A Malazan Book of the Fallen Collection 2

rewarded.
    As he knew it would be.
     
    This ends the fourth tale of the
Malazan Book of the Fallen

GLOSSARY
     
ASCENDANTS
    Anomander Rake: Son of Darkness
    Apsalar: Lady of Thieves
    Beru: Lord of Storms
BRIDGEBURNERS
    Burn: The Sleeping Goddess
    Cotillion: The Rope, Patron of Assassins, High House
Shadow
    Dessembrae: Lord of Tears
    Draconus: an Elder God and forger of the sword Dragnipur
    D'rek: The Worm of Autumn
    Fener: the Bereft
    Gedderone: Lady of Spring and Rebirth
    Hood: King of High House Death
    Jhess: Queen of Weaving
    K'rul: an Elder God of the Warrens
    Mael: an Elder God of the Seas
    Mowri: Lady of Beggars, Slaves and Serfs
    Nerruse: Lady of Calm Seas and Fair Winds
    Oponn: Twin Jesters of Chance
    Osserc/Osseric/Osric: Lord of the Sky
    Poliel: Mistress of Pestilence and Disease
    Queen of Dreams: Queen of High House Life
    Shadowthrone: Ammanas, King of High House Shadow
    Sister of Cold Nights: an Elder Goddess
    Soliel: Lady of Health
    The Azath: the Houses
    The Crippled God: The Chained One, Lord of High
House of Chains
    The Deragoth: of the First Empire of Dessimbelackis
    The Seven Hounds of Darkness
    The Whirlwind Goddess
    Togg and Fanderay: The Wolves of Winter
    Treach/Trake: The Tiger of Summer and Lord of War
     
THE GODS OF THE TEBLOR (The Seven Faces in the Rock)
    Urugal the Woven
    'Siballe the Unfound
    Beroke Soft Voice
    Kahlb the Silent Hunter
    Thenik the Shattered
    Halad the Giant
    Imroth the Cruel
     
ELDER PEOPLES
    Tiste Andii: Children of Darkness
    Tiste Edur: Children of Shadow
    Tiste Liosan: Children of Light
    T'lan Imass
    Eres/Eres'al
    Trell
    Jaghut
    Forkrul Assail
    K'Chain Che'Malle
    The Eleint
    The Barghast
    The Thelomen Toblakai
    The Teblor
     
THE WARRENS
    Kurald Galain: The Elder Warren of Darkness
    Kurald Emurlahn: The Elder Warren of Shadow, the
Shattered Warren
    Kurald Thyrllan: The Elder Warren of Light
    Omtose Phellack: The Elder Jaghut Warren of Ice
    Tellann: The Elder Imass Warren of Fire
    Starvald Demelain: The Eleint Warren
    Thyr: The Path of Light
    Denul: The Path of Healing
    Hood's Path: The Path of Death
    Serc: The Path of the Sky
    Meanas: The Path of Shadow and Illusion
    D'riss: The Path of the Earth
    Ruse: The Path of the Sea
    Rashan: The Path of Darkness
    Mockra: The Path of the Mind
    Telas: The Path of Fire
     
THE DECK OF DRAGONS
    High House Life
    King
    Queen (Queen of Dreams)
    Champion
    Priest
    Herald
    Soldier
    Weaver
    High House Death
    King (Hood)
    Queen
    Knight (once Dassem Ultor, now Baudin)
    Magi
    Herald
    Soldier
    Spinner
    Mason
    Virgin
    High House Light
    King
    Queen
    Champion (Osseric)
    Priest
    Captain
    Soldier
    Seamstress
    Builder
    Maiden
    High House Dark
    King
    Queen
    Knight (Anomander Rake)
    Magi
    Captain
    Soldier
    Weaver
    Mason
    Wife
    High House Shadow
    King (Shadowthrone/Ammanas)
    Queen
    Assassin (The Rope/Cotillion)
    Magi
    Hound
    High House of Chains
    The King in Chains
    The Consort (Poliel?)
    Reaver (Kallor?)
    Knight (Toblakai)
    The Seven of the Dead Fires (The Unbound)
    Cripple
    Leper
    Fool
    Unaligned
    Oponn
    Obelisk (Burn)
    Crown
    Sceptre
    Orb
    Throne
    Chain
    Master of the Deck (Ganoes Paran)
     
PLACES IN 'HOUSE OF CHAINS':
    SEVEN CITIES
    Aren: a Holy City
    Balahn: a small village north of Aren
    Ehrlitan: a Holy City north of Raraku
    Erougimon: a tel north of Aren
    G'danisban: a city east of Raraku
    Jhag Odhan: the wastes west of Seven Cities
    Lato Revae: a city west of Raraku
    Sarpachiya: a city west of Raraku
    Thalas River: west of Raraku
    The Oasis: Holy Desert Raraku
    The Whirlwind Warren
    Vathar Crossing: site of battle on Chain of Dogs
    Y'Ghatan: self-styled First Holy City
     
    GENABACKIS
    Culvern: a town
    Genabaris: a city
    Laederon Plateau
    Malybridge: a town
    Malyn Sea
    Malyntaeas: a city
    Ninsano Moat: a town
    Silver Lake
    Tanys: a town
    Drift Avalii: an island southwest of the continent of Quon
Tali
    The Nascent: a flooded world

Steven Erikson's epic fantasy sequence continues in Midnight
    Tides. Here is the Prologue as a taster...
     
    The First Days of the Sundering of Emurlahn
The Edur Invasion, the Age of Scabandari Bloodeye
The Time of the Elder Gods
    From the twisting, smoke-filled clouds, blood rained down. The last of the sky keeps, flame-wreathed and pouring black smoke, had surrendered the sky. Their ragged descent had torn furrows through the ground as they struck and broke apart with thunderous reverberations, scattering red-stained rocks among the heaps of corpses that covered the land from horizon to horizon.
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