barghast: a warrior caste tribe found on various continents:
    Ilgres Clan
    White Face Clan (including: Senan, Gilk, Ahkrata, Barahn, Nith'rithal)
    T'lan Imass (the Armies of the Diaspora):
    Logros, Guardians of the First Throne
    Kron, First to the Gathering
    Betrule (lost)
    Ifayle (lost)
    Bentract (lost)
    Orshayn (lost)
    Kerluhm (lost)
    Tiste Andii: an Elder Race
    Jaghut: an Elder Race
    K'Chain Che'Malle: one of the Four Founding Races, presumed extinct
    Moranth: a highly regimented culture, centred in Cloud Forest
    Daru: a cultural and linguistic group on Genabackis
    Capan: a citizen of Capustan
    Domin/Pannion: name for a new empire on Genabackis
    Lestari: a citizen of Lest
    Coralessian: a citizen of Coral
    Morn: a ruined, haunted place on the southwest coast of Genabackis
    Coral: a city in the Pannion Domin
    Lest: a city in the Pannion Domin
    Capustan: a city on the north side of the Catlin River
    Darujhistan: last Free City on Genabackis
    Lamatath Plain: plains to south of Darujhistan
    Jhagra Til: T'lan Imass name for now-extinct inland sea
     
    THE WORLD OF SORCERY
    The Warrens: (the Paths – those Warrens accessible to humans )
    Denul: the Path of Healing
    D'riss: The Path of Stone
    Hood's Path: the Path of Death
    Meanas: The Path of Shadow and Illusion
    Ruse: the Path of the Sea
    Rasham: The Path of Darkness
    Serc: the Path of the Sky
    Tennes: the Path of the Land
    Thyr: the Path of Light
     
    The Elder Warrens:
    Kurald Galain: the Tiste Andii Warren of Darkness
    Kurald Emurlahn: the Tiste Edur Warren
    Tellann: the T'lan Imass Warren
    Omtose Phellack: the Jaghut Warren
    Starvald Demelain: the Tiam Warren, the First Warren
     
    THE DECK OF DRAGONS – The Fatid (and associated
    Ascendants)
    High House Life
    King
    Queen (Queen of Dreams)
    Champion
    Priest
    Herald
    Soldier
    Weaver
    Mason
    Virgin
    High House Death
    King (Hood)
    Queen
    Knight (once Dassem Ultor)
    Magi
    Herald
    Soldier
    Spinner
    Mason
    Virgin
    High House Light
    King
    Queen
    Champion
    Priest
    Captain
    Soldier
    Seamstress
    Builder
    Maiden
    High House Dark
    King
    Queen
    Knight (Son of Darkness)
    Magi
    Captain
    Soldier
    Weaver
    Mason
    Wife
    High House Shadow
    King (Shadowthrone/Ammanas)
    Queen
    Assassin (the Rope/Cotillion)
    Magi
    Hound
    Unaligned
    Oponn (the Jesters of Chance)
    Obelisk (Burn)
    Crown
    Sceptre
    Orb
    Throne
     
    ASCENDANTS
    Apsalar, Lady of Thieves
    Beru, Lord of Storms
    Burn, Lady of the Earth, the Sleeping Goddess
    Caladan Brood, the Warlord
    Cotillion/The Rope (the Assassin of High House Shadow)
    Dessembrae, Lord of Tragedy
    D'rek, the Worm of Autumn (sometimes the Queen of Disease, see Poliel)
    Fanderay, She-Wolf of Winter
    Fener, the Boar ( see also Tennerock)
    Gedderone, Lady of Spring and Rebirth
    Great Ravens, ravens sustained by magic
    Hood (King of High House Death)
    Jhess, Queen of Weaving
    Kallor, the High King
    K'rul, Elder God
    Mael, Elder God
    Mowri, Lady of Beggars, Slaves and Serfs
    Nerruse, Lady of Calm Seas and Fair Wind
    Oponn, Twin Jesters of Chance
    Osserc, Lord of the Sky
    Poliel, Mistress of Pestilence
    Queen of Dreams (Queen of High House Life)
    Shadowthrone/Ammanas (King of High House Shadow)
    Shedenul/Soliel, Lady of Health
    Soliel, Mistress of Healing
    Tennerock/Fener, the Boar of Five Tusks
    The Crippled God, King of Chains
    The Hounds (of High House Shadow)
    Togg ( see Fanderay), the Wolf of Winter
    Trake/Treach, The Tiger of Summer and Battle
    Son of Darkness/Moon's Lord/Anomander Rake (Knight of High House Dark)
    Treach, First Hero

Steven Erikson's epic fantasy sequence
continues in House of Chains, now
available from Bantam Books.
Here is the Prologue as a taster ...
     
    Verge of the Nascent, the 943rd Day of the Search, 1139 Burn's Sleep
    Grey, bloated and pocked, the bodies lined the silt-laden shoreline for as far as the eye could see. Heaped like driftwood by the rising water, bobbing and rolling on the edges, the putrifying