The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen (86 page)
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Authors: Steven Erikson
T
HE
D
ECK OF
D
RAGONS
—T
HE
F
ATID
(
AND ASSOCIATED
A
SCENDANTS
)
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)
Obilisk (Burn)
Crown
Sceptre
Orb
Throne
Bonecaster:
a shaman of the T’lan Imass
Chance:
a sword dedicated to Oponn
D’ivers
: a higher order of shape-shifting
Dragnipur
: a sword used by Anomander Rake
Finnest
: an object used as a repository of power by a Jaghut
Otataral:
a magic-negating reddish ore mined from the Tanno Hills, Seven Cities
Soletaken
: an order of shape-shifting
The T’orrud Cabal
: the Cabal of Darujhistan
The Tyrant Kings
: the ancient rulers of Darujhistan
Warrens of Chaos
: the miasmic paths between the Warrens
Apple
A Genabackan Free City
Blackdog Forest
On the continent of Genabackis, large boreal forest on shield bedrock, site of major battles between the Malazan Empire and the armies of Caladan Brood and the Crimson Guard during the First Campaigns
Cloud Forest
Home of the Moranth, situated on the northwest coast of Genabackis
Darujhistan
Legendary city on Genabackis, largest and most influential of the Free Cities, situated on the south shore of Lake Azur and peopled mainly by Daru and Gadrobi populations; the only known city to use natural gas as an energy source
Dhavran
A city west of Darujhistan
Free Cities
Mercantile alliance of city-states in northern Genabackis, all but one of which has since been conquered by the Malazan Empire
Gadrobi Hills
Hill range east of Darujhistan, sparsely inhabited at present although once the homeland of the Gadrobi people
Garalt
A Genabackan Free City
Genabaris
Large Malazan-held city on northwest coast of Genabackis and principal debarkation point during the campaigns
Gerrom
A small rural town in Itko Kan
Graydog
A Genabackan city
Itko Kan
Province on the continent of Quon Tali, within the Malazan Empire
Kan
The capital city of Itko Kan
Laederon Plateau
Northern tundra of Genabackis
Lest
City-state to the east of Darujhistan
Malaz City
Island city and home of the founding Emperor of the Malazan Empire
Malazan Empire
An empire originating on Malaz Island off the coast of the Quon Tali continent. The original founder was the Emperor Kellanved and his cohort Dancer, both of whom were assassinated by Laseen, the present Empress. The Empire spans Quon Tali, the subcontinent of Falar, Seven Cities, and the coasts of north Genabackis. Additional forays include the continents of Stratem and Korel
Meningalle Ocean
Genabackan name for Seeker’s Deep
Mock’s Hold
A Keep overlooking Malaz City where the Emperor and Dancer were assassinated
Moon’s Spawn
A floating mountain of black basalt inside which is a city, home of the Son of Darkness and the Tiste Andii
Moranth Mountains
The mountain range encircling Cloud Forest
Mott
A Genabackan city
Mouse Quarter
An ill-fated district in Malaz City
Nathilog
Malazan-held city in northwest Genabackis
Nisst
A Genabackan Free City
One Eye Cat
A Genabackan Free City
Pale
Free City on Genabackis, recently conquered by the Malazan Empire
Pannion Domin
Emerging empire in southeast Genabackis, ruled by the Pannion Seer
Porule
A Genabackan Free City
Quon Tali
Home continent of the Malazan Empire
Rhivi Plain
Central plain, north Genabackis
Seeker’s Deep
Malazan name for Meningalle Ocean
Setta
City on eastern coast of Genabackis
Tahlyn Mountains
Mountain range on north side of Lake Azur
Tulips
A Genabackan Free City
Unta
Capital of the Malazan Empire, on Quon Tali
Despot’s Barbican:
an ancient edifice and remnant of the Age of Tyrants
Hinter’s Tower:
an abandoned sorcerer’s tower in the Noble District
Jammit’s Worry
: the east road
K’rul’s Belfry/Temple:
an abandoned temple in the Noble District
Phoenix Inn:
a popular haunt in the Daru District
Quip’s Bar:
a ramshackle bar in the Lakefront District
The Estates
(the Houses)
The Old Palace (Majesty Hall)
: present site of the Council
Worrytown
: the slum outside the wall on Jammit’s Worry
GATES
BOOK TWO OF THE
MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN
STEVEN ERIKSON
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.
DEADHOUSE GATES: BOOK TWO OF THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN
Copyright © 2000 by Steven Erikson
Originally published in Great Britain by Bantam Press, a division of Transworld Publishers
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.
Maps by Neil Gower
A Tor Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
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®
is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Erikson, Steven.
Deadhouse gates : Steven Erikson.â1st ed.
p. cm.
“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”
ISBN: 978-0-7653-1002-6
I. Title.
PS3605.R55D43 2004
813â².54âdc22
2004058083
eISBN 9781429926492
This novel is dedicated to two gentlemen:
D
AVID
T
HOMAS
, J
R.
,
who welcomed me to England
with an introduction to a certain agent, and
P
ATRICK
W
ALSH
,
the agent he introduced me to
.
There has been a lot of faith shown over the years,
and I thank you both.
With deepest gratitude I acknowledge the following for their support: the staff at Café Rouge, Dorking (keep the coffees comingâ¦.); the folks at Psion, whose extraordinary 5 Series was home to this novel's first draft; Daryl and crew at Café Hosete; and, of course, Simon Taylor and the rest at Transworld. For my family and friends, thank you for your faith and encouragement, without which all that I achieve means little. Thanks also to Stephen and Ross Donaldson for their kind words, James Barclay, Sean Russell, and Ariel. Finally, a big thank-you to those readers who took time to write their comments on various Web sitesâwriting is a solitary, isolating activity, but you have made it less so.
On the Path of the Hand
Icarium
, a mixed-blood Jaghut wanderer
Mappo
, his Trell companion
Iskaral Pust
, a High Priest of Shadow
Ryllandaras
, the White Jackal, a D'ivers
Messremb
, a Soletaken
Gryllen
, a D'ivers
Mogora
, a D'ivers
The Malazans
Felisin
, youngest daughter of House Paran
Heboric Light Touch
, exiled historian and ex-priest of Fener
Baudin
, companion to Felisin and Heboric
Fiddler
, 9th Squad, Bridgeburners
Crokus
, a visitor from Darujhistan
Apsalar
, 9th Squad, Bridgeburners
Kalam
, a corporal in the 9th Squad, Bridgeburners
Duiker
, Imperial Historian
Kulp
, cadre mage, 7th Army
Mallick Rel
, chief adviser to the High Fist of the Seven Cities
Sawark
, commander of the guard in the Otataral mining camp, Skullcup
Pella
, a soldier stationed at Skullcup
Pormqual
, High Fist of the Seven Cities, in Aren
Blistig
, Commander of Aren Guard
Topper
, Commander of the Claw
Lull
, a captain in the Sialk Marines
Chenned
, a captain in the 7th Army
Sulmar
, a captain in the 7th Army
List
, a corporal in the 7th Army
Mincer
, a sapper
Cuttle
, a sapper
Gesler
, a corporal in the Coastal Guard
Stormy
, a soldier in the Coastal Guard
Truth
, a recruit in the Coastal Guard
Squint
, a bowman
Pearl
, a Claw
Captain Keneb
, a refugee
Selv
, Keneb's wife
Minala
, Selv's sister
Kesen
, Keneb and Selv's first-born son
Vaneb
, Keneb and Selv's second-born son
Captain
, owner and commander of the trader craft
Ragstopper
Bent
, a Wickan cattle-dog
Roach
, a Hengese lapdog
Wickans
Coltaine
, Fist, 7th Army
Temul
, a young lancer
Sormo E'nath
, a warlock
Nil
, a warlock
Nether
, a warlock
Bult
, a veteran commander and Coltaine's uncle
The Red Blades
Baria Setral
(Dosin Pali)
Mesker Setral
, his brother (Dosin Pali)
Tene Baralta
(Ehrlitan)
Aralt Arpat
(Ehrlitan)
Lostara Yil
(Ehrlitan)
Nobles on the Chain of Dogs (Malazan)
Nethpara
Lenestro
Pullyk Alar
Tumlit
Followers of the Apocalypse
Sha'ik
, leader of the rebellion
Leoman
, captain in the Raraku Apocalypse
Toblakai
, a bodyguard and warrior in the Raraku Apocalypse
Febryl
, a mage and elder adviser to Sha'ik
Korbolo Dom
, renegade Fist leading the Odhan army
Kamist Reloe
, High Mage with the Odhan army
L'oric
, a mage with the Raraku Apocalypse
Bidithal
, a mage with the Raraku Apocalypse
Mebra
, a spy in Ehrlitan
Others
Salk Elan
, a traveler on the seas
Shan
, a Hound of Shadow
Gear
, a Hound of Shadow
Blind
, a Hound of Shadow
Baran
, a Hound of Shadow
Rood
, a Hound of Shadow
Moby
, a familiar
Hentos Ilm
, a T'lan Imass Bonecaster
Legana Breed
, a T'lan Imass
Olar Ethil
, a T'lan Imass Bonecaster
Kimloc
, a Tanno Spiritwalker
Beneth
, a crime lord
Irp
, a small servant
Rudd
, an equally small servant
Apt
, an aptorian demon
Panek
, a child
Karpolan Demesand
, a merchant
Bula
, an innkeeper
Cotillion
, patron god of assassins
Shadowthrone
, Ruler of High House Shadow
Rellock
, a servant
