Midnight Tides (Book 5 of The Malazan Book of the Fallen)

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So far we’ve seen this war claim unwary soldiers on the Letherii’s own side and a fifteen year old scout. This is not a war to be proud of, is it? Karakarang, the Holy City of the Tanno cult surrenders peacefully after negotiations between Kimloc and Dujek. [103]

Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 15, US HC p.414 - In 1164 Icarium determines it has been 94,000 years since his visitA shadow wraith bodyguard! How cool! And I shudder at the idea that Hannan Mosag might have stolen Hanradi’s shadow. There is something particularly awful about shadow stealing. I find myself uncomfortable whenever it comes up in fantasy novels. That might just be me, however! The Great Meeting between the Letherii and the Edur is a failure. Emperor Rhulad launches a war to satisfy the Crippled God's desire for conquest. [138] [139]

Sheltatha Lore, daughter of Father Shadow, aka 'Sister Dusk' to the Tiste Edur (Mentioned only) [8] The Edur have sworn to destroy Mother Dark. You must warn him! Poisoned souls, led by the one who has been slain a hundred times, oh, ware this new Emperor of the Edur, this Tyrant of Pain, this Deliverer of Midnight Tides! [The speakers are shadows around the Throne] Tehol provided Tavore and her army necessary supplies and passage through the Wastelands enroute to Kolanse. He also allowed Brys to accompany them with a large detachment of Letherii forces. His small army facing nightly maulings from three tribal nations, Dassem Ultor develops a Malazan strategy that will still be known and practiced as 'Dassem's answer' decades later [87]

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Fingore: Brys Beddict loses two fingers in his duel against Rhulad Sengar. Both severed fingers end up being plot relevant come Reaper's Gale. Iron Bars, Corlo, and the rest of the Crimson Guard Second Blade become stranded in the Letherii Empire after escaping Assail. [127]

Memories of Ice, Chapter 6 - Reese says he has been working for his masters for three years and counting His brother Tehol was one of the richest people in Lether, his financial genius propelling him to a position where he owned a quarter of the Letherii economy, but he became disgusted with the exploitative nature of the system, and collapsed his business empire on purpose, choosing a life of poverty with Bugg. This was actually a test case for bringing down the entire Letherii economy, which he begins to plot at the start of the book. Silchas Ruin escapes from the now dead Azath Tower. Ruin, Iron Bars, and Ublala Pung slay the Seregahl. The Hold of Death manifests in the tower's place. Double Standard Rape: Female on Male and Double Standard: Rape, Divine on Mortal: Averted. When Menandore rapes Udinaas, it's treated as suitably horrifying, traumatic, and painful. The dangers of obsession (“A fascination that became a singular obsession through the course of that fated day”).Approximate year Li Heng and The Protectress fall to the Malazans at the hands of the T'lan Imass. [67] [68] Needless to say, dissatisfaction haunted Lether. Misery spread like a plague. No one was happy, the list of complaints as heard on the crowded, bustling streets grew longer with each day that passed.

In the imperial palace of Letheras, Brys Beddict — youngest of the Beddict brothers — has proven himself as the foremost swordsman in the Empire, and has thus earned the rank of Royal Champion, the King's closest bodyguard. Brys is an idealistic young man who only wishes to do his duty as a soldier of the Empire, but the court intrigues of Lether leave little room for a neutral party in their midst, and with the Seventh Closure approaching, events rapidly spiral out of control.

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Child by Rape: Rud Elalle is the product of Menandore raping Udinaas to get at the Wyval blood he is temporarily infected with at the beginning of the book. Since she then drops off Rud in a community of Imass to be raised, though, Rud becomes a very friendly, caring youth willing to stand up to his own mother to protect the Imass. Upon meeting Rud for the first time, Udinaas has a That Thing Is Not My Child! reaction, but after getting used to the thought, he makes for a good father in the later books. Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 3, UK PB p.137, During the Malazan civil war Silk says that it has been nearly a century since Ryllandaras' imprisonment Year(+/- 1) of Dujek Onearm's birth according to a reference in Gardens of the Moon. [73] Go to Talk:Timeline for discussion of possible timeline inconsistency. Scabandari Bloodeye betrays Silchas Ruin, slays his entire force, and leaves him imprisoned within an Azath House. [12] A Jaghut mother, hunted by Imass gives her son and daughter to Kilava, who then places them in the Rent [30]