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Letherii Titles
Acquitor:
a sanctioned position as guide/factor when dealing with non-Letherii peoples
Atri-Preda:
military commander who governs a city or town
Ceda:
title of King's own mage
Finadd:
equivalent of captain in the military
Preda:
equivalent of commander or general in the military
Sentinel:
the King's Voice in establishing first contact with non-Letherii peoples
The King's Leave:
a title relieving the holder of all criminal convictions
Lether Place Names
Burl Square:
a square in Letheras
Cedance:
the dominant set of Tiles (see the Holds)
Cul Street:
a street in Letheras
Down Markets:
a district in Letheras
Errant's Heel:
an alley in Letheras
Eternal Domicile:
the new palace under construction in Letheras
Huldo's:
a restaurant in Letheras
Katter Bight:
a stretch of water outside Old Katter
Kraig's Landing:
upriver from the city of Trate
Lether:
the kingdom and its protectorates
Letheras:
the capital city of Lether
Merchants' Tolls:
equivalent of a stock market in Lether
Purser's District:
a district in Letheras
Quillas Canal:
one of the main canals in Letheras
Rat Catchers' Guild:
a mysterious guild active throughout Lether
Red Lane:
a lane in Letheras
Rild's:
a restaurant in Letheras
Scale House:
headquarters of the Rat Catchers' Guild, Letheras
Sherp's Last Lane:
a lane in Letheras
Soulan Bridge:
a bridge in Letheras
Stinking House:
abode of Selush the Dresser of the Dead
Tarancede Tower:
a watchtower overlooking Trate Harbour
Temple School:
an educational institution in Letheras
The Temple:
a high-end brothel in Letheras
Urum's Lenders:
an establishment in Letheras
Windlow's Meatgrinders:
an abattoir in Letheras
Letherii Cities, Villages and Forts
Awl
Brans Keep
Bridle
Cargo
Desden
Dissent
Dresh
Fent Reach
First Maiden Fort
First Reach
Five Points
Fort Shake
Gedry
Harness
High Fort
Letheras
The Manse
Miner Sluice
Old Gedure
Old Katter
Second Maiden Fort
Thetil
Third Maiden Fort
Trails
Trate
Truce
Letherii Protectorates
Bluerose
Karn
Korshenn
Pilott
Pockface Islands
Neighbouring Kingdoms
Kolanse
Letherii Military
Artisan Battalion
Bluerose Battalion
Cold Clay Battalion
Crimson Rampant Brigade
Fent Garrison
Grass Jackets Brigade
Harridict Brigade
Katter Legion
Maiden Garrison
Merchants' Battalion
Shake Legion
Trate Legion
Wave Wake Brigade
Whitefinder Battalion
Letherii Phrases
Blue Style Steel:
an earlier method of ironmongery
Docks:
commonest denomination of Lether money
Dresh Ballista:
a multi-quarrel war weapon
Letheran Steel:
a secret method of ironmongery
Letherii:
that of Lether, also the name of the language and of the people
Levels:
the coin of the wealthy of Lether
Lupe Fish:
a large carnivorous fish resident in Lether River and the canals of Letheras
Ootooloo:
a primitive but singular sea-creature from Bluerose
Peaks:
the coin of the filthy rich in Lether
(The) Seventh Closure:
prophesied renaissance
(The) Shrouded Sisters of the Empty Throne:
Educators
Stripling:
lowest denomination of Lether money
Truce Fever:
a common, curable fever
Tusked Milk:
an alcoholic beverage
Tiste Edur Places and Names
Arapay:
subjugated and easternmost tribe of Tiste Edur
Beneda:
subjugated tribe of Tiste Edur
Calach Breeding Beds:
coastline where Tusked Seals breed
Den-Ratha:
subjugated, northernmost tribe of Tiste Edur
Hasana Inlet:
an inlet claimed by the Tiste Edur
Hiroth:
dominant tribe of the Tiste Edur
Kaschan Inlet:
an inlet claimed by the Tiste Edur
Knarri:
a whaling and fishing craft
K'orthan:
raider longboats
K'risnan:
the Warlock King's cadre of sorcerors
Merude:
subjugated tribe of Tiste Edur
Morok Tree:
a blue-leafed tree used in funeral practices
Sollanta:
subjugated tribe of Tiste Edur
Stonebowl:
a natural depression at the base of a gorge north of the main Hiroth village
Other Names, Titles and Terms
(The) Eres'al:
the spirit goddess of the Nerek
Faraed:
an assimilated people in Lether
Fent:
an assimilated people in Lether
Jheck:
a northern tribe
Ken'ryllah:
a type of demon
Kenyll'rah:
a type of demon
Khalibaral:
a type of demon
Meckros:
a civilization of mobile, floating cities
N'purel:
the Whiskered Fish of the Kenyll'rah homeworld
Nachts:
Jaghut-bred versions of bhoka'rala
Nerek:
an assimilated people in Lether
Onyx Wizards:
sorcerors of Bluerose (defeated in conquest)
Tarthenal:
an assimilated people in Lether
The Seregahl:
the five gods of the Tarthenal
Mythos (Letherii, Edur and other)
(The) Black Winged Lord:
divinity worshipped in Bluerose
Kilmandaros:
an Elder Goddess
Mael:
an Elder God
Menandore
(Betrayer, Dawn)
Scabandari Bloodeye
(Father Shadow, Emurlahnis)
Sheltatha Lore
(Daughter Dusk)
Silchas Ruin
(The Betrayer)
Sukul Ankhadu
(The Fickle, Dapple)
The Holds
T
HE
T
ILES
The Beast Hold
Bone Perch
Elder
Crone
Seer
Shaman
Hunter
Tracker
The Azath Hold
Heartstone
Keeper
Portal
Path
Mason
Tomb
Guest
Barrow
Root
Wall
The Dragon Hold
Queen
Consort
Liege
Knight
Gate
Wyval
The Lady
Blood-Drinker
Path-Shaper
The Ice Hold
Ice Throne
Walker
Huntress
Shaper
Bearer
Child
Seed
The Empty Hold
Empty Throne
Wanderer
Mistress
Watcher
Walker
Saviour
Betrayer
The Fulcra (unaligned)
Shapefinder
The Pack
The Errant
Axe (Eres)
Crow (White Crow)
Fire
Dolmen
Blade
Knuckles
BOOK SIX OF THE
MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN
STEVEN ERIKSON
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE BONEHUNTERS: BOOK SIX OF THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN
Copyright © 2006 by Steven Erikson
All rights reserved.
Originally published in Great Britain in 2006 by Bantam Press, a division of Transworld Publishers.
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To Courtney Welch.
Keep the music coming, friend.
For all that is made real
In this age descending
Where heroes leave naught
But the iron ring of their names
From bardic throats
I stand in this silent heart
Yearning the fading beat
Of lives fallen to dust
And the sifting whisper
Proclaims glory's passing
As the songs fail
In dwindling echoes
For all that is made real
The chambers and halls
Yawn empty to my cries â
For someone must
Give answer
Give answer
To all of this
Someone
The Age Descending
Torbora Fethena
Thanks to the usual suspects, including my early-draft readers Chris, Mark, Rick, Courtney, and Bill Hunter who has proved invaluable on the mechanics and full listing of variants of the Deck of Dragons â but listen, Bill, no more walking miles through the rain, right? Cam Esslemont for a most diligent read-through â I'm glad at least one of us has got the timeline right. Clare and Bowen, as always. To the staff at Bar Italia for seeing me through another one â three novellas and four novels and twenty-two thousand lattes, that was quite a run, wasn't it? Steve, Perry and Ross Donaldson, for the friendship. Simon Taylor, Patrick Walsh and Howard Morhaim, for the good work done each and every time.