History Characters / MalazanBookOfTheFallenAzathanaiGodsAndAscendants

[[folder:Our Lady the Blessed Savior]]

A local deity worshipped in Korel.

* TheCaligula: Deconstructed. We're treated to a blow-by-blow account of his descent into madness, and it's treated as tragedy rather than menace.

* KnifeNut: While his image weapon, [[KnowsTheRopes a rope]], seems to be his main choice for fighting, he is proficient with all kinds of weapons and poisons that come with his chosen field of occupation.

* KnifeNut: Knives are Sorry's weapons of choice. Quick Ben and Kalam recall an incident in which instead of killing a man, she basically mutilated him until even seasoned killer Kalam could not watch any longer and had to step in and kill the poor sod. She retains her preference for knives even after the possession ends.

* BloodKnight: While [[BarbarianHero Karsa Orlong]] [[DynamicCharacter mellows out some]] during the course of the series, he begins it as straight-up obsessed with combat, bloodshed and [[GloryHound glory]]. He arrogantly derides his companion Bairoth Gild for advising caution when they are about to ambush the warriors of a rival tribe and charges straight in. Even as he sees more of the world and learns to think before acting, he never stops charging right into battle for battle's sake. He also wants to end civilazation as it is and has no compunctions about the bloodshed that would cause.

* DynamicCharacter: Karsa Orlong is introduced as a deconstruction of the BarbarianHero with a helping of DeliberateValuesDissonance, what with his culturally prescribed casual attitude towards rape, murder and theft and his disdain towards anything he perceives as a weakness. He ends the series [[spoiler:holding a dying beggar and mourning society's lack of compassion]]. He still plans to bring down civilization, but his reasons have gone from seeking glory to wanting to create a world that functions like a village in which everyone knows and helps everyone else.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Karsa Orlong is a BloodKnight and a {{deconstruction}} of the BarbarianHero from a race known as the [[OurGiantsAreBigger Teblor]], while Samar Dev is a slim and short human HotWitch and engineer. Karsa having little social graces and bordering on a HeManWomanHater who [[DynamicCharacter learns his lesson]] would bring his courtship of Samar into humorous territory if it wasn't a deliberate {{deconstruction}} of BiggerIsBetterInBed. Karsa is acutely aware of ''that'', but somehow, between books, they manage to become a couple.

* MysteriousEmployer: To the Crimson Guard in ''Blood and Bone''. She manages to persuade K'azz to lead an expedition to Jacuruku due to his fear of [[spoiler:the shard of the Crippled God being freed form the Dolemns of Tien,]] ultimately [[spoiler: offering K'azz a position at her side and killing Skinner.]]

* HomeFieldAdvantage: While the biggest obstacle to successful Malazan invasions of Korel has been the Marese fleet, the Lady rendering their mages impotent is also a major headache.

* HomeFieldAdvantage: While the biggest obstacle to successful Malazan invasions of Korel has been the Marese fleet, the Lady rendering their mages impotent is also a major obstacle.