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[[folder: '''Malazan Empire''']]
!!Empress Laseen
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* BastardUnderstudy: To Emperor Kellanved
* CareerKillers: Created the Claw, and served as their leader.
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: Her plan to fake a defection by Whiskeyjack and Dujek in order to take down the Pannion Domin likely cements her as this]].
* [[TheEmperor The Empress]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen
!!Adjunct Lorn
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* BreakTheCutie: Her backstory.
* BrokenBird
* CoolSword: Her Otataral blade negates magic.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Saw her family die when the mages scoured the quarter of the city where she lived.
* DarkActionGirl: Is she ever.
* TheDragon: Is one of Laseen's, alongside Topper.
* [[spoiler: [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped A Bridge On Her]]: Murdered by two back alley thugs, Irilta and Meese. She says it to Paran herself: "Can't you see the irony? No glorious end for the Adjunct"]].
* EmptyShell: Comes to see herself as one.
* HotChickWithASword
!!Whiskeyjack
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* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie: Slain by Kallor in ''Memories of Ice'']]
* CanonSue: Many see him this way.
* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist]]
* JackAttack
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* ReassignmentBackfire: Laseen demoted him to Sergeant and put him in the front lines at Pale and Darujhistan in an attempt to get him killed. This leads to him and [[spoiler: the entirety of Onearm's Host defecting to Brood's campaign against the Pannion Domin]].
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion]]
!!Dujek One-Arm
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* AFatherToHisMen
* CoolOldGuy
* HandicappedBadass
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
!!Captain Ganoes Paran
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* BlessedWithSuck: How he sees the intervention of various gods in his life.
* [[CantStayNormal Can't Stay Normal]]: Whether it's falling for a mage, being used by the Adjunct, absorbing the blood of a Hound of Shadow, or [[spoiler: becoming Master of the Deck]] Paran cannot seem to stay away from the supernatural.
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Becomes Master of the Deck of Dragons in ''Memories of Ice'', a position he'd really rather avoid]].
* CoolSword: For a while. His sword, Chance was blessed/cursed by Oponn.
* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne
!!Quick Ben
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* DefectorFromDecadence: A [[spoiler: Former High Priest of Shadow]].
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Shadowthrone]], [[GrimReaper Hood]], the [[BigBad Crippled God]], Quick Ben's made a very long list of powerful enemies, and doesn't seem to mind in the least.
* TheSmartGuy: For the Bridgeburners and the Malazan Army in general. It's been said that if [[TheChessmaster Kruppe]] is one of the smartest people in the world, than Quick Ben is only a step behind him.
* TheTrickster: Definitely has some aspects of this trope. He alters his plans easily, and plays with mortals, Ascendants and gods with equal ease.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: People and gods do this to Quick Ben a lot. It doesn't usually end well for them.
** "He was Quick Ben. He thought outwitting gods was fun." (''Dust of Dreams'')
* [[spoiler: TakingYouWithMe: Quick Ben goes out in a literal blaze of glory in ''Dust of Dreams'' unleashing all his magic at once to eliminate part of a attacking Nah-ruk invasion force. It doesn't help the Bridgeburners much...]]
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: After Quick Ben unleashes half of his warrens (sources of magical power) to blast Korbal Broach through a wall, Bauchelain, partner of the aforementioned Korbal Broach, notes that Quick Ben's power is most impressive, but that, in retrospect, he ought to have saved at least half his warrens.
-->"But Bauchelain," replies Quick Ben, "I did."
-->He then blows Bauchelain through the wall too.
!!Corporal Kalam
* BadAss
** BadassNormal: He's a former Claw. That's it. And yet he's pulled off stunts to rival those of Ascendants.
* CareerKillers: A former Claw assassin.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Not as obvious a one as Rallick Nom, but it's definitely there.
* KnifeNut
* LightningBruiser
* ScaryBlackMan: If you're on the other side from him, he ''definitely'' looks like one of these.
!!Tattersail
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* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie]]
* [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe]]
!!High Mage Tayschrenn
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* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]]
Dassem Ultor
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* {{Badass}}
* [[spoiler: FakingTheDead]]
* PosthumousCharacter
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[[folder: '''Darujhistan''']]
!!Crokus Younghand/Cutter
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* BadassNormal: Becomes one.
* GentlemanThief: How he sees himself.
* KnifeNut
* LoveHurts/ LoveMartyr: His relationship with Apsalar, which was initially portrayed as kind of cute, is more or less poisoning his life. All attempts to move on have so far, failed.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Frequently. Against opponents in his own weight class, he's very capable. Against Ascendants and monsters, not so much.
* TookALevelInBadass: Has he ever!
!!Rallick Nom
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* BadAss
** BadassNormal: Unlike the various superpowered freaks present in the storey, Rallick relies entirely on his own skill (and a little magic-negating dust).
* CareerKillers: A member of Darujhistan's Guild of Assassins.
* DualWielding: [[KnifeNut Knives]].
* HitmanWithAHeart
* KnifeNut
!!Kruppe
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* TheChessmaster
* InsufferableGenius: Oh, the man's ego.
* ManipulativeBastard
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Kruppe is way, way, ''way'' smarter than he looks. Underestimating him has had unfortunate results for many characters.
* TheScrappy: [[YourMileageMayVary Depends on who you ask]].
* ThirdPersonPerson
!!Murillio
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* TheCasanova
* InformedAbility: We're often told that Murillio is extremely skilled with the rapier. Usually right before (or as) someone or something kicks his ass.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: And rather pointlessly to boot]].
* [[spoiler: StuffedInTheFridge]]: [[spoiler: His death serves only to force Cutter to kill Gorlas Vidikas, which is in and of itself, ''completely irrelevant to the overall plot of both the entire series, and ''Toll the Hounds'''']].
!!Coll
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* TheAlcoholic: When the story begins he hasn't been sober since [[spoiler: losing his land]].
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler: Has stopped drinking since regaining his land.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hands up, anyone who expected Coll to show anything approaching ''competence or sobriety'' let alone fighting skills.
* DrowningMySorrows: And he has a lot of sorrows.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Somehow he didn't notice that his (now) ex-wife, [[spoiler: Lady Simtal]] was a psychotic (and none-too subtle) bitch.
!!Alchemist Baruk
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!!Lady Simtal
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* GoldDigger: A particularly evil version.
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler: And good riddance!]]
* ReallyGetsAround
* RichBitch
* TooDumbToLive: Commented on by everyone who knows her, including her SmugSnake accomplice Turban Orr. Who's [[spoiler: no slouch in the TooDumbToLive department himself.]]
* TheVamp
!!Snell
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* CainAndAbel: Tries to sell his handicapped sisters into slavery.
* EnfanteTerrible
* EvilIsPetty
* KidsAreCruel: Kids are snivelling monsters.
* SmugSnake
* TheSociopath
!!Bellam Nom
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* TeensAreMonsters: Fakes it incredibley well.
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[[folder: '''Caladan Brood's Forces''']]
!!Warlord Caladan Brood
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority
* {{Badass}}: Very, very BadAss.
** FourStarBadass: And in command of a BadassArmy to boot.
* DropTheHammer: His main weapon is a hammer that only he can lift. If swung, it can awaken Burn, the Sleeping Goddess of the Earth.
* FamedInStory
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightningBruiser: Heavily implied.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: As an Ascendant, Brood no longer ages.
!!Kallor
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* AgeWithoutYouth: Were it not for his use of Century Candles, Kallor would be too decrepit to move.
* AmbitionIsEvil: He wants power, no matter what the price.
* {{Badass}}
** [[spoiler: BadassAbnormal: Following his deal with the [[TheBigBad Crippled God]] he gains access to the Warren of Chaos]].
** BadassGrandpa: He's over a hundred thousand, looks to be around one hundred, and can still fight like a madman.
** BadassLongcoat: {{Justified}} as it's a chainmail longcoat.
* {{BFS}}: Not an extreme example, but Kallor's bastard sword is a two-hander and is repeatedly described as "huge", "enormous" and so on.
* CommanderContrarian: Rarely agrees with the strategy suggested by the Alliance.
* CursedWithAwesome: Subverted. Being cursed to live forever sounds great, but with the continuous aging, and FailureIsTheOnlyOption subclause, it really, really appears to suck for him.
* {{Determinator}}: Demonstrates some aspects of this in ''Toll The Hounds''.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Three gods cursed Kallor to live forever and never Ascend. He cursed them back. And it ''worked''.
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: Betrays Brood to The Crippled God for a chance at killing Silverfox.]]
--> "If you call it a sudden reversal of strategy, the sting fades."
* ElderlyImmortal
* TheEmperor: He called himself the High King, but he's much closer to this trope, specifically the EvilOverlord/ GeneralRipper variant.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: A part of his curse.
--> "Kallor Eiderann Tes'thesula each time you rise you shall than fall. All that you achieve shall turn to dust in your hands. As you have willfully done here, so shall it be visited upon you in all that you do."
* FamedInStory
* FridgeHorror: Kallor was so evil that his people dropped the Crippled God on him to try and get rid of him. This means that he is indirectly responsible for ''every bad thing that happens in the series''.
* HeroKiller: Clearly has this status by ''Toll the Hounds''.
* {{Immortality}}: Type VI. And he hates it. He's still around though, which says a lot about him.
* ImmortalityHurts: Although he'll deny it to the end.
* {{Jerkass}}
* MisanthropeSupreme: Kallor is fully aware that he is a spiteful, vicious minded bastard, who takes out his frustrations on everyone around him. He also believes that HumansAreBastards, and that as such, his tyranny and brutality are not only justified, but the norm.
* NeutralEvil: Wavers between LawfulEvil and ChaoticEvil, usually levelling out at this.
* NotSoHarmless: ''Everybody'' mocked Kallor as a bullying braggart. Right up until [[spoiler: he [[FaceHeelTurn joins with the Cripple God]] and performs an epic backstab on Brood's forces.]] Averted [[spoiler: in ''Toll the Hounds'' where he approaches near HeroKiller status]].
* NumberTwo: Serves as Brood's second-in-command.
* PrecisionFStrike: Twice during his duel with Spinnock Durav in ''Toll the Hounds''.
* {{Pride}}: Kallor is arrogant, prone to overestepping his bounds, and ''very'' touchy about insults to his person. And then there's the whole, "allowing a continent to die rather than relinquishing control of it" thing, and the obsession with power and becoming an Ascendant.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's older than most Ascendants, despite being completely mortal. He was cursed over 120 000 years ago and is still alive and kicking.
* [[spoiler: SanitySlippage: Seems to have suffered some between ''Memories of Ice'' and ''Toll the Hounds'']].
* [[spoiler: {{Turncoat}}]]
* WhatAnIdiot: Pretty much sums up everyone's behaviour around him. First they let the psycho into their army, then they mock and belittle him. Brilliant move, people.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Apparently how his people felt about him during his stint as TheEmperor.
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[[folder: '''Tiste Andii''']]
!!Annomander Rake
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* AntiVillain-->AntiHero
* BadAss: So. Very. Much.
* CoolSword: Not so much cool as [[FateWorseThanDeath terrifying]]. Anyone killed by it is trapped next to the Gates of the Warren of Darkness for all eternity. And it's black with smoking chains attached.
* DarkIsNotEvil: One of the best examples in modern lit.
* FamedInStory: There are entire poems about him.
* FateWorseThanDeath: What those slain by Dragnipur (his sword) suffer.
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* {{Immortality}} Type 1, due to both being a Tiste Andii, and his Ascendant status.
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: Or somewhere in his thirties or forties anyway.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Shapeshifts into a giant, black dragon.
* [[spoiler: MessianicArchetype]]: [[spoiler: Becomes one in ''Toll The Hounds'']]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Known as "The Son of Darkness".
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: At least 20 000 at last count.
* ScaryBlackMan: How his opponents see him.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: As a Soletaken, Rake becomes a black dragon.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: A rare, black example.
!!Korlat
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* {{Immortality}}: Type 1.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: A Soletaken, like Rake and her brother.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Whiskeyjack.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Whiskeyjack.
** MayflyDecemberRomance: Made even more inevitably shorter by [[spoiler: Kallor's murder of Whiskeyjack]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Par for the course with Tiste Andii.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl
!!Orfantal
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* {{Immortality}}: Type 1.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Shapeshifts into a big, black dragon, same as Rake.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: In ''Toll The Hounds'' he picks a fight with [[BadassGrandpa Kallor]]. It doesn't end well for him]].
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Another Tiste Andii Soletaken.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy
!!Spinnock Durav
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* BadAss
* {{Determinator}}: And a prime example at that. Despite being completely outmatched, he manages to duel ''[[BadassGrandpa Kallor]]'' for an ''entire'' night, lasting from dusk until dawn. He's cut to pieces in the attempt but never falls down. All because Rake asked him to stand between [[HeroKiller Kallor]] and Darujhistan.
* InterspeciesRomance: With a teenage girl.
* MayflyDecemberRomance
* LawfulGood/ LawfulNeutral: Somewhere between the two of them. His loyalty to Rake is his primary characteristic.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy
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[[folder: '''Tiste Edur''']]
!!Trull Sengar
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* {{Badass}}: The first person to ever successfully hold off Icarium Lifestealer.
* BladeOnAStick: His spear his his favourite weapon.
!!Ruhlad Sengar
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See '''High House Chains'''
!!Tulas Shorn
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* BackFromTheDead: Escaped Hood's realm while Death was otherwise occupied.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Transforms into a gigantic, undead grey dragon.
* ShapeShifter
* TheUndead
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: An undead Soletaken dragon.
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[[folder: '''T'lan Imass''']]
!! Onos Too'lan
* BadAss: Yes he's undead. Yes he has a host of advantages related to being undead. And yet, Tool is still incredibley BadAss.
* BadassDecay: Mild example. In ''Gardens of the Moon'' Tool was described as "without equal in this world" and capable of taking down Raest, a Jaghut Tyrant who could have challenged Annomander Rake, by himself. In ''Memories of Ice'' he's still ''very'' BadAss, but is repeatedly damaged, and [[spoiler: defeated by Mok, the BadassNormal Seguleh Third in a fair fight]]
* BerserkButton: Tool doesn't have a lot of friends. Don't hurt the ones he has.
* CoolSword: A huge, enchanted ''flint'' sword.
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: As a T'lan Imass, Tool can surive anything short of beheading or total dismemberment. It's not surprising, therefore, that these kind of tactics feature prominently in his playbook.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Like most of the T'lan Imass, Tool regularly shrugs off crippling injuries, just to remind us that, yes, he is undead.
* ImplacableMan: Comes with being a T'lan Imass, although even by they're standards he's pretty damn hard to stop.
* LonersAreFreaks: Tool is unbound, and unconnected to any clan. Other T'lan Imass tend to view him with a mix of suspicion and awe because of this.
* TheUndead: Naturally.
!!Silverfox
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* {{BBW}}: Apparently.
* CompositeCharacter: In-universe.
* CreepyChild: For a while.
* {{Reincarnation}}: Of Tattersail, Nightchill, and Bellurdan.
* VampiricDraining: Is stealing her mother's life energy without even knowing it.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She's only a few years old, but has aged herself to her early twenties.
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[[folder: '''Jaghut''']]
!!Raest
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* AGodAmI: Like many Jaghut Tyrants, Raest took perverse delight in being percieved as a god by the Imass.
* ArmourIsUseless: You don't even find out he was wearing it until several books after the fight. To be fair, he was fighting Dragons, so it probably didn't make all that much difference.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Fighting five Dragons to a draw.
** Actually, he was definitely winning.
* [[spoiler: DeadpanSnarker: Is evolving into one as the series progresses. His sense of humour is definitely an odd one though]].
* MissedMomentOfAwesome: We're repeatedly told that even if Annomander Rake manages to defeat Raest, he will be left weakened, and vulnerable to assault, that if Raest regains his Finnest even Rake's survival isn't garunteed, and that Rake is the only person with a chance of opposing the Tyrant. ''[[DeusExMachina And then a House of Azath appears out of nowhere and swallows Raest and the Finnest before the two could fuse or the fight could occur]]!''
* [[spoiler: MoralityPet: Has several Malazan soldiers find him a dead cat. He brings it to life so that it can keep him company inside the House of Azath and names it Tufty]].
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: The Jaghut loathed community and avoided it as though it were a disease, believing it led only to horror and violence. Raest is a tyrant, who gets his kicks out of enslaving weaker species.
* SealedEvilInACan: Well, sealed in a barrow anyway, and by his own species no less. His Finnest, which contains most of his power, is also an example.
* SoulJar: The Finnest has most of Raest's power in it.
* TheUndead: He's not Undead like the Imass are, but it's clear that Raest and his body no longer share a particularly intimate connection, and the destruction of the latter causes him few difficulties. [[spoiler: A straight example now that he's inside the Azath House]].
!!Gothos
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* FamedInStory
* NietzscheWannabe: Oh yeah.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
!!Pannion
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See '''Pannion Domin'''
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[[folder: '''Pannion Domin''']]
!!Pannion Seer
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* [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie]]: [[spoiler: His backstory. His mother was killed by the T'Lan Imass and he was shoved through a rent and into the arms of the K'Chain Che'Malle Matron. This has had a rather negative impact on his sanity]].
* ChaoticEvil
* DarkMessiah: As dark as they come.
* EvilOverlord
* {{Mordor}}: Is deliberately transforming his realm into one.
* ReligionOfEvil: Runs one.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's a Jaghut named Pannion in disguise]].
* SorcerousOverlord
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: He's being manipulated from the start by the Crippled God, who is messing with his emotions]].
!!Anasater, First Child of the Dead Seed
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* CompleteMonster: Subverted. Anaster crosses every MoralEventHorizon possible, encourages torture, rape, and cannibalism, and seems to have no humanity whatsoever. [[spoiler: And then you find out that he's done it all in the hopes of becoming so irridemable that someone will be [[DeathSeeker forced to kill him]].]]
* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker: Becomes a monster in the hope that someone will kill him]].
* EmptyShell: There's literally ''nothing'' left inside Anaster. All he has is his despair.
* FreakOut: When Itkovian offers to take his despair from him. It's all he has.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Toc the Younger's soul eventually takes possession of Anaster's body]].
* [[ImAHumanitarian I'm A Humanitarian]]: Encourages cannibalism among his followers and practises it himself.
* ImprobableAge: He's in his late teens and leading an army. Justified by his {{Tykebomb}} status.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: Tries this on Rake and Whiskeyjack, appearing to be a Type 2, before revealing that [[DeathSeeker he really does want to die]].
* PoisonousPerson: Briefly demonstrates this sort of ability when Annomander Rake grabs him.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Taken to the extreme.
* SociopathicSoldier
* {{Tykebomb}}: Raised since birth to lead the cannibalistic Tenescowri horde.
* {{Wangst}}: Debateably.
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[[folder: '''The Defenders Of Capustan''']]
!!Gruntle
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* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal--> BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler: When he becomes Trake's Mortal Sword, Gruntle shifts from a ''very'' capable caravan guard to a nigh-unstoppable warrior]].
* DualWielding: Cutlasses.
* HiredGuns: Worked as a caravan guard for hire.
* LightningBruiser: Big, strong and fast. Becomes stronger, and ''lethally'' quick and agile when [[spoiler: Trake selects him as his Mortal Sword]].
* PantheraAwesome: As [[spoiler: the Mortal Sword of the Tiger of Summer, Gruntle now moves like a big cat]].
* PowerMakeover: [[spoiler: His appearance becomes very, very tigerish following his selection as Mortal Sword of Trake, to the point where it creeps people out]].
* PowerTattoo: [[spoiler: Trake's blessing tattoos his skin with tiger stripes]].
* TechnicolorEyes: [[spoiler: They turn tiger-yellow]].
!!Stonny Menackis
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* LipstickLesbian/ BiTheWay: Not sure which she really is.
* RapeAsDrama
!!Brukhalian
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!!Itkovian
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* BadAss
* CelibateHero
* [[spoiler: DeathIsCheap: He's apparently returned to life by ''Toll the Hounds'']]
* TheEmpath: Can detect and absorb others' grief. Given the [[CrapsackWorld nature of the series]] there's a lot of it to go around.
* [[spoiler: Heroic Sacrifice: Dies absorbing the collective grief of the T'lan Imass]].
* [[spoiler: MeaningfulFuneral]]
* TheMessiah: "You are in pain. I will embrace you now."
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* [[spoiler: TearJerker: His death]]
* [[spoiler: TooCoolToLive]]
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''High House Chains''']]
!!The Crippled God
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* BigBad: About as close to one as the series gets
* ChaoticEvil
* TheCorrupter: The Crippled God specialises in bringing out the worst in people, typically [[DealWithTheDevil offering them exactly what they want]] in exchange for their inclusion in his House of Chains. He seems to like driving his followers/victims mad.
* DealWithTheDevil: Munug, [[spoiler: Kallor]] and many others have made them with him.
* DysfunctionJunction: His followers. It's entirely deliberate too. The Crippled God desires every member of his House to be as flawed, mentally and/or physically as he is.
* EvilCripple: Evil due to crippling. The Fall destroyed his mind.
* HiddenVillain: For the first two and a half books.
* KickTheDog: His treatment of Ruhlad Sengar. See below.
* MadGod
* TheManBehindTheMan: To ''so'' many different villains, with the [[spoiler: [[DarkMessiah Pannion Seer]] being a particularly spectacular example]].
* OmnicidalManiac: He's slowly poisoning Burn. Whether he genuinely wants her dead, or is hoping that someone will free him in order to prevent this isn't known.
* PhysicalGod
* RedRightHand: The evil god is the [[EvilCripple crippled one]]. Go figure.
* SadisticChoice: See XanatosGambit below. The best case scneario is his freedom, and the end of civilisation as they know it. The worst case scenario is the slow death of the entire world.
* SealedEvilInACan: Chained in place, to the sleeping goddess Burn.
* StartOfDarkness: He was just a foreign god who fell to earth as the result of a trap meant for [[TheEmperor Kallor]]. And went stark raving mad as a result.
* VaderBreath: Has to constantly inhale incense in order to keep his lungs clear. Even then, his breathing is still ragged and wheezing.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The fate of many of those who choose to follow him.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The Fall left him crippled, agonised and totally insane. He seems to be out to destroy the world in order to make the pain go away. It's very hard not to feel bad for him on some level.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: None of the injuries from the Fall have healed. Not one in a hundred thousand years.
* XanatosGambit: If they don't loose him, Burn dies and he gets his revenge. If they do, he's free to wreak havoc and get his revenge via other means. Kind of a win-win situation for him.
!!Rhulad Sengar
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* ArtifactOfDoom: Mystically linked to one.
* BackFromTheDead
* BlessedWithSuck: He comes back every time he's killed, but only after having his soul tortured by the Crippled God.
* BodyHorror: Covered in half-melted gold coins from a Tiste Edur death rite.
* CoolSword: Subverted. It's the ArtifactOfDoom that keeps bringing him back.
* DeathSeeker
* TheDragon: As The King in Chains, he fullfills this role with regards to the Crippled God.
* TheEmperor: Of the Letherii Empire.
* HeroicSacrifice: Which got him linked to the ArtifactOfDoom in the first place.
* {{Immortality}}: Type IV.
* ImmortalityHurts: Between getting tortured by the Crippled God in the afterlife, the BodyHorror from his funeral, his bride committing suicide rather than bear his child, and his enroaching insanity, yeah.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: When Karsa finally kills his soul]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Emperor of a Thousand Deaths.
* SanitySlippage: Gradually loses his mind as each new resurrection takes its toll on him.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Not that this was his intention. He threw his mom and dad in prison. The jail promptly flooded.
* TraumaCongaLine: His brother is murdered by Karsa, his bride kills herself, his parents are drowned in his dungeon, his people are scheming against him, he's slowly going mad, and that's without getting into the horror show that is his curse.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Not Rhulad.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* TheWoobie: This man needs a hug. And possibly a therapist.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: No matter how many times he dies, the wounds from his first death will not heal. And then there's those [[BodyHorror damn coins]] from his first funeral.
!!Karsa Orlong
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* AntiHero: Type V. Type IV on a good day.
* {{Badass}}: How his fans view him.
* BarbarianHero: Sort of. How heroic he is, is really up for debate. It's possible that Erikson meant him to be a subversion or a deconstruction.
* BaseBreaker: One of the most divisive characters in the series.
* BloodKnight
* BoisterousBruiser
* ChaoticGood/ ChaoticNeutral/ ChaoticEvil: Slides back and forth between Good, Neutral, and Evil, but is always Chaotic.
* TheDragon: The Crippled God wants him to be his Knight Of Chains. So far, Karsa has been doing his best to refuse.
* FishOutOfWater: Anytime he approaches a remotely civilised location.
* GodModeSue: How some fans see him.
* HellishHorse
* HeManWomanHater: Not a straight example as he doesn't ''hate'' women, but he does believe them to be inferior, and holds them in deep contempt, believing that [[ValuesDissonance rape is totally okay]]. His interactions with [[HotWitch Samar Dev]] and various other women may be improving him for the better, although it's hard to tell.
* HeroicSociopath: And the "heroic" part is sort of questionable.
* InherentInTheSystem: Karsa believes slavery and exploitation are inherent in society. His solution? [[DisproportionateRetribution Burn it down]].
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
* PsychopathicManChild: On occasion.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Sort of. He has no problem with going on adventures and raping and pillaging and whatnot. He just really resents doing it on the Crippled God's orders.
* TheScrappy: YourMileageMayVary
* [[TattooedCrook Tattooed Thug]]: The broken-glass tattoos on his face that denote his past as a slave.
* ValuesDissonance: Both in-universe (with the rest of the cast that is) and with the fans.
* TheWesley: Again, YourMileageMayVary.
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[[folder: '''High House Shadow''']]
!!Shadowthrone/Ammanas
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* BlackCloak
* DealWithTheDevil: "Shadowthrone loves deals."
* [[spoiler: TheEmperor: Pre-Ascension]].
* EvillyAffable
* EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted. Ammanas' voice is very high-pitched and cold.
* GigglingVillain
* {{Hellhound}}s: Commands seven of them.
* InTheHood
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Would you mess with a guy named "Shadowthrone"?
* NeutralEvil: He wants revenge on [[spoiler: Laseen]]. How doesn't really matter, though his methods lean more towards ChaoticEvil than those of Cotillion.
* PhysicalGod
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's Emperor Kellanved, who Ascended following Laseen's assassination attempt]].
* {{Revenge}}: Wants to pay back [[spoiler: Laseen for murdering him]].
!!Cotillion The Rope
--> "It's not such a bad thing girl, to be the pawn of a god."
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* AntiVillain
* BadAss: If the stories are to be belived, [[spoiler: Dancer was a BadAss even before his Ascension to Godhood]]. He's definitely one now.
* CareerKillers: Cotillion is the Patron of Assassins.
* DemonicPossession: Takes over Apsalar/Sorry during ''Gardens of the Moon''.
* TheDragon: To Shadowthrone.
* KnifeNut
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Rope, Patron of Assassins.
* NeutralEvil: Leaning towards LawfulEvil, as demonstrated by his loyalty to Shadowthrone.
* [[spoiler: ParentalSubstitute: Seems to be trying to become one to Sorry/Apsalar, as a means of making up for what he put her through]].
* PetTheDog: Has a minor one with Sorry right before he possesses her, reassuring her that the experience won't be that bad. [[spoiler: Has had many more since than; see ParentalSubstitue, above]].
* PhysicalGod
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Was formerly Dancer, Emperor Kellanved's companion, and Ascended alongside his master]].
* {{Revenge}}: For the same reasons as Ammanas.
* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler: He seems to want Cutter and Apsalar to be happy. It's just that, well, try as he might to be a kind father figure, he's not the god of happy endings, he's the god of murdering people in the face. It's not working.]]
!!Sorry/Apsalar
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* AmnesiacDissonance: Has been gradually remembering the things she did while controlled by The Rope.
* {{Badass}}: [[spoiler: She danced with the Claw. All of the Claw. When she was done, all of her dancing partners lay dead.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Twice. After Cotillion's posession she seemed to go back to normal...right up until she started recovering her skills and plunging into whole new depths of {{Wangst}}. [[spoiler: She's now abandoned Cutter, the one person who really gives a damn about her in order to go off and do god knows what, excusing it by claiming that he'd only get hurt]].
* CreepyChild
* DanceBattler
* DarkActionGirl: Though much more sympathetic than most (she's one of the main protagonists).
* DarkMagicalGirl: Her personality is closer to this, even if her abilities are those of a DarkActionGirl.
* DemonicPossession: Posessed by Cotillion, though whether it's in full or in part isn't entirely clear.
* KnifeNut: Inherited from The Rope.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Loses all her memories of The Rope's actions, post-posession.
* LossOfIdentity: She remembers quite a bit of her life pre-possession, but clearly isn't that girl anymore. Not to mention that she still doesn't know her name.
* PsychoForHire: Poses as one while infiltrating the Malazan Army. She scares Quick Ben, Whiskeyjack, and ''[[CareerKillers Kalam]]'' she's so damn creepy.
* WaifFu
* {{Wangst}}: Not at first, but most of her problems since ''House of Chains'' have been more or less the results of her own decisions. As such, her self-pity can and does, get rather old for some.
* WhatAnIdiot: Multiple people have pointed out to her that [[spoiler: abandoning Cutter wasn't a great idea. Anyone who's moderately perceptive can spot either of their broken hearts pretty much immediately.]]
!!Iskaral Pust
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Somewhere between an extreme example of this, and CrazyAwesome.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: At times, Pust has been known to make comments like "she's falling for my clever scheme" ''to the person he is trying to manipulate''.
* EvilGenius: The only reason Shadowthrone keeps him around.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Maybe. It's really hard to tell if Pust is faking it, or if he just happens to be both rather bright and ''totally nuts''.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite his craziness, tendency towards accidentally stabbing himself in the foot, and an ego the size of some small countries, Pust is actually quite bright, and at times, suprisingly effective.
* TalkativeLoon: Trying to shut him up would likely take an act of god. Or several gods.
* ThinkingOutLoud: Often.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''Lady Envy's Companions''']]
!!Lady Envy
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* CainAndAbel: With Spite.
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards her sister, Spite.
* TrueNeutral: Does what she wants, no matter what's going on in the world.
* UpperClassTwit: Does an amazing impression of one. She's actually quite bright, if a little ditzy.
!!Toc The Younger
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* AcheyScars: His eye still hurts.
* ActionSurvivor: Feels like one alongside Envy, Tool, Baaljaag, Gareth and the Seguleh.
* TheArcher: Although his missing eye has seriously screwed with his aim.
* [[spoiler: [[CantStayNormal Can't Stay Normal]]: Or dead. He's been attacked by Hairlock and thrown into a rent, accompanied Lady Envy, [[BodySnatcher Body Snatched]] Anaster and become Mortal Sword of Togg and Fanderay, been killed again, and now serves Hood. Phew!]]
* [[spoiler: DeathIsCheap: How many times has he come back from the dead now?]]
* EyepatchOfPower
* [[spoiler: GrandTheftMe]]: Following [[spoiler: His death, Toc's soul is transplanted into that of [[EmptyShell Anaster]] in order to give them both a second chance at life]].
!!Mok, Thurule, and Senu
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Seguleh hierarchy is modelled on combat ability. As the Third, Mok can and does kick a lot of ass.
* BadAss: All three of them. To the point where their fellow Seguleh class them as a "punitive army" and expect them to carve their way through the Pannion Domin on their own. They don't dissapoint.
** BadassArmy: They're "the punative army of the Seguleh", themselves as BadassArmy of the first order.
** BadassNormal
* BloodKnight: Three representatives from an entire nation of them.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpowers
* DualWielding: All three Seguleh.
* TheFettered: Courtesy of Lady Envy's magic.
* HonourBeforeReason: If the Seguleh think you might be tough, they will challenge you, no matter where or when. And they'll make it a fair fight too.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers
* ImprobableAge: Senu's just turned twenty.
* MaskPower: All Seguleh go masked, and the markings on their mask indicate their rank (Mok is the third-ranked Seguleh, his mask has two slashes on it).
* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Trio]]
* TheQuietOne: All three of them, but especially Mok.
* TheStoic
!!Baaljaag
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* AmnesiacGod: The wolf-goddess Fanderay is trapped inside her.
* BigBadassWolf
* CanineCompanion
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can greatly alter her size, though not to the extent Gareth can.
* StarCrossedLovers: Is searching for the spirit of her mate, the wolf-god Togg. [[spoiler: He's hiding inside Toc]].
!!Gareth
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* {{Hellhound}}: Has the potential to be a Hound of Shadow.
* CanineCompanion
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can grow to tremendous size.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''Unaligned Ascendants''']]
!!Krul
----
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The lack of it is implied to be the reason he's so weak now.
** Elder Gods accept prayer in the form of blood sacrifice. Give generously...
* KarmicPunishment: Kallor's curse.
* TheMentor: To Kruppe.
* OlderAndWiser: To all the gods.
!!Burn
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!!Icarium Lifestealer
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* {{Badass}}
* TheBerserker
* GeniusBruiser: He's a mapmaker, inventor, scholar...and one of the most lethal fighters ever born.
* HalfHumanHybrid: He's a Jhag: half man, half Jaghut.
* ImplacableMan
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''Malazan Empire''']]
!!Empress Laseen
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* BastardUnderstudy: To Emperor Kellanved
* CareerKillers: Created the Claw, and served as their leader.
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: Her plan to fake a defection by Whiskeyjack and Dujek in order to take down the Pannion Domin likely cements her as this]].
* [[TheEmperor The Empress]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen
!!Adjunct Lorn
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* BreakTheCutie: Her backstory.
* BrokenBird
* CoolSword: Her Otataral blade negates magic.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Saw her family die when the mages scoured the quarter of the city where she lived.
* DarkActionGirl: Is she ever.
* TheDragon: Is one of Laseen's, alongside Topper.
* [[spoiler: [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped A Bridge On Her]]: Murdered by two back alley thugs, Irilta and Meese. She says it to Paran herself: "Can't you see the irony? No glorious end for the Adjunct"]].
* EmptyShell: Comes to see herself as one.
* HotChickWithASword
!!Whiskeyjack
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* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie: Slain by Kallor in ''Memories of Ice'']]
* CanonSue: Many see him this way.
* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist]]
* JackAttack
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* ReassignmentBackfire: Laseen demoted him to Sergeant and put him in the front lines at Pale and Darujhistan in an attempt to get him killed. This leads to him and [[spoiler: the entirety of Onearm's Host defecting to Brood's campaign against the Pannion Domin]].
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion]]
!!Dujek One-Arm
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* AFatherToHisMen
* CoolOldGuy
* HandicappedBadass
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
!!Captain Ganoes Paran
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* BlessedWithSuck: How he sees the intervention of various gods in his life.
* [[CantStayNormal Can't Stay Normal]]: Whether it's falling for a mage, being used by the Adjunct, absorbing the blood of a Hound of Shadow, or [[spoiler: becoming Master of the Deck]] Paran cannot seem to stay away from the supernatural.
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Becomes Master of the Deck of Dragons in ''Memories of Ice'', a position he'd really rather avoid]].
* CoolSword: For a while. His sword, Chance was blessed/cursed by Oponn.
* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne
!!Quick Ben
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* DefectorFromDecadence: A [[spoiler: Former High Priest of Shadow]].
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Shadowthrone]], [[GrimReaper Hood]], the [[BigBad Crippled God]], Quick Ben's made a very long list of powerful enemies, and doesn't seem to mind in the least.
* TheSmartGuy: For the Bridgeburners and the Malazan Army in general. It's been said that if [[TheChessmaster Kruppe]] is one of the smartest people in the world, than Quick Ben is only a step behind him.
* TheTrickster: Definitely has some aspects of this trope. He alters his plans easily, and plays with mortals, Ascendants and gods with equal ease.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: People and gods do this to Quick Ben a lot. It doesn't usually end well for them.
** "He was Quick Ben. He thought outwitting gods was fun." (''Dust of Dreams'')
* [[spoiler: TakingYouWithMe: Quick Ben goes out in a literal blaze of glory in ''Dust of Dreams'' unleashing all his magic at once to eliminate part of a attacking Nah-ruk invasion force. It doesn't help the Bridgeburners much...]]
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: After Quick Ben unleashes half of his warrens (sources of magical power) to blast Korbal Broach through a wall, Bauchelain, partner of the aforementioned Korbal Broach, notes that Quick Ben's power is most impressive, but that, in retrospect, he ought to have saved at least half his warrens.
-->"But Bauchelain," replies Quick Ben, "I did."
-->He then blows Bauchelain through the wall too.
!!Corporal Kalam
* BadAss
** BadassNormal: He's a former Claw. That's it. And yet he's pulled off stunts to rival those of Ascendants.
* CareerKillers: A former Claw assassin.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Not as obvious a one as Rallick Nom, but it's definitely there.
* KnifeNut
* LightningBruiser
* ScaryBlackMan: If you're on the other side from him, he ''definitely'' looks like one of these.
!!Tattersail
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* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie]]
* [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe]]
!!High Mage Tayschrenn
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* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]]
Dassem Ultor
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* {{Badass}}
* [[spoiler: FakingTheDead]]
* PosthumousCharacter
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''Darujhistan''']]
!!Crokus Younghand/Cutter
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* BadassNormal: Becomes one.
* GentlemanThief: How he sees himself.
* KnifeNut
* LoveHurts/ LoveMartyr: His relationship with Apsalar, which was initially portrayed as kind of cute, is more or less poisoning his life. All attempts to move on have so far, failed.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Frequently. Against opponents in his own weight class, he's very capable. Against Ascendants and monsters, not so much.
* TookALevelInBadass: Has he ever!
!!Rallick Nom
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* BadAss
** BadassNormal: Unlike the various superpowered freaks present in the storey, Rallick relies entirely on his own skill (and a little magic-negating dust).
* CareerKillers: A member of Darujhistan's Guild of Assassins.
* DualWielding: [[KnifeNut Knives]].
* HitmanWithAHeart
* KnifeNut
!!Kruppe
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* TheChessmaster
* InsufferableGenius: Oh, the man's ego.
* ManipulativeBastard
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Kruppe is way, way, ''way'' smarter than he looks. Underestimating him has had unfortunate results for many characters.
* TheScrappy: [[YourMileageMayVary Depends on who you ask]].
* ThirdPersonPerson
!!Murillio
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* TheCasanova
* InformedAbility: We're often told that Murillio is extremely skilled with the rapier. Usually right before (or as) someone or something kicks his ass.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: And rather pointlessly to boot]].
* [[spoiler: StuffedInTheFridge]]: [[spoiler: His death serves only to force Cutter to kill Gorlas Vidikas, which is in and of itself, ''completely irrelevant to the overall plot of both the entire series, and ''Toll the Hounds'''']].
!!Coll
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* TheAlcoholic: When the story begins he hasn't been sober since [[spoiler: losing his land]].
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler: Has stopped drinking since regaining his land.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hands up, anyone who expected Coll to show anything approaching ''competence or sobriety'' let alone fighting skills.
* DrowningMySorrows: And he has a lot of sorrows.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Somehow he didn't notice that his (now) ex-wife, [[spoiler: Lady Simtal]] was a psychotic (and none-too subtle) bitch.
!!Alchemist Baruk
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!!Lady Simtal
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* GoldDigger: A particularly evil version.
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler: And good riddance!]]
* ReallyGetsAround
* RichBitch
* TooDumbToLive: Commented on by everyone who knows her, including her SmugSnake accomplice Turban Orr. Who's [[spoiler: no slouch in the TooDumbToLive department himself.]]
* TheVamp
!!Snell
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* CainAndAbel: Tries to sell his handicapped sisters into slavery.
* EnfanteTerrible
* EvilIsPetty
* KidsAreCruel: Kids are snivelling monsters.
* SmugSnake
* TheSociopath
!!Bellam Nom
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* TeensAreMonsters: Fakes it incredibley well.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''Caladan Brood's Forces''']]
!!Warlord Caladan Brood
----
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority
* {{Badass}}: Very, very BadAss.
** FourStarBadass: And in command of a BadassArmy to boot.
* DropTheHammer: His main weapon is a hammer that only he can lift. If swung, it can awaken Burn, the Sleeping Goddess of the Earth.
* FamedInStory
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightningBruiser: Heavily implied.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: As an Ascendant, Brood no longer ages.
!!Kallor
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* AgeWithoutYouth: Were it not for his use of Century Candles, Kallor would be too decrepit to move.
* AmbitionIsEvil: He wants power, no matter what the price.
* {{Badass}}
** [[spoiler: BadassAbnormal: Following his deal with the [[TheBigBad Crippled God]] he gains access to the Warren of Chaos]].
** BadassGrandpa: He's over a hundred thousand, looks to be around one hundred, and can still fight like a madman.
** BadassLongcoat: {{Justified}} as it's a chainmail longcoat.
* {{BFS}}: Not an extreme example, but Kallor's bastard sword is a two-hander and is repeatedly described as "huge", "enormous" and so on.
* CommanderContrarian: Rarely agrees with the strategy suggested by the Alliance.
* CursedWithAwesome: Subverted. Being cursed to live forever sounds great, but with the continuous aging, and FailureIsTheOnlyOption subclause, it really, really appears to suck for him.
* {{Determinator}}: Demonstrates some aspects of this in ''Toll The Hounds''.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Three gods cursed Kallor to live forever and never Ascend. He cursed them back. And it ''worked''.
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: Betrays Brood to The Crippled God for a chance at killing Silverfox.]]
--> "If you call it a sudden reversal of strategy, the sting fades."
* ElderlyImmortal
* TheEmperor: He called himself the High King, but he's much closer to this trope, specifically the EvilOverlord/ GeneralRipper variant.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: A part of his curse.
--> "Kallor Eiderann Tes'thesula each time you rise you shall than fall. All that you achieve shall turn to dust in your hands. As you have willfully done here, so shall it be visited upon you in all that you do."
* FamedInStory
* FridgeHorror: Kallor was so evil that his people dropped the Crippled God on him to try and get rid of him. This means that he is indirectly responsible for ''every bad thing that happens in the series''.
* HeroKiller: Clearly has this status by ''Toll the Hounds''.
* {{Immortality}}: Type VI. And he hates it. He's still around though, which says a lot about him.
* ImmortalityHurts: Although he'll deny it to the end.
* {{Jerkass}}
* MisanthropeSupreme: Kallor is fully aware that he is a spiteful, vicious minded bastard, who takes out his frustrations on everyone around him. He also believes that HumansAreBastards, and that as such, his tyranny and brutality are not only justified, but the norm.
* NeutralEvil: Wavers between LawfulEvil and ChaoticEvil, usually levelling out at this.
* NotSoHarmless: ''Everybody'' mocked Kallor as a bullying braggart. Right up until [[spoiler: he [[FaceHeelTurn joins with the Cripple God]] and performs an epic backstab on Brood's forces.]] Averted [[spoiler: in ''Toll the Hounds'' where he approaches near HeroKiller status]].
* NumberTwo: Serves as Brood's second-in-command.
* PrecisionFStrike: Twice during his duel with Spinnock Durav in ''Toll the Hounds''.
* {{Pride}}: Kallor is arrogant, prone to overestepping his bounds, and ''very'' touchy about insults to his person. And then there's the whole, "allowing a continent to die rather than relinquishing control of it" thing, and the obsession with power and becoming an Ascendant.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's older than most Ascendants, despite being completely mortal. He was cursed over 120 000 years ago and is still alive and kicking.
* [[spoiler: SanitySlippage: Seems to have suffered some between ''Memories of Ice'' and ''Toll the Hounds'']].
* [[spoiler: {{Turncoat}}]]
* WhatAnIdiot: Pretty much sums up everyone's behaviour around him. First they let the psycho into their army, then they mock and belittle him. Brilliant move, people.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Apparently how his people felt about him during his stint as TheEmperor.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''Tiste Andii''']]
!!Annomander Rake
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* AntiVillain-->AntiHero
* BadAss: So. Very. Much.
* CoolSword: Not so much cool as [[FateWorseThanDeath terrifying]]. Anyone killed by it is trapped next to the Gates of the Warren of Darkness for all eternity. And it's black with smoking chains attached.
* DarkIsNotEvil: One of the best examples in modern lit.
* FamedInStory: There are entire poems about him.
* FateWorseThanDeath: What those slain by Dragnipur (his sword) suffer.
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* {{Immortality}} Type 1, due to both being a Tiste Andii, and his Ascendant status.
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: Or somewhere in his thirties or forties anyway.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Shapeshifts into a giant, black dragon.
* [[spoiler: MessianicArchetype]]: [[spoiler: Becomes one in ''Toll The Hounds'']]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Known as "The Son of Darkness".
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: At least 20 000 at last count.
* ScaryBlackMan: How his opponents see him.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: As a Soletaken, Rake becomes a black dragon.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: A rare, black example.
!!Korlat
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* {{Immortality}}: Type 1.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: A Soletaken, like Rake and her brother.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Whiskeyjack.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Whiskeyjack.
** MayflyDecemberRomance: Made even more inevitably shorter by [[spoiler: Kallor's murder of Whiskeyjack]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Par for the course with Tiste Andii.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl
!!Orfantal
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* {{Immortality}}: Type 1.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Shapeshifts into a big, black dragon, same as Rake.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: In ''Toll The Hounds'' he picks a fight with [[BadassGrandpa Kallor]]. It doesn't end well for him]].
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Another Tiste Andii Soletaken.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy
!!Spinnock Durav
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* BadAss
* {{Determinator}}: And a prime example at that. Despite being completely outmatched, he manages to duel ''[[BadassGrandpa Kallor]]'' for an ''entire'' night, lasting from dusk until dawn. He's cut to pieces in the attempt but never falls down. All because Rake asked him to stand between [[HeroKiller Kallor]] and Darujhistan.
* InterspeciesRomance: With a teenage girl.
* MayflyDecemberRomance
* LawfulGood/ LawfulNeutral: Somewhere between the two of them. His loyalty to Rake is his primary characteristic.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''Tiste Edur''']]
!!Trull Sengar
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* {{Badass}}: The first person to ever successfully hold off Icarium Lifestealer.
* BladeOnAStick: His spear his his favourite weapon.
!!Ruhlad Sengar
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See '''High House Chains'''
!!Tulas Shorn
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* BackFromTheDead: Escaped Hood's realm while Death was otherwise occupied.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Transforms into a gigantic, undead grey dragon.
* ShapeShifter
* TheUndead
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: An undead Soletaken dragon.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''T'lan Imass''']]
!! Onos Too'lan
* BadAss: Yes he's undead. Yes he has a host of advantages related to being undead. And yet, Tool is still incredibley BadAss.
* BadassDecay: Mild example. In ''Gardens of the Moon'' Tool was described as "without equal in this world" and capable of taking down Raest, a Jaghut Tyrant who could have challenged Annomander Rake, by himself. In ''Memories of Ice'' he's still ''very'' BadAss, but is repeatedly damaged, and [[spoiler: defeated by Mok, the BadassNormal Seguleh Third in a fair fight]]
* BerserkButton: Tool doesn't have a lot of friends. Don't hurt the ones he has.
* CoolSword: A huge, enchanted ''flint'' sword.
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: As a T'lan Imass, Tool can surive anything short of beheading or total dismemberment. It's not surprising, therefore, that these kind of tactics feature prominently in his playbook.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Like most of the T'lan Imass, Tool regularly shrugs off crippling injuries, just to remind us that, yes, he is undead.
* ImplacableMan: Comes with being a T'lan Imass, although even by they're standards he's pretty damn hard to stop.
* LonersAreFreaks: Tool is unbound, and unconnected to any clan. Other T'lan Imass tend to view him with a mix of suspicion and awe because of this.
* TheUndead: Naturally.
!!Silverfox
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* {{BBW}}: Apparently.
* CompositeCharacter: In-universe.
* CreepyChild: For a while.
* {{Reincarnation}}: Of Tattersail, Nightchill, and Bellurdan.
* VampiricDraining: Is stealing her mother's life energy without even knowing it.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She's only a few years old, but has aged herself to her early twenties.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''Jaghut''']]
!!Raest
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* AGodAmI: Like many Jaghut Tyrants, Raest took perverse delight in being percieved as a god by the Imass.
* ArmourIsUseless: You don't even find out he was wearing it until several books after the fight. To be fair, he was fighting Dragons, so it probably didn't make all that much difference.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Fighting five Dragons to a draw.
** Actually, he was definitely winning.
* [[spoiler: DeadpanSnarker: Is evolving into one as the series progresses. His sense of humour is definitely an odd one though]].
* MissedMomentOfAwesome: We're repeatedly told that even if Annomander Rake manages to defeat Raest, he will be left weakened, and vulnerable to assault, that if Raest regains his Finnest even Rake's survival isn't garunteed, and that Rake is the only person with a chance of opposing the Tyrant. ''[[DeusExMachina And then a House of Azath appears out of nowhere and swallows Raest and the Finnest before the two could fuse or the fight could occur]]!''
* [[spoiler: MoralityPet: Has several Malazan soldiers find him a dead cat. He brings it to life so that it can keep him company inside the House of Azath and names it Tufty]].
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: The Jaghut loathed community and avoided it as though it were a disease, believing it led only to horror and violence. Raest is a tyrant, who gets his kicks out of enslaving weaker species.
* SealedEvilInACan: Well, sealed in a barrow anyway, and by his own species no less. His Finnest, which contains most of his power, is also an example.
* SoulJar: The Finnest has most of Raest's power in it.
* TheUndead: He's not Undead like the Imass are, but it's clear that Raest and his body no longer share a particularly intimate connection, and the destruction of the latter causes him few difficulties. [[spoiler: A straight example now that he's inside the Azath House]].
!!Gothos
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* FamedInStory
* NietzscheWannabe: Oh yeah.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
!!Pannion
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See '''Pannion Domin'''
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''Pannion Domin''']]
!!Pannion Seer
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* [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie]]: [[spoiler: His backstory. His mother was killed by the T'Lan Imass and he was shoved through a rent and into the arms of the K'Chain Che'Malle Matron. This has had a rather negative impact on his sanity]].
* ChaoticEvil
* DarkMessiah: As dark as they come.
* EvilOverlord
* {{Mordor}}: Is deliberately transforming his realm into one.
* ReligionOfEvil: Runs one.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's a Jaghut named Pannion in disguise]].
* SorcerousOverlord
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: He's being manipulated from the start by the Crippled God, who is messing with his emotions]].
!!Anasater, First Child of the Dead Seed
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* CompleteMonster: Subverted. Anaster crosses every MoralEventHorizon possible, encourages torture, rape, and cannibalism, and seems to have no humanity whatsoever. [[spoiler: And then you find out that he's done it all in the hopes of becoming so irridemable that someone will be [[DeathSeeker forced to kill him]].]]
* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker: Becomes a monster in the hope that someone will kill him]].
* EmptyShell: There's literally ''nothing'' left inside Anaster. All he has is his despair.
* FreakOut: When Itkovian offers to take his despair from him. It's all he has.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Toc the Younger's soul eventually takes possession of Anaster's body]].
* [[ImAHumanitarian I'm A Humanitarian]]: Encourages cannibalism among his followers and practises it himself.
* ImprobableAge: He's in his late teens and leading an army. Justified by his {{Tykebomb}} status.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: Tries this on Rake and Whiskeyjack, appearing to be a Type 2, before revealing that [[DeathSeeker he really does want to die]].
* PoisonousPerson: Briefly demonstrates this sort of ability when Annomander Rake grabs him.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Taken to the extreme.
* SociopathicSoldier
* {{Tykebomb}}: Raised since birth to lead the cannibalistic Tenescowri horde.
* {{Wangst}}: Debateably.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''The Defenders Of Capustan''']]
!!Gruntle
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* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal--> BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler: When he becomes Trake's Mortal Sword, Gruntle shifts from a ''very'' capable caravan guard to a nigh-unstoppable warrior]].
* DualWielding: Cutlasses.
* HiredGuns: Worked as a caravan guard for hire.
* LightningBruiser: Big, strong and fast. Becomes stronger, and ''lethally'' quick and agile when [[spoiler: Trake selects him as his Mortal Sword]].
* PantheraAwesome: As [[spoiler: the Mortal Sword of the Tiger of Summer, Gruntle now moves like a big cat]].
* PowerMakeover: [[spoiler: His appearance becomes very, very tigerish following his selection as Mortal Sword of Trake, to the point where it creeps people out]].
* PowerTattoo: [[spoiler: Trake's blessing tattoos his skin with tiger stripes]].
* TechnicolorEyes: [[spoiler: They turn tiger-yellow]].
!!Stonny Menackis
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* LipstickLesbian/ BiTheWay: Not sure which she really is.
* RapeAsDrama
!!Brukhalian
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!!Itkovian
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* BadAss
* CelibateHero
* [[spoiler: DeathIsCheap: He's apparently returned to life by ''Toll the Hounds'']]
* TheEmpath: Can detect and absorb others' grief. Given the [[CrapsackWorld nature of the series]] there's a lot of it to go around.
* [[spoiler: Heroic Sacrifice: Dies absorbing the collective grief of the T'lan Imass]].
* [[spoiler: MeaningfulFuneral]]
* TheMessiah: "You are in pain. I will embrace you now."
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* [[spoiler: TearJerker: His death]]
* [[spoiler: TooCoolToLive]]
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''High House Chains''']]
!!The Crippled God
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* BigBad: About as close to one as the series gets
* ChaoticEvil
* TheCorrupter: The Crippled God specialises in bringing out the worst in people, typically [[DealWithTheDevil offering them exactly what they want]] in exchange for their inclusion in his House of Chains. He seems to like driving his followers/victims mad.
* DealWithTheDevil: Munug, [[spoiler: Kallor]] and many others have made them with him.
* DysfunctionJunction: His followers. It's entirely deliberate too. The Crippled God desires every member of his House to be as flawed, mentally and/or physically as he is.
* EvilCripple: Evil due to crippling. The Fall destroyed his mind.
* HiddenVillain: For the first two and a half books.
* KickTheDog: His treatment of Ruhlad Sengar. See below.
* MadGod
* TheManBehindTheMan: To ''so'' many different villains, with the [[spoiler: [[DarkMessiah Pannion Seer]] being a particularly spectacular example]].
* OmnicidalManiac: He's slowly poisoning Burn. Whether he genuinely wants her dead, or is hoping that someone will free him in order to prevent this isn't known.
* PhysicalGod
* RedRightHand: The evil god is the [[EvilCripple crippled one]]. Go figure.
* SadisticChoice: See XanatosGambit below. The best case scneario is his freedom, and the end of civilisation as they know it. The worst case scenario is the slow death of the entire world.
* SealedEvilInACan: Chained in place, to the sleeping goddess Burn.
* StartOfDarkness: He was just a foreign god who fell to earth as the result of a trap meant for [[TheEmperor Kallor]]. And went stark raving mad as a result.
* VaderBreath: Has to constantly inhale incense in order to keep his lungs clear. Even then, his breathing is still ragged and wheezing.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The fate of many of those who choose to follow him.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The Fall left him crippled, agonised and totally insane. He seems to be out to destroy the world in order to make the pain go away. It's very hard not to feel bad for him on some level.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: None of the injuries from the Fall have healed. Not one in a hundred thousand years.
* XanatosGambit: If they don't loose him, Burn dies and he gets his revenge. If they do, he's free to wreak havoc and get his revenge via other means. Kind of a win-win situation for him.
!!Rhulad Sengar
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* ArtifactOfDoom: Mystically linked to one.
* BackFromTheDead
* BlessedWithSuck: He comes back every time he's killed, but only after having his soul tortured by the Crippled God.
* BodyHorror: Covered in half-melted gold coins from a Tiste Edur death rite.
* CoolSword: Subverted. It's the ArtifactOfDoom that keeps bringing him back.
* DeathSeeker
* TheDragon: As The King in Chains, he fullfills this role with regards to the Crippled God.
* TheEmperor: Of the Letherii Empire.
* HeroicSacrifice: Which got him linked to the ArtifactOfDoom in the first place.
* {{Immortality}}: Type IV.
* ImmortalityHurts: Between getting tortured by the Crippled God in the afterlife, the BodyHorror from his funeral, his bride committing suicide rather than bear his child, and his enroaching insanity, yeah.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: When Karsa finally kills his soul]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Emperor of a Thousand Deaths.
* SanitySlippage: Gradually loses his mind as each new resurrection takes its toll on him.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Not that this was his intention. He threw his mom and dad in prison. The jail promptly flooded.
* TraumaCongaLine: His brother is murdered by Karsa, his bride kills herself, his parents are drowned in his dungeon, his people are scheming against him, he's slowly going mad, and that's without getting into the horror show that is his curse.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Not Rhulad.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* TheWoobie: This man needs a hug. And possibly a therapist.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: No matter how many times he dies, the wounds from his first death will not heal. And then there's those [[BodyHorror damn coins]] from his first funeral.
!!Karsa Orlong
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* AntiHero: Type V. Type IV on a good day.
* {{Badass}}: How his fans view him.
* BarbarianHero: Sort of. How heroic he is, is really up for debate. It's possible that Erikson meant him to be a subversion or a deconstruction.
* BaseBreaker: One of the most divisive characters in the series.
* BloodKnight
* BoisterousBruiser
* ChaoticGood/ ChaoticNeutral/ ChaoticEvil: Slides back and forth between Good, Neutral, and Evil, but is always Chaotic.
* TheDragon: The Crippled God wants him to be his Knight Of Chains. So far, Karsa has been doing his best to refuse.
* FishOutOfWater: Anytime he approaches a remotely civilised location.
* GodModeSue: How some fans see him.
* HellishHorse
* HeManWomanHater: Not a straight example as he doesn't ''hate'' women, but he does believe them to be inferior, and holds them in deep contempt, believing that [[ValuesDissonance rape is totally okay]]. His interactions with [[HotWitch Samar Dev]] and various other women may be improving him for the better, although it's hard to tell.
* HeroicSociopath: And the "heroic" part is sort of questionable.
* InherentInTheSystem: Karsa believes slavery and exploitation are inherent in society. His solution? [[DisproportionateRetribution Burn it down]].
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
* PsychopathicManChild: On occasion.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Sort of. He has no problem with going on adventures and raping and pillaging and whatnot. He just really resents doing it on the Crippled God's orders.
* TheScrappy: YourMileageMayVary
* [[TattooedCrook Tattooed Thug]]: The broken-glass tattoos on his face that denote his past as a slave.
* ValuesDissonance: Both in-universe (with the rest of the cast that is) and with the fans.
* TheWesley: Again, YourMileageMayVary.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''High House Shadow''']]
!!Shadowthrone/Ammanas
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* BlackCloak
* DealWithTheDevil: "Shadowthrone loves deals."
* [[spoiler: TheEmperor: Pre-Ascension]].
* EvillyAffable
* EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted. Ammanas' voice is very high-pitched and cold.
* GigglingVillain
* {{Hellhound}}s: Commands seven of them.
* InTheHood
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Would you mess with a guy named "Shadowthrone"?
* NeutralEvil: He wants revenge on [[spoiler: Laseen]]. How doesn't really matter, though his methods lean more towards ChaoticEvil than those of Cotillion.
* PhysicalGod
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's Emperor Kellanved, who Ascended following Laseen's assassination attempt]].
* {{Revenge}}: Wants to pay back [[spoiler: Laseen for murdering him]].
!!Cotillion The Rope
--> "It's not such a bad thing girl, to be the pawn of a god."
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* AntiVillain
* BadAss: If the stories are to be belived, [[spoiler: Dancer was a BadAss even before his Ascension to Godhood]]. He's definitely one now.
* CareerKillers: Cotillion is the Patron of Assassins.
* DemonicPossession: Takes over Apsalar/Sorry during ''Gardens of the Moon''.
* TheDragon: To Shadowthrone.
* KnifeNut
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Rope, Patron of Assassins.
* NeutralEvil: Leaning towards LawfulEvil, as demonstrated by his loyalty to Shadowthrone.
* [[spoiler: ParentalSubstitute: Seems to be trying to become one to Sorry/Apsalar, as a means of making up for what he put her through]].
* PetTheDog: Has a minor one with Sorry right before he possesses her, reassuring her that the experience won't be that bad. [[spoiler: Has had many more since than; see ParentalSubstitue, above]].
* PhysicalGod
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Was formerly Dancer, Emperor Kellanved's companion, and Ascended alongside his master]].
* {{Revenge}}: For the same reasons as Ammanas.
* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler: He seems to want Cutter and Apsalar to be happy. It's just that, well, try as he might to be a kind father figure, he's not the god of happy endings, he's the god of murdering people in the face. It's not working.]]
!!Sorry/Apsalar
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* AmnesiacDissonance: Has been gradually remembering the things she did while controlled by The Rope.
* {{Badass}}: [[spoiler: She danced with the Claw. All of the Claw. When she was done, all of her dancing partners lay dead.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Twice. After Cotillion's posession she seemed to go back to normal...right up until she started recovering her skills and plunging into whole new depths of {{Wangst}}. [[spoiler: She's now abandoned Cutter, the one person who really gives a damn about her in order to go off and do god knows what, excusing it by claiming that he'd only get hurt]].
* CreepyChild
* DanceBattler
* DarkActionGirl: Though much more sympathetic than most (she's one of the main protagonists).
* DarkMagicalGirl: Her personality is closer to this, even if her abilities are those of a DarkActionGirl.
* DemonicPossession: Posessed by Cotillion, though whether it's in full or in part isn't entirely clear.
* KnifeNut: Inherited from The Rope.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Loses all her memories of The Rope's actions, post-posession.
* LossOfIdentity: She remembers quite a bit of her life pre-possession, but clearly isn't that girl anymore. Not to mention that she still doesn't know her name.
* PsychoForHire: Poses as one while infiltrating the Malazan Army. She scares Quick Ben, Whiskeyjack, and ''[[CareerKillers Kalam]]'' she's so damn creepy.
* WaifFu
* {{Wangst}}: Not at first, but most of her problems since ''House of Chains'' have been more or less the results of her own decisions. As such, her self-pity can and does, get rather old for some.
* WhatAnIdiot: Multiple people have pointed out to her that [[spoiler: abandoning Cutter wasn't a great idea. Anyone who's moderately perceptive can spot either of their broken hearts pretty much immediately.]]
!!Iskaral Pust
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Somewhere between an extreme example of this, and CrazyAwesome.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: At times, Pust has been known to make comments like "she's falling for my clever scheme" ''to the person he is trying to manipulate''.
* EvilGenius: The only reason Shadowthrone keeps him around.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Maybe. It's really hard to tell if Pust is faking it, or if he just happens to be both rather bright and ''totally nuts''.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite his craziness, tendency towards accidentally stabbing himself in the foot, and an ego the size of some small countries, Pust is actually quite bright, and at times, suprisingly effective.
* TalkativeLoon: Trying to shut him up would likely take an act of god. Or several gods.
* ThinkingOutLoud: Often.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''Lady Envy's Companions''']]
!!Lady Envy
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* CainAndAbel: With Spite.
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards her sister, Spite.
* TrueNeutral: Does what she wants, no matter what's going on in the world.
* UpperClassTwit: Does an amazing impression of one. She's actually quite bright, if a little ditzy.
!!Toc The Younger
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* AcheyScars: His eye still hurts.
* ActionSurvivor: Feels like one alongside Envy, Tool, Baaljaag, Gareth and the Seguleh.
* TheArcher: Although his missing eye has seriously screwed with his aim.
* [[spoiler: [[CantStayNormal Can't Stay Normal]]: Or dead. He's been attacked by Hairlock and thrown into a rent, accompanied Lady Envy, [[BodySnatcher Body Snatched]] Anaster and become Mortal Sword of Togg and Fanderay, been killed again, and now serves Hood. Phew!]]
* [[spoiler: DeathIsCheap: How many times has he come back from the dead now?]]
* EyepatchOfPower
* [[spoiler: GrandTheftMe]]: Following [[spoiler: His death, Toc's soul is transplanted into that of [[EmptyShell Anaster]] in order to give them both a second chance at life]].
!!Mok, Thurule, and Senu
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Seguleh hierarchy is modelled on combat ability. As the Third, Mok can and does kick a lot of ass.
* BadAss: All three of them. To the point where their fellow Seguleh class them as a "punitive army" and expect them to carve their way through the Pannion Domin on their own. They don't dissapoint.
** BadassArmy: They're "the punative army of the Seguleh", themselves as BadassArmy of the first order.
** BadassNormal
* BloodKnight: Three representatives from an entire nation of them.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpowers
* DualWielding: All three Seguleh.
* TheFettered: Courtesy of Lady Envy's magic.
* HonourBeforeReason: If the Seguleh think you might be tough, they will challenge you, no matter where or when. And they'll make it a fair fight too.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers
* ImprobableAge: Senu's just turned twenty.
* MaskPower: All Seguleh go masked, and the markings on their mask indicate their rank (Mok is the third-ranked Seguleh, his mask has two slashes on it).
* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Trio]]
* TheQuietOne: All three of them, but especially Mok.
* TheStoic
!!Baaljaag
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* AmnesiacGod: The wolf-goddess Fanderay is trapped inside her.
* BigBadassWolf
* CanineCompanion
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can greatly alter her size, though not to the extent Gareth can.
* StarCrossedLovers: Is searching for the spirit of her mate, the wolf-god Togg. [[spoiler: He's hiding inside Toc]].
!!Gareth
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* {{Hellhound}}: Has the potential to be a Hound of Shadow.
* CanineCompanion
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can grow to tremendous size.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''Unaligned Ascendants''']]
!!Krul
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* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The lack of it is implied to be the reason he's so weak now.
** Elder Gods accept prayer in the form of blood sacrifice. Give generously...
* KarmicPunishment: Kallor's curse.
* TheMentor: To Kruppe.
* OlderAndWiser: To all the gods.
!!Burn
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!!Icarium Lifestealer
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* {{Badass}}
* TheBerserker
* GeniusBruiser: He's a mapmaker, inventor, scholar...and one of the most lethal fighters ever born.
* HalfHumanHybrid: He's a Jhag: half man, half Jaghut.
* ImplacableMan
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
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[[folder: '''Malazan Empire''']]
!!Empress Laseen
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* BastardUnderstudy: To Emperor Kellanved
* CareerKillers: Created the Claw, and served as their leader.
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: Her plan to fake a defection by Whiskeyjack and Dujek in order to take down the Pannion Domin likely cements her as this]].
* [[TheEmperor The Empress]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen
!!Adjunct Lorn
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* BreakTheCutie: Her backstory.
* BrokenBird
* CoolSword: Her Otataral blade negates magic.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Saw her family die when the mages scoured the quarter of the city where she lived.
* DarkActionGirl: Is she ever.
* TheDragon: Is one of Laseen's, alongside Topper.
* [[spoiler: [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped A Bridge On Her]]: Murdered by two back alley thugs, Irilta and Meese. She says it to Paran herself: "Can't you see the irony? No glorious end for the Adjunct"]].
* EmptyShell: Comes to see herself as one.
* HotChickWithASword
!!Whiskeyjack
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* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie: Slain by Kallor in ''Memories of Ice'']]
* CanonSue: Many see him this way.
* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist]]
* JackAttack
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* ReassignmentBackfire: Laseen demoted him to Sergeant and put him in the front lines at Pale and Darujhistan in an attempt to get him killed. This leads to him and [[spoiler: the entirety of Onearm's Host defecting to Brood's campaign against the Pannion Domin]].
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion]]
!!Dujek One-Arm
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* AFatherToHisMen
* CoolOldGuy
* HandicappedBadass
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
!!Captain Ganoes Paran
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* BlessedWithSuck: How he sees the intervention of various gods in his life.
* [[CantStayNormal Can't Stay Normal]]: Whether it's falling for a mage, being used by the Adjunct, absorbing the blood of a Hound of Shadow, or [[spoiler: becoming Master of the Deck]] Paran cannot seem to stay away from the supernatural.
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Becomes Master of the Deck of Dragons in ''Memories of Ice'', a position he'd really rather avoid]].
* CoolSword: For a while. His sword, Chance was blessed/cursed by Oponn.
* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne
!!Quick Ben
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* DefectorFromDecadence: A [[spoiler: Former High Priest of Shadow]].
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Shadowthrone]], [[GrimReaper Hood]], the [[BigBad Crippled God]], Quick Ben's made a very long list of powerful enemies, and doesn't seem to mind in the least.
* TheSmartGuy: For the Bridgeburners and the Malazan Army in general. It's been said that if [[TheChessmaster Kruppe]] is one of the smartest people in the world, than Quick Ben is only a step behind him.
* TheTrickster: Definitely has some aspects of this trope. He alters his plans easily, and plays with mortals, Ascendants and gods with equal ease.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: People and gods do this to Quick Ben a lot. It doesn't usually end well for them.
** "He was Quick Ben. He thought outwitting gods was fun." (''Dust of Dreams'')
* [[spoiler: TakingYouWithMe: Quick Ben goes out in a literal blaze of glory in ''Dust of Dreams'' unleashing all his magic at once to eliminate part of a attacking Nah-ruk invasion force. It doesn't help the Bridgeburners much...]]
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: After Quick Ben unleashes half of his warrens (sources of magical power) to blast Korbal Broach through a wall, Bauchelain, partner of the aforementioned Korbal Broach, notes that Quick Ben's power is most impressive, but that, in retrospect, he ought to have saved at least half his warrens.
-->"But Bauchelain," replies Quick Ben, "I did."
-->He then blows Bauchelain through the wall too.
!!Corporal Kalam
* BadAss
** BadassNormal: He's a former Claw. That's it. And yet he's pulled off stunts to rival those of Ascendants.
* CareerKillers: A former Claw assassin.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Not as obvious a one as Rallick Nom, but it's definitely there.
* KnifeNut
* LightningBruiser
* ScaryBlackMan: If you're on the other side from him, he ''definitely'' looks like one of these.
!!Tattersail
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* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie]]
* [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe]]
!!High Mage Tayschrenn
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* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]]
Dassem Ultor
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* {{Badass}}
* [[spoiler: FakingTheDead]]
* PosthumousCharacter
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''Darujhistan''']]
!!Crokus Younghand/Cutter
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* BadassNormal: Becomes one.
* GentlemanThief: How he sees himself.
* KnifeNut
* LoveHurts/ LoveMartyr: His relationship with Apsalar, which was initially portrayed as kind of cute, is more or less poisoning his life. All attempts to move on have so far, failed.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Frequently. Against opponents in his own weight class, he's very capable. Against Ascendants and monsters, not so much.
* TookALevelInBadass: Has he ever!
!!Rallick Nom
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* BadAss
** BadassNormal: Unlike the various superpowered freaks present in the storey, Rallick relies entirely on his own skill (and a little magic-negating dust).
* CareerKillers: A member of Darujhistan's Guild of Assassins.
* DualWielding: [[KnifeNut Knives]].
* HitmanWithAHeart
* KnifeNut
!!Kruppe
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* TheChessmaster
* InsufferableGenius: Oh, the man's ego.
* ManipulativeBastard
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Kruppe is way, way, ''way'' smarter than he looks. Underestimating him has had unfortunate results for many characters.
* TheScrappy: [[YourMileageMayVary Depends on who you ask]].
* ThirdPersonPerson
!!Murillio
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* TheCasanova
* InformedAbility: We're often told that Murillio is extremely skilled with the rapier. Usually right before (or as) someone or something kicks his ass.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: And rather pointlessly to boot]].
* [[spoiler: StuffedInTheFridge]]: [[spoiler: His death serves only to force Cutter to kill Gorlas Vidikas, which is in and of itself, ''completely irrelevant to the overall plot of both the entire series, and ''Toll the Hounds'''']].
!!Coll
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* TheAlcoholic: When the story begins he hasn't been sober since [[spoiler: losing his land]].
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler: Has stopped drinking since regaining his land.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hands up, anyone who expected Coll to show anything approaching ''competence or sobriety'' let alone fighting skills.
* DrowningMySorrows: And he has a lot of sorrows.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Somehow he didn't notice that his (now) ex-wife, [[spoiler: Lady Simtal]] was a psychotic (and none-too subtle) bitch.
!!Alchemist Baruk
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!!Lady Simtal
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* GoldDigger: A particularly evil version.
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler: And good riddance!]]
* ReallyGetsAround
* RichBitch
* TooDumbToLive: Commented on by everyone who knows her, including her SmugSnake accomplice Turban Orr. Who's [[spoiler: no slouch in the TooDumbToLive department himself.]]
* TheVamp
!!Snell
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* CainAndAbel: Tries to sell his handicapped sisters into slavery.
* EnfanteTerrible
* EvilIsPetty
* KidsAreCruel: Kids are snivelling monsters.
* SmugSnake
* TheSociopath
!!Bellam Nom
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* TeensAreMonsters: Fakes it incredibley well.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''Caladan Brood's Forces''']]
!!Warlord Caladan Brood
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority
* {{Badass}}: Very, very BadAss.
** FourStarBadass: And in command of a BadassArmy to boot.
* DropTheHammer: His main weapon is a hammer that only he can lift. If swung, it can awaken Burn, the Sleeping Goddess of the Earth.
* FamedInStory
* LargeAndInCharge
* LightningBruiser: Heavily implied.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: As an Ascendant, Brood no longer ages.
!!Kallor
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* AgeWithoutYouth: Were it not for his use of Century Candles, Kallor would be too decrepit to move.
* AmbitionIsEvil: He wants power, no matter what the price.
* {{Badass}}
** [[spoiler: BadassAbnormal: Following his deal with the [[TheBigBad Crippled God]] he gains access to the Warren of Chaos]].
** BadassGrandpa: He's over a hundred thousand, looks to be around one hundred, and can still fight like a madman.
** BadassLongcoat: {{Justified}} as it's a chainmail longcoat.
* {{BFS}}: Not an extreme example, but Kallor's bastard sword is a two-hander and is repeatedly described as "huge", "enormous" and so on.
* CommanderContrarian: Rarely agrees with the strategy suggested by the Alliance.
* CursedWithAwesome: Subverted. Being cursed to live forever sounds great, but with the continuous aging, and FailureIsTheOnlyOption subclause, it really, really appears to suck for him.
* {{Determinator}}: Demonstrates some aspects of this in ''Toll The Hounds''.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Three gods cursed Kallor to live forever and never Ascend. He cursed them back. And it ''worked''.
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: Betrays Brood to The Crippled God for a chance at killing Silverfox.]]
--> "If you call it a sudden reversal of strategy, the sting fades."
* ElderlyImmortal
* TheEmperor: He called himself the High King, but he's much closer to this trope, specifically the EvilOverlord/ GeneralRipper variant.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: A part of his curse.
--> "Kallor Eiderann Tes'thesula each time you rise you shall than fall. All that you achieve shall turn to dust in your hands. As you have willfully done here, so shall it be visited upon you in all that you do."
* FamedInStory
* FridgeHorror: Kallor was so evil that his people dropped the Crippled God on him to try and get rid of him. This means that he is indirectly responsible for ''every bad thing that happens in the series''.
* HeroKiller: Clearly has this status by ''Toll the Hounds''.
* {{Immortality}}: Type VI. And he hates it. He's still around though, which says a lot about him.
* ImmortalityHurts: Although he'll deny it to the end.
* {{Jerkass}}
* MisanthropeSupreme: Kallor is fully aware that he is a spiteful, vicious minded bastard, who takes out his frustrations on everyone around him. He also believes that HumansAreBastards, and that as such, his tyranny and brutality are not only justified, but the norm.
* NeutralEvil: Wavers between LawfulEvil and ChaoticEvil, usually levelling out at this.
* NotSoHarmless: ''Everybody'' mocked Kallor as a bullying braggart. Right up until [[spoiler: he [[FaceHeelTurn joins with the Cripple God]] and performs an epic backstab on Brood's forces.]] Averted [[spoiler: in ''Toll the Hounds'' where he approaches near HeroKiller status]].
* NumberTwo: Serves as Brood's second-in-command.
* PrecisionFStrike: Twice during his duel with Spinnock Durav in ''Toll the Hounds''.
* {{Pride}}: Kallor is arrogant, prone to overestepping his bounds, and ''very'' touchy about insults to his person. And then there's the whole, "allowing a continent to die rather than relinquishing control of it" thing, and the obsession with power and becoming an Ascendant.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's older than most Ascendants, despite being completely mortal. He was cursed over 120 000 years ago and is still alive and kicking.
* [[spoiler: SanitySlippage: Seems to have suffered some between ''Memories of Ice'' and ''Toll the Hounds'']].
* [[spoiler: {{Turncoat}}]]
* WhatAnIdiot: Pretty much sums up everyone's behaviour around him. First they let the psycho into their army, then they mock and belittle him. Brilliant move, people.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Apparently how his people felt about him during his stint as TheEmperor.
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[[folder: '''Tiste Andii''']]
!!Annomander Rake
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* AntiVillain-->AntiHero
* BadAss: So. Very. Much.
* CoolSword: Not so much cool as [[FateWorseThanDeath terrifying]]. Anyone killed by it is trapped next to the Gates of the Warren of Darkness for all eternity. And it's black with smoking chains attached.
* DarkIsNotEvil: One of the best examples in modern lit.
* FamedInStory: There are entire poems about him.
* FateWorseThanDeath: What those slain by Dragnipur (his sword) suffer.
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* {{Immortality}} Type 1, due to both being a Tiste Andii, and his Ascendant status.
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: Or somewhere in his thirties or forties anyway.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Shapeshifts into a giant, black dragon.
* [[spoiler: MessianicArchetype]]: [[spoiler: Becomes one in ''Toll The Hounds'']]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Known as "The Son of Darkness".
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: At least 20 000 at last count.
* ScaryBlackMan: How his opponents see him.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: As a Soletaken, Rake becomes a black dragon.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: A rare, black example.
!!Korlat
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* {{Immortality}}: Type 1.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: A Soletaken, like Rake and her brother.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Whiskeyjack.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Whiskeyjack.
** MayflyDecemberRomance: Made even more inevitably shorter by [[spoiler: Kallor's murder of Whiskeyjack]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Par for the course with Tiste Andii.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl
!!Orfantal
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* {{Immortality}}: Type 1.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Shapeshifts into a big, black dragon, same as Rake.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: In ''Toll The Hounds'' he picks a fight with [[BadassGrandpa Kallor]]. It doesn't end well for him]].
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Another Tiste Andii Soletaken.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy
!!Spinnock Durav
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* BadAss
* {{Determinator}}: And a prime example at that. Despite being completely outmatched, he manages to duel ''[[BadassGrandpa Kallor]]'' for an ''entire'' night, lasting from dusk until dawn. He's cut to pieces in the attempt but never falls down. All because Rake asked him to stand between [[HeroKiller Kallor]] and Darujhistan.
* InterspeciesRomance: With a teenage girl.
* MayflyDecemberRomance
* LawfulGood/ LawfulNeutral: Somewhere between the two of them. His loyalty to Rake is his primary characteristic.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy
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[[folder: '''Tiste Edur''']]
!!Trull Sengar
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* {{Badass}}: The first person to ever successfully hold off Icarium Lifestealer.
* BladeOnAStick: His spear his his favourite weapon.
!!Ruhlad Sengar
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See '''High House Chains'''
!!Tulas Shorn
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* BackFromTheDead: Escaped Hood's realm while Death was otherwise occupied.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Transforms into a gigantic, undead grey dragon.
* ShapeShifter
* TheUndead
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: An undead Soletaken dragon.
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[[folder: '''T'lan Imass''']]
!! Onos Too'lan
* BadAss: Yes he's undead. Yes he has a host of advantages related to being undead. And yet, Tool is still incredibley BadAss.
* BadassDecay: Mild example. In ''Gardens of the Moon'' Tool was described as "without equal in this world" and capable of taking down Raest, a Jaghut Tyrant who could have challenged Annomander Rake, by himself. In ''Memories of Ice'' he's still ''very'' BadAss, but is repeatedly damaged, and [[spoiler: defeated by Mok, the BadassNormal Seguleh Third in a fair fight]]
* BerserkButton: Tool doesn't have a lot of friends. Don't hurt the ones he has.
* CoolSword: A huge, enchanted ''flint'' sword.
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: As a T'lan Imass, Tool can surive anything short of beheading or total dismemberment. It's not surprising, therefore, that these kind of tactics feature prominently in his playbook.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Like most of the T'lan Imass, Tool regularly shrugs off crippling injuries, just to remind us that, yes, he is undead.
* ImplacableMan: Comes with being a T'lan Imass, although even by they're standards he's pretty damn hard to stop.
* LonersAreFreaks: Tool is unbound, and unconnected to any clan. Other T'lan Imass tend to view him with a mix of suspicion and awe because of this.
* TheUndead: Naturally.
!!Silverfox
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* {{BBW}}: Apparently.
* CompositeCharacter: In-universe.
* CreepyChild: For a while.
* {{Reincarnation}}: Of Tattersail, Nightchill, and Bellurdan.
* VampiricDraining: Is stealing her mother's life energy without even knowing it.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She's only a few years old, but has aged herself to her early twenties.
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[[folder: '''Jaghut''']]
!!Raest
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* AGodAmI: Like many Jaghut Tyrants, Raest took perverse delight in being percieved as a god by the Imass.
* ArmourIsUseless: You don't even find out he was wearing it until several books after the fight. To be fair, he was fighting Dragons, so it probably didn't make all that much difference.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Fighting five Dragons to a draw.
** Actually, he was definitely winning.
* [[spoiler: DeadpanSnarker: Is evolving into one as the series progresses. His sense of humour is definitely an odd one though]].
* MissedMomentOfAwesome: We're repeatedly told that even if Annomander Rake manages to defeat Raest, he will be left weakened, and vulnerable to assault, that if Raest regains his Finnest even Rake's survival isn't garunteed, and that Rake is the only person with a chance of opposing the Tyrant. ''[[DeusExMachina And then a House of Azath appears out of nowhere and swallows Raest and the Finnest before the two could fuse or the fight could occur]]!''
* [[spoiler: MoralityPet: Has several Malazan soldiers find him a dead cat. He brings it to life so that it can keep him company inside the House of Azath and names it Tufty]].
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: The Jaghut loathed community and avoided it as though it were a disease, believing it led only to horror and violence. Raest is a tyrant, who gets his kicks out of enslaving weaker species.
* SealedEvilInACan: Well, sealed in a barrow anyway, and by his own species no less. His Finnest, which contains most of his power, is also an example.
* SoulJar: The Finnest has most of Raest's power in it.
* TheUndead: He's not Undead like the Imass are, but it's clear that Raest and his body no longer share a particularly intimate connection, and the destruction of the latter causes him few difficulties. [[spoiler: A straight example now that he's inside the Azath House]].
!!Gothos
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* FamedInStory
* NietzscheWannabe: Oh yeah.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
!!Pannion
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See '''Pannion Domin'''
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[[folder: '''Pannion Domin''']]
!!Pannion Seer
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* [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie]]: [[spoiler: His backstory. His mother was killed by the T'Lan Imass and he was shoved through a rent and into the arms of the K'Chain Che'Malle Matron. This has had a rather negative impact on his sanity]].
* ChaoticEvil
* DarkMessiah: As dark as they come.
* EvilOverlord
* {{Mordor}}: Is deliberately transforming his realm into one.
* ReligionOfEvil: Runs one.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's a Jaghut named Pannion in disguise]].
* SorcerousOverlord
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: He's being manipulated from the start by the Crippled God, who is messing with his emotions]].
!!Anasater, First Child of the Dead Seed
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* CompleteMonster: Subverted. Anaster crosses every MoralEventHorizon possible, encourages torture, rape, and cannibalism, and seems to have no humanity whatsoever. [[spoiler: And then you find out that he's done it all in the hopes of becoming so irridemable that someone will be [[DeathSeeker forced to kill him]].]]
* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker: Becomes a monster in the hope that someone will kill him]].
* EmptyShell: There's literally ''nothing'' left inside Anaster. All he has is his despair.
* FreakOut: When Itkovian offers to take his despair from him. It's all he has.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Toc the Younger's soul eventually takes possession of Anaster's body]].
* [[ImAHumanitarian I'm A Humanitarian]]: Encourages cannibalism among his followers and practises it himself.
* ImprobableAge: He's in his late teens and leading an army. Justified by his {{Tykebomb}} status.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: Tries this on Rake and Whiskeyjack, appearing to be a Type 2, before revealing that [[DeathSeeker he really does want to die]].
* PoisonousPerson: Briefly demonstrates this sort of ability when Annomander Rake grabs him.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Taken to the extreme.
* SociopathicSoldier
* {{Tykebomb}}: Raised since birth to lead the cannibalistic Tenescowri horde.
* {{Wangst}}: Debateably.
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[[folder: '''The Defenders Of Capustan''']]
!!Gruntle
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* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal--> BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler: When he becomes Trake's Mortal Sword, Gruntle shifts from a ''very'' capable caravan guard to a nigh-unstoppable warrior]].
* DualWielding: Cutlasses.
* HiredGuns: Worked as a caravan guard for hire.
* LightningBruiser: Big, strong and fast. Becomes stronger, and ''lethally'' quick and agile when [[spoiler: Trake selects him as his Mortal Sword]].
* PantheraAwesome: As [[spoiler: the Mortal Sword of the Tiger of Summer, Gruntle now moves like a big cat]].
* PowerMakeover: [[spoiler: His appearance becomes very, very tigerish following his selection as Mortal Sword of Trake, to the point where it creeps people out]].
* PowerTattoo: [[spoiler: Trake's blessing tattoos his skin with tiger stripes]].
* TechnicolorEyes: [[spoiler: They turn tiger-yellow]].
!!Stonny Menackis
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* LipstickLesbian/ BiTheWay: Not sure which she really is.
* RapeAsDrama
!!Brukhalian
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!!Itkovian
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* BadAss
* CelibateHero
* [[spoiler: DeathIsCheap: He's apparently returned to life by ''Toll the Hounds'']]
* TheEmpath: Can detect and absorb others' grief. Given the [[CrapsackWorld nature of the series]] there's a lot of it to go around.
* [[spoiler: Heroic Sacrifice: Dies absorbing the collective grief of the T'lan Imass]].
* [[spoiler: MeaningfulFuneral]]
* TheMessiah: "You are in pain. I will embrace you now."
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* [[spoiler: TearJerker: His death]]
* [[spoiler: TooCoolToLive]]
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''High House Chains''']]
!!The Crippled God
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* BigBad: About as close to one as the series gets
* ChaoticEvil
* TheCorrupter: The Crippled God specialises in bringing out the worst in people, typically [[DealWithTheDevil offering them exactly what they want]] in exchange for their inclusion in his House of Chains. He seems to like driving his followers/victims mad.
* DealWithTheDevil: Munug, [[spoiler: Kallor]] and many others have made them with him.
* DysfunctionJunction: His followers. It's entirely deliberate too. The Crippled God desires every member of his House to be as flawed, mentally and/or physically as he is.
* EvilCripple: Evil due to crippling. The Fall destroyed his mind.
* HiddenVillain: For the first two and a half books.
* KickTheDog: His treatment of Ruhlad Sengar. See below.
* MadGod
* TheManBehindTheMan: To ''so'' many different villains, with the [[spoiler: [[DarkMessiah Pannion Seer]] being a particularly spectacular example]].
* OmnicidalManiac: He's slowly poisoning Burn. Whether he genuinely wants her dead, or is hoping that someone will free him in order to prevent this isn't known.
* PhysicalGod
* RedRightHand: The evil god is the [[EvilCripple crippled one]]. Go figure.
* SadisticChoice: See XanatosGambit below. The best case scneario is his freedom, and the end of civilisation as they know it. The worst case scenario is the slow death of the entire world.
* SealedEvilInACan: Chained in place, to the sleeping goddess Burn.
* StartOfDarkness: He was just a foreign god who fell to earth as the result of a trap meant for [[TheEmperor Kallor]]. And went stark raving mad as a result.
* VaderBreath: Has to constantly inhale incense in order to keep his lungs clear. Even then, his breathing is still ragged and wheezing.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The fate of many of those who choose to follow him.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The Fall left him crippled, agonised and totally insane. He seems to be out to destroy the world in order to make the pain go away. It's very hard not to feel bad for him on some level.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: None of the injuries from the Fall have healed. Not one in a hundred thousand years.
* XanatosGambit: If they don't loose him, Burn dies and he gets his revenge. If they do, he's free to wreak havoc and get his revenge via other means. Kind of a win-win situation for him.
!!Rhulad Sengar
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* ArtifactOfDoom: Mystically linked to one.
* BackFromTheDead
* BlessedWithSuck: He comes back every time he's killed, but only after having his soul tortured by the Crippled God.
* BodyHorror: Covered in half-melted gold coins from a Tiste Edur death rite.
* CoolSword: Subverted. It's the ArtifactOfDoom that keeps bringing him back.
* DeathSeeker
* TheDragon: As The King in Chains, he fullfills this role with regards to the Crippled God.
* TheEmperor: Of the Letherii Empire.
* HeroicSacrifice: Which got him linked to the ArtifactOfDoom in the first place.
* {{Immortality}}: Type IV.
* ImmortalityHurts: Between getting tortured by the Crippled God in the afterlife, the BodyHorror from his funeral, his bride committing suicide rather than bear his child, and his enroaching insanity, yeah.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: When Karsa finally kills his soul]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Emperor of a Thousand Deaths.
* SanitySlippage: Gradually loses his mind as each new resurrection takes its toll on him.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Not that this was his intention. He threw his mom and dad in prison. The jail promptly flooded.
* TraumaCongaLine: His brother is murdered by Karsa, his bride kills herself, his parents are drowned in his dungeon, his people are scheming against him, he's slowly going mad, and that's without getting into the horror show that is his curse.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Not Rhulad.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* TheWoobie: This man needs a hug. And possibly a therapist.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: No matter how many times he dies, the wounds from his first death will not heal. And then there's those [[BodyHorror damn coins]] from his first funeral.
!!Karsa Orlong
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* AntiHero: Type V. Type IV on a good day.
* {{Badass}}: How his fans view him.
* BarbarianHero: Sort of. How heroic he is, is really up for debate. It's possible that Erikson meant him to be a subversion or a deconstruction.
* BaseBreaker: One of the most divisive characters in the series.
* BloodKnight
* BoisterousBruiser
* ChaoticGood/ ChaoticNeutral/ ChaoticEvil: Slides back and forth between Good, Neutral, and Evil, but is always Chaotic.
* TheDragon: The Crippled God wants him to be his Knight Of Chains. So far, Karsa has been doing his best to refuse.
* FishOutOfWater: Anytime he approaches a remotely civilised location.
* GodModeSue: How some fans see him.
* HellishHorse
* HeManWomanHater: Not a straight example as he doesn't ''hate'' women, but he does believe them to be inferior, and holds them in deep contempt, believing that [[ValuesDissonance rape is totally okay]]. His interactions with [[HotWitch Samar Dev]] and various other women may be improving him for the better, although it's hard to tell.
* HeroicSociopath: And the "heroic" part is sort of questionable.
* InherentInTheSystem: Karsa believes slavery and exploitation are inherent in society. His solution? [[DisproportionateRetribution Burn it down]].
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
* PsychopathicManChild: On occasion.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Sort of. He has no problem with going on adventures and raping and pillaging and whatnot. He just really resents doing it on the Crippled God's orders.
* TheScrappy: YourMileageMayVary
* [[TattooedCrook Tattooed Thug]]: The broken-glass tattoos on his face that denote his past as a slave.
* ValuesDissonance: Both in-universe (with the rest of the cast that is) and with the fans.
* TheWesley: Again, YourMileageMayVary.
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[[folder: '''High House Shadow''']]
!!Shadowthrone/Ammanas
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* BlackCloak
* DealWithTheDevil: "Shadowthrone loves deals."
* [[spoiler: TheEmperor: Pre-Ascension]].
* EvillyAffable
* EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted. Ammanas' voice is very high-pitched and cold.
* GigglingVillain
* {{Hellhound}}s: Commands seven of them.
* InTheHood
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Would you mess with a guy named "Shadowthrone"?
* NeutralEvil: He wants revenge on [[spoiler: Laseen]]. How doesn't really matter, though his methods lean more towards ChaoticEvil than those of Cotillion.
* PhysicalGod
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's Emperor Kellanved, who Ascended following Laseen's assassination attempt]].
* {{Revenge}}: Wants to pay back [[spoiler: Laseen for murdering him]].
!!Cotillion The Rope
--> "It's not such a bad thing girl, to be the pawn of a god."
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* AntiVillain
* BadAss: If the stories are to be belived, [[spoiler: Dancer was a BadAss even before his Ascension to Godhood]]. He's definitely one now.
* CareerKillers: Cotillion is the Patron of Assassins.
* DemonicPossession: Takes over Apsalar/Sorry during ''Gardens of the Moon''.
* TheDragon: To Shadowthrone.
* KnifeNut
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Rope, Patron of Assassins.
* NeutralEvil: Leaning towards LawfulEvil, as demonstrated by his loyalty to Shadowthrone.
* [[spoiler: ParentalSubstitute: Seems to be trying to become one to Sorry/Apsalar, as a means of making up for what he put her through]].
* PetTheDog: Has a minor one with Sorry right before he possesses her, reassuring her that the experience won't be that bad. [[spoiler: Has had many more since than; see ParentalSubstitue, above]].
* PhysicalGod
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Was formerly Dancer, Emperor Kellanved's companion, and Ascended alongside his master]].
* {{Revenge}}: For the same reasons as Ammanas.
* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler: He seems to want Cutter and Apsalar to be happy. It's just that, well, try as he might to be a kind father figure, he's not the god of happy endings, he's the god of murdering people in the face. It's not working.]]
!!Sorry/Apsalar
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* AmnesiacDissonance: Has been gradually remembering the things she did while controlled by The Rope.
* {{Badass}}: [[spoiler: She danced with the Claw. All of the Claw. When she was done, all of her dancing partners lay dead.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Twice. After Cotillion's posession she seemed to go back to normal...right up until she started recovering her skills and plunging into whole new depths of {{Wangst}}. [[spoiler: She's now abandoned Cutter, the one person who really gives a damn about her in order to go off and do god knows what, excusing it by claiming that he'd only get hurt]].
* CreepyChild
* DanceBattler
* DarkActionGirl: Though much more sympathetic than most (she's one of the main protagonists).
* DarkMagicalGirl: Her personality is closer to this, even if her abilities are those of a DarkActionGirl.
* DemonicPossession: Posessed by Cotillion, though whether it's in full or in part isn't entirely clear.
* KnifeNut: Inherited from The Rope.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Loses all her memories of The Rope's actions, post-posession.
* LossOfIdentity: She remembers quite a bit of her life pre-possession, but clearly isn't that girl anymore. Not to mention that she still doesn't know her name.
* PsychoForHire: Poses as one while infiltrating the Malazan Army. She scares Quick Ben, Whiskeyjack, and ''[[CareerKillers Kalam]]'' she's so damn creepy.
* WaifFu
* {{Wangst}}: Not at first, but most of her problems since ''House of Chains'' have been more or less the results of her own decisions. As such, her self-pity can and does, get rather old for some.
* WhatAnIdiot: Multiple people have pointed out to her that [[spoiler: abandoning Cutter wasn't a great idea. Anyone who's moderately perceptive can spot either of their broken hearts pretty much immediately.]]
!!Iskaral Pust
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Somewhere between an extreme example of this, and CrazyAwesome.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: At times, Pust has been known to make comments like "she's falling for my clever scheme" ''to the person he is trying to manipulate''.
* EvilGenius: The only reason Shadowthrone keeps him around.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Maybe. It's really hard to tell if Pust is faking it, or if he just happens to be both rather bright and ''totally nuts''.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite his craziness, tendency towards accidentally stabbing himself in the foot, and an ego the size of some small countries, Pust is actually quite bright, and at times, suprisingly effective.
* TalkativeLoon: Trying to shut him up would likely take an act of god. Or several gods.
* ThinkingOutLoud: Often.
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[[folder: '''Lady Envy's Companions''']]
!!Lady Envy
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* CainAndAbel: With Spite.
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards her sister, Spite.
* TrueNeutral: Does what she wants, no matter what's going on in the world.
* UpperClassTwit: Does an amazing impression of one. She's actually quite bright, if a little ditzy.
!!Toc The Younger
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* AcheyScars: His eye still hurts.
* ActionSurvivor: Feels like one alongside Envy, Tool, Baaljaag, Gareth and the Seguleh.
* TheArcher: Although his missing eye has seriously screwed with his aim.
* [[spoiler: [[CantStayNormal Can't Stay Normal]]: Or dead. He's been attacked by Hairlock and thrown into a rent, accompanied Lady Envy, [[BodySnatcher Body Snatched]] Anaster and become Mortal Sword of Togg and Fanderay, been killed again, and now serves Hood. Phew!]]
* [[spoiler: DeathIsCheap: How many times has he come back from the dead now?]]
* EyepatchOfPower
* [[spoiler: GrandTheftMe]]: Following [[spoiler: His death, Toc's soul is transplanted into that of [[EmptyShell Anaster]] in order to give them both a second chance at life]].
!!Mok, Thurule, and Senu
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Seguleh hierarchy is modelled on combat ability. As the Third, Mok can and does kick a lot of ass.
* BadAss: All three of them. To the point where their fellow Seguleh class them as a "punitive army" and expect them to carve their way through the Pannion Domin on their own. They don't dissapoint.
** BadassArmy: They're "the punative army of the Seguleh", themselves as BadassArmy of the first order.
** BadassNormal
* BloodKnight: Three representatives from an entire nation of them.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpowers
* DualWielding: All three Seguleh.
* TheFettered: Courtesy of Lady Envy's magic.
* HonourBeforeReason: If the Seguleh think you might be tough, they will challenge you, no matter where or when. And they'll make it a fair fight too.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers
* ImprobableAge: Senu's just turned twenty.
* MaskPower: All Seguleh go masked, and the markings on their mask indicate their rank (Mok is the third-ranked Seguleh, his mask has two slashes on it).
* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Trio]]
* TheQuietOne: All three of them, but especially Mok.
* TheStoic
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* AmnesiacGod: The wolf-goddess Fanderay is trapped inside her.
* BigBadassWolf
* CanineCompanion
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can greatly alter her size, though not to the extent Gareth can.
* StarCrossedLovers: Is searching for the spirit of her mate, the wolf-god Togg. [[spoiler: He's hiding inside Toc]].
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* {{Hellhound}}: Has the potential to be a Hound of Shadow.
* CanineCompanion
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can grow to tremendous size.
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!!Krul
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* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The lack of it is implied to be the reason he's so weak now.
** Elder Gods accept prayer in the form of blood sacrifice. Give generously...
* KarmicPunishment: Kallor's curse.
* TheMentor: To Kruppe.
* OlderAndWiser: To all the gods.
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!!Icarium Lifestealer
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* {{Badass}}
* TheBerserker
* GeniusBruiser: He's a mapmaker, inventor, scholar...and one of the most lethal fighters ever born.
* HalfHumanHybrid: He's a Jhag: half man, half Jaghut.
* ImplacableMan
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
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* PreAssKickingOneLiner: After Quick Ben unleashes half of his warrens (sources of magical power) to blast Korbal Broach through a wall, Bauchelain, partner of the aforementioned Korbal Broach, notes that Quick Ben's power is most impressive, but that, in retrospect, he ought to have saved at least half his warrens.
-->"But Bauchelain," replies Quick Ben, "I did."
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-->"But Bauchelain," replies Quick Ben, "I did."
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** "He was Quick Ben. He thought outwitting gods was fun." (''Dust of Dreams'')
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* [[spoiler: Takingyouwithme TakingYouWithMe: Quick Ben goes out in a literal Blaze blaze of Glory un Dust glory in ''Dust of dreams Dreams'' unleashing all his magic at once to eliminate part of a attacking Nah-ruk invasion force. It doesn't help the Bridgeburners much...]]
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* DeliberateInjuryGambit: As a T'lan Imass, Tool can surive anything short of beheading or total dismemberment. It's not surprising, therefore, that these kind of tactics feature prominently in his playbook.
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* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: Her plan to fake a defection by Whiskeyjack and Dujek in order to take down the Pannion Domin likely cements her as this]].
* BrokenBird
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* [[spoiler: [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped A Bridge On Her]]: Murdered by two back alley thugs, Irilta and Meese. She says it to Paran herself: "Can't you see the irony? No glorious end for the Adjunct]]]].Adjunct"]].
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* CoolOldGuy
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* CoolSword: For a while. His sword, Chance is was blessed/cursed by Oponn.
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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Shadowthrone]], [[GrimReaper Hood]], the [[BigBad Crippled God]], Quick Ben's made a very long list of powerful enemies.
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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Shadowthrone]], [[GrimReaper Hood]], the [[BigBad Crippled God]], Quick Ben's made a very long list of powerful enemies.enemies, and doesn't seem to mind in the least.
* TheSmartGuy: For the Bridgeburners and the Malazan Army in general. It's been said that if [[TheChessmaster Kruppe]] is one of the smartest people in the world, than Quick Ben is only a step behind him.
* TheSmartGuy: For the Bridgeburners and the Malazan Army in general. It's been said that if [[TheChessmaster Kruppe]] is one of the smartest people in the world, than Quick Ben is only a step behind him.
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* CainAndAbel: Tries to sell his sisters into slavery.
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* CainAndAbel: Tries to sell his handicapped sisters into slavery.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority
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* DropTheHammer: His main weapon is a hammer that only he can lift. If swung, it can awaken Burn, the sleeping goddess of the Earth.
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* DropTheHammer: His main weapon is a hammer that only he can lift. If swung, it can awaken Burn, the sleeping goddess Sleeping Goddess of the Earth.
* HeroKiller: Clearly has this status by ''Toll the Hounds''.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: A Soletaken, like Rake and her brother.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
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* {{Determinator}}: And a prime example at that. Despite being completely outmatched, he manages to duel ''[[BadassGrandpa Kallor]]'' for an ''entire'' night, lasting from dusk until dawn. He's cut to pieces in the attempt but never falls down. All because Rake asked him to stand between Kallor and Darujhistan.
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* {{Determinator}}: And a prime example at that. Despite being completely outmatched, he manages to duel ''[[BadassGrandpa Kallor]]'' for an ''entire'' night, lasting from dusk until dawn. He's cut to pieces in the attempt but never falls down. All because Rake asked him to stand between Kallor [[HeroKiller Kallor]] and Darujhistan.
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* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragonsInstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Transforms into a gigantic, undead grey dragon.
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* VoluntaryShapeShiftingVoluntaryShapeshifting: An undead Soletaken dragon.
* {{BBW}}: Apparently.
* CompositeCharacter: In-universe.
* CompositeCharacter: In-universe.
* VampiricDraining: Is stealing her mother's life energy without even knowing it.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She's only a few years old, but has aged herself to her early twenties.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She's only a few years old, but has aged herself to her early twenties.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: The Jaghut loathed community and avoided it as though it were a disease, believing it led only to horror and violence. Raest is a tyrant, who gets his kicks out of enslaving weaker species.
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* NietzscheWannabeNietzscheWannabe: Oh yeah.
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* WoundThatWillNotHeal: No matter how many times he dies, the wounds from his first death will not heal. And then there's those damn coins from his first funeral.
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* WoundThatWillNotHeal: No matter how many times he dies, the wounds from his first death will not heal. And then there's those [[BodyHorror damn coins coins]] from his first funeral.
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* HeManWomanHater: Not a straight example as he doesn't ''hate'' women, but he does believe them to be inferior, and holds them in deep contempt, believing that [[ValuesDissonance rape is totally okay]]. His interactions with Samar Dev and various other women may be improving him for the better, although it's hard to tell.
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* HeManWomanHater: Not a straight example as he doesn't ''hate'' women, but he does believe them to be inferior, and holds them in deep contempt, believing that [[ValuesDissonance rape is totally okay]]. His interactions with [[HotWitch Samar Dev Dev]] and various other women may be improving him for the better, although it's hard to tell.
* TheWesley: Again, YourMileageMayVary.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Rope.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Rope.Rope, Patron of Assassins.
* PhysicalGod
* WaifFu
* {{Wangst}}: Not at first, but most of her problems since ''House of Chains'' have been more or less the results of her own decisions. As such, her self-pity can and does, get rather old for some.
* {{Wangst}}: Not at first, but most of her problems since ''House of Chains'' have been more or less the results of her own decisions. As such, her self-pity can and does, get rather old for some.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Multiple people have pointed out to her that [[spoiler: abandoning Cutter wasn't a great idea. Anyone who's moderately perceptive can spot either of their broken hearts pretty much immediately.]]
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** Elder Gods accept prayer in the form of blood sacrifice. Give generously...
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* {{Badass}}: [[spoiler: She danced with the Claw. All of the Claw. When she was done, all of her dancing partners lay dead.]]
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* DanceBattler
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* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler: He seems to want Cutter and Apsalar to be happy. It's just that, well, try as he might to be a kind father figure, he's not the god of happy endings, he's the god of murdering people in the face. It's not working.]]
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* EnfanteTerrible
* EvilIsPetty
* KidsAreCruel: Kids are snivelling monsters.
* SmugSnake
* TheSociopath
!!Bellam Nom
* TeensAreMonsters: Fakes it incredibley well.
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!!Warlord Caladan Brood
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!!Warlord Caladan Brood
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* FamedInStory
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!! Onos Too'lan
* BadAss: Yes he's undead. Yes he has a host of advantages related to being undead. And yet, Tool is still incredibley BadAss.
* BadassDecay: Mild example. In ''Gardens of the Moon'' Tool was described as "without equal in this world" and capable of taking down Raest, a Jaghut Tyrant who could have challenged Annomander Rake, by himself. In ''Memories of Ice'' he's still ''very'' BadAss, but is repeatedly damaged, and [[spoiler: defeated by Mok, the BadassNormal Seguleh Third in a fair fight]]
* BerserkButton: Tool doesn't have a lot of friends. Don't hurt the ones he has.
* CoolSword: A huge, enchanted ''flint'' sword.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Like most of the T'lan Imass, Tool regularly shrugs off crippling injuries, just to remind us that, yes, he is undead.
* IHaveTwoKidneys: As a T'lan Imass, Tool can surive anything short of beheading or total dismemberment. It's not surprising, therefore, that these kind of tactics feature prominently in his playbook.
* ImplacableMan: Comes with being a T'lan Imass, although even by they're standards he's pretty damn hard to stop.
* LonersAreFreaks: Tool is unbound, and unconnected to any clan. Other T'lan Imass tend to view him with a mix of suspicion and awe because of this.
* TheUndead: Naturally.
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!! Onos Too'lan
* BadAss: Yes he's undead. Yes he has a host of advantages related to being undead. And yet, Tool is still incredibley BadAss.
* BadassDecay: Mild example. In ''Gardens of the Moon'' Tool was described as "without equal in this world" and capable of taking down Raest, a Jaghut Tyrant who could have challenged Annomander Rake, by himself. In ''Memories of Ice'' he's still ''very'' BadAss, but is repeatedly damaged, and [[spoiler: defeated by Mok, the BadassNormal Seguleh Third in a fair fight]]
* BerserkButton: Tool doesn't have a lot of friends. Don't hurt the ones he has.
* CoolSword: A huge, enchanted ''flint'' sword.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Like most of the T'lan Imass, Tool regularly shrugs off crippling injuries, just to remind us that, yes, he is undead.
* IHaveTwoKidneys: As a T'lan Imass, Tool can surive anything short of beheading or total dismemberment. It's not surprising, therefore, that these kind of tactics feature prominently in his playbook.
* ImplacableMan: Comes with being a T'lan Imass, although even by they're standards he's pretty damn hard to stop.
* LonersAreFreaks: Tool is unbound, and unconnected to any clan. Other T'lan Imass tend to view him with a mix of suspicion and awe because of this.
* TheUndead: Naturally.
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!! Onos Too'lan
* BadAss: Yes he's undead. Yes he has a host of advantages related to being undead. And yet, Tool is still incredibley BadAss.
* BadassDecay: Mild example. In ''Gardens of the Moon'' Tool was described as "without equal in this world" and capable of taking down Raest, a Jaghut Tyrant who could have challenged Annomander Rake, by himself. In ''Memories of Ice'' he's still ''very'' BadAss, but is repeatedly damaged, and [[spoiler: defeated by Mok, the BadassNormal Seguleh Third in a fair fight]]
* BerserkButton: Tool doesn't have a lot of friends. Don't hurt the ones he has.
* CoolSword: A huge, enchanted ''flint'' sword.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Like most of the T'lan Imass, Tool regularly shrugs off crippling injuries, just to remind us that, yes, he is undead.
* IHaveTwoKidneys: As a T'lan Imass, Tool can surive anything short of beheading or total dismemberment. It's not surprising, therefore, that these kind of tactics feature prominently in his playbook.
* ImplacableMan: Comes with being a T'lan Imass, although even by they're standards he's pretty damn hard to stop.
* LonersAreFreaks: Tool is unbound, and unconnected to any clan. Other T'lan Imass tend to view him with a mix of suspicion and awe because of this.
* TheUndead: Naturally.
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!!Trull Sengar
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* BladeOnAStick: His spear his his favourite weapon.
!!Ruhlad Sengar
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* AGodAmI: Like many Jaghut Tyrants, Raest took perverse delight in being percieved as a god by the Imass.
* ArmourIsUseless: You don't even find out he was wearing it until several books after the fight. To be fair, he was fighting Dragons, so it probably didn't make all that much difference.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Fighting five Dragons to a draw.
** Actually, he was definitely winning.
* [[spoiler: DeadpanSnarker: Is evolving into one as the series progresses. His sense of humour is definitely an odd one though]].
* MissedMomentOfAwesome: We're repeatedly told that even if Annomander Rake manages to defeat Raest, he will be left weakened, and vulnerable to assault, that if Raest regains his Finnest even Rake's survival isn't garunteed, and that Rake is the only person with a chance of opposing the Tyrant. ''[[DeusExMachina And then a House of Azath appears out of nowhere and swallows Raest and the Finnest before the two could fuse or the fight could occur]]!''
* [[spoiler: MoralityPet: Has several Malazan soldiers find him a dead cat. He brings it to life so that it can keep him company inside the House of Azath and names it Tufty]].
* SealedEvilInACan: Well, sealed in a barrow anyway, and by his own species no less. His Finnest, which contains most of his power, is also an example.
* SoulJar: The Finnest has most of Raest's power in it.
* TheUndead: He's not Undead like the Imass are, but it's clear that Raest and his body no longer share a particularly intimate connection, and the destruction of the latter causes him few difficulties. [[spoiler: A straight example now that he's inside the Azath House]].
!!Gothos
* ArmourIsUseless: You don't even find out he was wearing it until several books after the fight. To be fair, he was fighting Dragons, so it probably didn't make all that much difference.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Fighting five Dragons to a draw.
** Actually, he was definitely winning.
* [[spoiler: DeadpanSnarker: Is evolving into one as the series progresses. His sense of humour is definitely an odd one though]].
* MissedMomentOfAwesome: We're repeatedly told that even if Annomander Rake manages to defeat Raest, he will be left weakened, and vulnerable to assault, that if Raest regains his Finnest even Rake's survival isn't garunteed, and that Rake is the only person with a chance of opposing the Tyrant. ''[[DeusExMachina And then a House of Azath appears out of nowhere and swallows Raest and the Finnest before the two could fuse or the fight could occur]]!''
* [[spoiler: MoralityPet: Has several Malazan soldiers find him a dead cat. He brings it to life so that it can keep him company inside the House of Azath and names it Tufty]].
* SealedEvilInACan: Well, sealed in a barrow anyway, and by his own species no less. His Finnest, which contains most of his power, is also an example.
* SoulJar: The Finnest has most of Raest's power in it.
* TheUndead: He's not Undead like the Imass are, but it's clear that Raest and his body no longer share a particularly intimate connection, and the destruction of the latter causes him few difficulties. [[spoiler: A straight example now that he's inside the Azath House]].
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* ArmourIsUseless: You don't even find out he was wearing it until several books after the fight. To be fair, he was fighting Dragons, so it probably didn't make all that much difference.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Fighting five Dragons to a draw.
** Actually, he was definitely winning.
* [[spoiler: DeadpanSnarker: Is evolving into one as the series progresses. His sense of humour is definitely an odd one though]].
* MissedMomentOfAwesome: We're repeatedly told that even if Annomander Rake manages to defeat Raest, he will be left weakened, and vulnerable to assault, that if Raest regains his Finnest even Rake's survival isn't garunteed, and that Rake is the only person with a chance of opposing the Tyrant. ''[[DeusExMachina And then a
* [[spoiler: MoralityPet: Has several Malazan soldiers find him a dead cat. He brings it to life so that it can keep him company inside the House of Azath and names it Tufty]].
* SealedEvilInACan: Well, sealed in a barrow anyway, and by his own species no less. His Finnest, which contains most of his power, is also an example.
* SoulJar: The Finnest has most of Raest's power in it.
* TheUndead: He's not Undead like the Imass are, but it's clear that Raest and his body no longer share a particularly intimate connection, and the destruction of the latter causes him few difficulties. [[spoiler: A straight example now that he's inside the Azath House]].
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!! Onos Too'lan
* BadAss: Yes he's undead. Yes he has a host of advantages related to being undead. And yet, Tool is still incredibley BadAss.
* BadassDecay: Mild example. In ''Gardens of the Moon'' Tool was described as "without equal in this world" and capable of taking down Raest, a Jaghut Tyrant who could have challenged Annomander Rake, by himself. In ''Memories of Ice'' he's still ''very'' BadAss, but is repeatedly damaged, and [[spoiler: defeated by Mok, the BadassNormal Seguleh Third in a fair fight]]
* BerserkButton: Tool doesn't have a lot of friends. Don't hurt the ones he has.
* CoolSword: A huge, enchanted ''flint'' sword.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Like most of the T'lan Imass, Tool regularly shrugs off crippling injuries, just to remind us that, yes, he is undead.
* IHaveTwoKidneys: As a T'lan Imass, Tool can surive anything short of beheading or total dismemberment. It's not surprising, therefore, that these kind of tactics feature prominently in his playbook.
* ImplacableMan: Comes with being a T'lan Imass, although even by they're standards he's pretty damn hard to stop.
* LonersAreFreaks: Tool is unbound, and unconnected to any clan. Other T'lan Imass tend to view him with a mix of suspicion and awe because of this.
* TheUndead: Naturally.
!!Silverfox
!!Pannion Seer
!! Onos Too'lan
* BadAss: Yes he's undead. Yes he has a host of advantages related to being undead. And yet, Tool is still incredibley BadAss.
* BadassDecay: Mild example. In ''Gardens of the Moon'' Tool was described as "without equal in this world" and capable of taking down Raest, a Jaghut Tyrant who could have challenged Annomander Rake, by himself. In ''Memories of Ice'' he's still ''very'' BadAss, but is repeatedly damaged, and [[spoiler: defeated by Mok, the BadassNormal Seguleh Third in a fair fight]]
* BerserkButton: Tool doesn't have a lot of friends. Don't hurt the ones he has.
* CoolSword: A huge, enchanted ''flint'' sword.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Like most of the T'lan Imass, Tool regularly shrugs off crippling injuries, just to remind us that, yes, he is undead.
* IHaveTwoKidneys: As a T'lan Imass, Tool can surive anything short of beheading or total dismemberment. It's not surprising, therefore, that these kind of tactics feature prominently in his playbook.
* ImplacableMan: Comes with being a T'lan Imass, although even by they're standards he's pretty damn hard to stop.
* LonersAreFreaks: Tool is unbound, and unconnected to any clan. Other T'lan Imass tend to view him with a mix of suspicion and awe because of this.
* TheUndead: Naturally.
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* ChaoticEvil
* DarkMessiah: As dark as they come.
* EvilOverlord
* {{Mordor}}: Is deliberately transforming his realm into one.
* ReligionOfEvil: Runs one.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's a Jaghut named Pannion in disguise]].
* SorcerousOverlord
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: He's being manipulated from the start by the Crippled God, who is messing with his emotions]].
!!Anasater, First Child of the Dead Seed
* ChaoticEvil
* DarkMessiah: As dark as they come.
* EvilOverlord
* {{Mordor}}: Is deliberately transforming his realm into one.
* ReligionOfEvil: Runs one.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's a Jaghut named Pannion in disguise]].
* SorcerousOverlord
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: He's being manipulated from the start by the Crippled God, who is messing with his emotions]].
!!Anasater, First Child of the Dead Seed
to:
* [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie]]: [[spoiler: His backstory. His mother was killed by the T'Lan Imass CreepyChild: For a while.
* {{Reincarnation}}: Of Tattersail, Nightchill, andhe was shoved through a rent and into the arms of the K'Chain Che'Malle Matron. This has had a rather negative impact on his sanity]].
* ChaoticEvil
* DarkMessiah: As dark as they come.
* EvilOverlord
* {{Mordor}}: Is deliberately transforming his realm into one.
* ReligionOfEvil: Runs one.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's a Jaghut named Pannion in disguise]].
* SorcerousOverlord
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: He's being manipulated from the start by the Crippled God, who is messing with his emotions]].
!!Anasater, First Child of the Dead SeedBellurdan.
[[/folder]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: Of Tattersail, Nightchill, and
* ChaoticEvil
* DarkMessiah: As dark as they come.
* EvilOverlord
* {{Mordor}}: Is deliberately transforming his realm into one.
* ReligionOfEvil: Runs one.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's a Jaghut named Pannion in disguise]].
* SorcerousOverlord
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: He's being manipulated from the start by the Crippled God, who is messing with his emotions]].
!!Anasater, First Child of the Dead Seed
[[/folder]]
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* CompleteMonster: Subverted. Anaster crosses every MoralEventHorizon possible, encourages torture, rape, and cannibalism, and seems to have no humanity whatsoever. [[spoiler: And then you find out that he's done it all in the hopes of becoming so irridemable that someone will be [[DeathSeeker forced to kill him]].]]
* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker: Becomes a monster in the hope that someone will kill him]].
* EmptyShell: There's literally ''nothing'' left inside Anaster. All he has is his despair.
* FreakOut: When Itkovian offers to take his despair from him. It's all he has.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Toc the Younger's soul eventually takes possession of Anaster's body]].
* [[ImAHumanitarian I'm A Humanitarian]]: Encourages cannibalism among his followers and practises it himself.
* ImprobableAge: He's in his late teens and leading an army. Justified by his {{Tykebomb}} status.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: Tries this on Rake and Whiskeyjack, appearing to be a Type 2, before revealing that [[DeathSeeker he really does want to die]].
* PoisonousPerson: Briefly demonstrates this sort of ability when Annomander Rake grabs him.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Taken to the extreme.
* SociopathicSoldier
* {{Tykebomb}}: Raised since birth to lead the cannibalistic Tenescowri horde.
* {{Wangst}}: Debateably.
[[/folder]]
* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker: Becomes a monster in the hope that someone will kill him]].
* EmptyShell: There's literally ''nothing'' left inside Anaster. All he has is his despair.
* FreakOut: When Itkovian offers to take his despair from him. It's all he has.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Toc the Younger's soul eventually takes possession of Anaster's body]].
* [[ImAHumanitarian I'm A Humanitarian]]: Encourages cannibalism among his followers and practises it himself.
* ImprobableAge: He's in his late teens and leading an army. Justified by his {{Tykebomb}} status.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: Tries this on Rake and Whiskeyjack, appearing to be a Type 2, before revealing that [[DeathSeeker he really does want to die]].
* PoisonousPerson: Briefly demonstrates this sort of ability when Annomander Rake grabs him.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Taken to the extreme.
* SociopathicSoldier
* {{Tykebomb}}: Raised since birth to lead the cannibalistic Tenescowri horde.
* {{Wangst}}: Debateably.
[[/folder]]
to:
* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker: Becomes a monster in the hope that someone will kill him]].
* EmptyShell: There's literally ''nothing'' left inside Anaster. All he has is his despair.
* FreakOut: When Itkovian offers to take his despair from him. It's all he has.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Toc the Younger's soul eventually takes possession of Anaster's body]].
* [[ImAHumanitarian I'm A Humanitarian]]: Encourages cannibalism among his followers and practises it himself.
* ImprobableAge: He's in his late teens and leading an army. Justified by his {{Tykebomb}} status.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: Tries this on Rake and Whiskeyjack, appearing to be a Type 2, before revealing that [[DeathSeeker he really does want to die]].
* PoisonousPerson: Briefly demonstrates this sort of ability when Annomander Rake grabs him.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Taken to the extreme.
* SociopathicSoldier
* {{Tykebomb}}: Raised since birth to lead the cannibalistic Tenescowri horde.
* {{Wangst}}: Debateably.
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!!Raest
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[[folder: '''The Defenders Of Capustan''']]
!!Gruntle
!!Gruntle
to:
!!Gruntle
* ArmourIsUseless: You don't even find out he was wearing it until several books after the fight. To be fair, he was fighting Dragons, so it probably didn't make all that much difference.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Fighting five Dragons to a draw.
** Actually, he was definitely winning.
* [[spoiler: DeadpanSnarker: Is evolving into one as the series progresses. His sense of humour is definitely an odd one though]].
* MissedMomentOfAwesome: We're repeatedly told that even if Annomander Rake manages to defeat Raest, he will be left weakened, and vulnerable to assault, that if Raest regains his Finnest even Rake's survival isn't garunteed, and that Rake is the only person with a chance of opposing the Tyrant. ''[[DeusExMachina And then a House of Azath appears out of nowhere and swallows Raest and the Finnest before the two could fuse or the fight could occur]]!''
* [[spoiler: MoralityPet: Has several Malazan soldiers find him a dead cat. He brings it to life so that it can keep him company inside the House of Azath and names it Tufty]].
* SealedEvilInACan: Well, sealed in a barrow anyway, and by his own species no less. His Finnest, which contains most of his power, is also an example.
* SoulJar: The Finnest has most of Raest's power in it.
* TheUndead: He's not Undead like the Imass are, but it's clear that Raest and his body no longer share a particularly intimate connection, and the destruction of the latter causes him few difficulties. [[spoiler: A straight example now that he's inside the Azath House]].
!!Gothos
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* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal--> BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler: When he becomes Trake's Mortal Sword, Gruntle shifts from a ''very'' capable caravan guard to a nigh-unstoppable warrior]].
* DualWielding: Cutlasses.
* HiredGuns: Worked as a caravan guard for hire.
* LightningBruiser: Big, strong and fast. Becomes stronger, and ''lethally'' quick and agile when [[spoiler: Trake selects him as his Mortal Sword]].
* PantheraAwesome: As [[spoiler: the Mortal Sword of the Tiger of Summer, Gruntle now moves like a big cat]].
* PowerMakeover: [[spoiler: His appearance becomes very, very tigerish following his selection as Mortal Sword of Trake, to the point where it creeps people out]].
* PowerTattoo: [[spoiler: Trake's blessing tattoos his skin with tiger stripes]].
* TechnicolorEyes: [[spoiler: They turn tiger-yellow]].
!!Stonny Menackis
** BadassNormal--> BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler: When he becomes Trake's Mortal Sword, Gruntle shifts from a ''very'' capable caravan guard to a nigh-unstoppable warrior]].
* DualWielding: Cutlasses.
* HiredGuns: Worked as a caravan guard for hire.
* LightningBruiser: Big, strong and fast. Becomes stronger, and ''lethally'' quick and agile when [[spoiler: Trake selects him as his Mortal Sword]].
* PantheraAwesome: As [[spoiler: the Mortal Sword of the Tiger of Summer, Gruntle now moves like a big cat]].
* PowerMakeover: [[spoiler: His appearance becomes very, very tigerish following his selection as Mortal Sword of Trake, to the point where it creeps people out]].
* PowerTattoo: [[spoiler: Trake's blessing tattoos his skin with tiger stripes]].
* TechnicolorEyes: [[spoiler: They turn tiger-yellow]].
!!Stonny Menackis
to:
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal--> BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler: When he becomes Trake's Mortal Sword, Gruntle shifts from a ''very'' capable caravan guard to a nigh-unstoppable warrior]].
FamedInStory
*DualWielding: Cutlasses.
NietzscheWannabe
*HiredGuns: Worked as a caravan guard for hire.
* LightningBruiser: Big, strong and fast. Becomes stronger, and ''lethally'' quick and agile when [[spoiler: Trake selects him as his Mortal Sword]].
* PantheraAwesome: As [[spoiler: the Mortal Sword of the Tiger of Summer, Gruntle now moves like a big cat]].
* PowerMakeover: [[spoiler: His appearance becomes very, very tigerish following his selection as Mortal Sword of Trake, to the point where it creeps people out]].
* PowerTattoo: [[spoiler: Trake's blessing tattoos his skin with tiger stripes]].
* TechnicolorEyes: [[spoiler: They turn tiger-yellow]].
!!Stonny MenackisReallySevenHundredYearsOld
!!Pannion
** BadassNormal--> BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler: When he becomes Trake's Mortal Sword, Gruntle shifts from a ''very'' capable caravan guard to a nigh-unstoppable warrior]].
*
*
* LightningBruiser: Big, strong and fast. Becomes stronger, and ''lethally'' quick and agile when [[spoiler: Trake selects him as his Mortal Sword]].
* PantheraAwesome: As [[spoiler: the Mortal Sword of the Tiger of Summer, Gruntle now moves like a big cat]].
* PowerMakeover: [[spoiler: His appearance becomes very, very tigerish following his selection as Mortal Sword of Trake, to the point where it creeps people out]].
* PowerTattoo: [[spoiler: Trake's blessing tattoos his skin with tiger stripes]].
* TechnicolorEyes: [[spoiler: They turn tiger-yellow]].
!!Stonny Menackis
!!Pannion
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* LipstickLesbian/ BiTheWay: Not sure which she really is.
* RapeAsDrama
!!Brukhalian
* RapeAsDrama
!!Brukhalian
to:
* RapeAsDrama
!!Brukhalian
[[/folder]]
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!!Itkovian
to:
!!Pannion Seer
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* BadAss
* CelibateHero
* [[spoiler: DeathIsCheap: He's apparently returned to life by ''Toll the Hounds'']]
* TheEmpath: Can detect and absorb others' grief. Given the [[CrapsackWorld nature of the series]] there's a lot of it to go around.
* [[spoiler: Heroic Sacrifice: Dies absorbing the collective grief of the T'lan Imass]].
* [[spoiler: MeaningfulFuneral]]
* TheMessiah: "You are in pain. I will embrace you now."
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* [[spoiler: TearJerker: His death]]
* [[spoiler: TooCoolToLive]]
[[/folder]]
----
[[folder: '''High House Chains''']]
!!The Crippled God
----
* TheBigBad
* CelibateHero
* [[spoiler: DeathIsCheap: He's apparently returned to life by ''Toll the Hounds'']]
* TheEmpath: Can detect and absorb others' grief. Given the [[CrapsackWorld nature of the series]] there's a lot of it to go around.
* [[spoiler: Heroic Sacrifice: Dies absorbing the collective grief of the T'lan Imass]].
* [[spoiler: MeaningfulFuneral]]
* TheMessiah: "You are in pain. I will embrace you now."
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* [[spoiler: TearJerker: His death]]
* [[spoiler: TooCoolToLive]]
[[/folder]]
----
[[folder: '''High House Chains''']]
!!The Crippled God
----
* TheBigBad
to:
* CelibateHero
* TheEmpath: Can detect and absorb others' grief. Given the [[CrapsackWorld nature of the series]] there's a lot of it to go around.
*
* [[spoiler: MeaningfulFuneral]]
* TheMessiah: "You are in pain. I will embrace you now."
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* [[spoiler: TearJerker: His death]]
* [[spoiler: TooCoolToLive]]
[[/folder]]
----
[[folder: '''High House Chains''']]
!!The Crippled God
----
* TheBigBad
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* TheCorrupter: The Crippled God specialises in bringing out the worst in people, typically [[DealWithTheDevil offering them exactly what they want]] in exchange for their inclusion in his House of Chains. He seems to like driving his followers/victims mad.
* DealWithTheDevil: Munug, [[spoiler: Kallor]] and many others have made them with him.
* DysfunctionJunction: His followers. It's entirely deliberate too. The Crippled God desires every member of his House to be as flawed, mentally and/or physically as he is.
* EvilCripple: Evil due to crippling. The Fall destroyed his mind.
* GodOfEvil: About as close to one as the series gets.
* HiddenVillain: For the first two and a half books.
* KickTheDog: His treatment of Ruhlad Sengar. See below.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To ''so'' many different villains, with the [[spoiler: [[DarkMessiah Pannion Seer]] being a particularly spectacular example]].
* OmnicidalManiac: He's slowly poisoning Burn. Whether he genuinely wants her dead, or is hoping that someone will free him in order to prevent this isn't known.
* PhysicalGod
* RedRightHand: The evil god is the [[EvilCripple crippled one]]. Go figure.
* SadisticChoice: See XanatosGambit below. The best case scneario is his freedom, and the end of civilisation as they know it. The worst case scenario is the slow death of the entire world.
* SealedEvilInACan: Chained in place, to the sleeping goddess Burn.
* StartOfDarkness: He was just a foreign god who fell to earth as the result of a trap meant for [[TheEmperor Kallor]]. And went stark raving mad as a result.
* VaderBreath: Has to constantly inhale incense in order to keep his lungs clear. Even then, his breathing is still ragged and wheezing.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The fate of many of those who choose to follow him.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The Fall left him crippled, agonised and totally insane. He seems to be out to destroy the world in order to make the pain go away. It's very hard not to feel bad for him on some level.
* XanatosGambit: If they don't loose him, Burn dies and he gets his revenge. If they do, he's free to wreak havoc and get his revenge via other means. Kind of a win-win situation for him.
!!Ruhlad Sengar
* DealWithTheDevil: Munug, [[spoiler: Kallor]] and many others have made them with him.
* DysfunctionJunction: His followers. It's entirely deliberate too. The Crippled God desires every member of his House to be as flawed, mentally and/or physically as he is.
* EvilCripple: Evil due to crippling. The Fall destroyed his mind.
* GodOfEvil: About as close to one as the series gets.
* HiddenVillain: For the first two and a half books.
* KickTheDog: His treatment of Ruhlad Sengar. See below.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To ''so'' many different villains, with the [[spoiler: [[DarkMessiah Pannion Seer]] being a particularly spectacular example]].
* OmnicidalManiac: He's slowly poisoning Burn. Whether he genuinely wants her dead, or is hoping that someone will free him in order to prevent this isn't known.
* PhysicalGod
* RedRightHand: The evil god is the [[EvilCripple crippled one]]. Go figure.
* SadisticChoice: See XanatosGambit below. The best case scneario is his freedom, and the end of civilisation as they know it. The worst case scenario is the slow death of the entire world.
* SealedEvilInACan: Chained in place, to the sleeping goddess Burn.
* StartOfDarkness: He was just a foreign god who fell to earth as the result of a trap meant for [[TheEmperor Kallor]]. And went stark raving mad as a result.
* VaderBreath: Has to constantly inhale incense in order to keep his lungs clear. Even then, his breathing is still ragged and wheezing.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The fate of many of those who choose to follow him.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The Fall left him crippled, agonised and totally insane. He seems to be out to destroy the world in order to make the pain go away. It's very hard not to feel bad for him on some level.
* XanatosGambit: If they don't loose him, Burn dies and he gets his revenge. If they do, he's free to wreak havoc and get his revenge via other means. Kind of a win-win situation for him.
!!Ruhlad Sengar
to:
* TheCorrupter: The Crippled God specialises in bringing out the worst in people, typically [[DealWithTheDevil offering them exactly what DarkMessiah: As dark as they want]] in exchange for their inclusion in come.
* EvilOverlord
* {{Mordor}}: Is deliberately transforming hisHouse of Chains. He seems to like driving his followers/victims mad.
realm into one.
*DealWithTheDevil: Munug, ReligionOfEvil: Runs one.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Kallor]] and many others have made them with him.
He's a Jaghut named Pannion in disguise]].
*DysfunctionJunction: His followers. It's entirely deliberate too. The Crippled God desires every member of his House to be as flawed, mentally and/or physically as he is.
SorcerousOverlord
*EvilCripple: Evil due to crippling. The Fall destroyed his mind.
* GodOfEvil: About as close to one as the series gets.
* HiddenVillain: For the first two and a half books.
* KickTheDog: His treatment of Ruhlad Sengar. See below.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To ''so'' many different villains, with theUnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: [[DarkMessiah Pannion Seer]] being a particularly spectacular example]].
* OmnicidalManiac:He's slowly poisoning Burn. Whether he genuinely wants her dead, or is hoping that someone will free him in order to prevent this isn't known.
* PhysicalGod
* RedRightHand: The evil god isbeing manipulated from the [[EvilCripple crippled one]]. Go figure.
* SadisticChoice: See XanatosGambit below. The best case scneariostart by the Crippled God, who is messing with his freedom, and the end of civilisation as they know it. The worst case scenario is the slow death emotions]].
!!Anasater, First Child of theentire world.
* SealedEvilInACan: Chained in place, to the sleeping goddess Burn.
* StartOfDarkness: He was just a foreign god who fell to earth as the result of a trap meant for [[TheEmperor Kallor]]. And went stark raving mad as a result.
* VaderBreath: Has to constantly inhale incense in order to keep his lungs clear. Even then, his breathing is still ragged and wheezing.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The fate of many of those who choose to follow him.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The Fall left him crippled, agonised and totally insane. He seems to be out to destroy the world in order to make the pain go away. It's very hard not to feel bad for him on some level.
* XanatosGambit: If they don't loose him, Burn dies and he gets his revenge. If they do, he's free to wreak havoc and get his revenge via other means. Kind of a win-win situation for him.
!!Ruhlad SengarDead Seed
* EvilOverlord
* {{Mordor}}: Is deliberately transforming his
*
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:
*
*
* GodOfEvil: About as close to one as the series gets.
* HiddenVillain: For the first two and a half books.
* KickTheDog: His treatment of Ruhlad Sengar. See below.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To ''so'' many different villains, with the
* OmnicidalManiac:
* PhysicalGod
* RedRightHand: The evil god is
* SadisticChoice: See XanatosGambit below. The best case scneario
!!Anasater, First Child of the
* SealedEvilInACan: Chained in place, to the sleeping goddess Burn.
* StartOfDarkness: He was just a foreign god who fell to earth as the result of a trap meant for [[TheEmperor Kallor]]. And went stark raving mad as a result.
* VaderBreath: Has to constantly inhale incense in order to keep his lungs clear. Even then, his breathing is still ragged and wheezing.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The fate of many of those who choose to follow him.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The Fall left him crippled, agonised and totally insane. He seems to be out to destroy the world in order to make the pain go away. It's very hard not to feel bad for him on some level.
* XanatosGambit: If they don't loose him, Burn dies and he gets his revenge. If they do, he's free to wreak havoc and get his revenge via other means. Kind of a win-win situation for him.
!!Ruhlad Sengar
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* ArtifactOfDoom: Mystically linked to one.
* BackFromTheDead
* BlessedWithSuck: He comes back every time he's killed, but only after having his soul tortured by the Crippled God.
* BodyHorror: Covered in half-melted gold coins from a Tiste Edur death rite.
* CoolSword: Subverted. It's the ArtifactOfDoom that keeps bringing him back.
* TheDragon: As The King in Chains, he fullfills this role with regards to the Crippled God.
* TheEmperor: Of the Letherii Empire.
* HeroicSacrifice: Which got him linked to the ArtifactOfDoom in the first place.
* {{Immortality}}: Type IV.
* ImmortalityHurts: Between getting tortured by the Crippled God in the afterlife, the BodyHorror from his funeral, his bride committing suicide rather than bear his child, and his enroaching insanity, yeah.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: When Karsa finally kills his soul]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Emperor of a Thousand Deaths.
* SanitySlippage: Gradually loses his mind as each new resurrection takes its toll on him.
* TraumaCongaLine: His brother is murdered by Karsa, his bride kills herself, his parents are drowned in his dungeon, his people are scheming against him, he's slowly going mad, and that's without getting into the horror show that is his curse.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* TheWoobie: This man needs a hug. And possibly a therapist.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: No matter how many times he dies, the wounds from his first death will not heal. And then there's those damn coins from his first funeral.
!!Karsa Orlong
* BackFromTheDead
* BlessedWithSuck: He comes back every time he's killed, but only after having his soul tortured by the Crippled God.
* BodyHorror: Covered in half-melted gold coins from a Tiste Edur death rite.
* CoolSword: Subverted. It's the ArtifactOfDoom that keeps bringing him back.
* TheDragon: As The King in Chains, he fullfills this role with regards to the Crippled God.
* TheEmperor: Of the Letherii Empire.
* HeroicSacrifice: Which got him linked to the ArtifactOfDoom in the first place.
* {{Immortality}}: Type IV.
* ImmortalityHurts: Between getting tortured by the Crippled God in the afterlife, the BodyHorror from his funeral, his bride committing suicide rather than bear his child, and his enroaching insanity, yeah.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: When Karsa finally kills his soul]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Emperor of a Thousand Deaths.
* SanitySlippage: Gradually loses his mind as each new resurrection takes its toll on him.
* TraumaCongaLine: His brother is murdered by Karsa, his bride kills herself, his parents are drowned in his dungeon, his people are scheming against him, he's slowly going mad, and that's without getting into the horror show that is his curse.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* TheWoobie: This man needs a hug. And possibly a therapist.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: No matter how many times he dies, the wounds from his first death will not heal. And then there's those damn coins from his first funeral.
!!Karsa Orlong
to:
* ArtifactOfDoom: Mystically linked to one.
* BackFromTheDead
* BlessedWithSuck: He comes back every time he's killed, but only after having his soul tortured by the Crippled God.
* BodyHorror: Covered in half-melted gold coins from a Tiste Edur death rite.
* CoolSword:CompleteMonster: Subverted. It's the ArtifactOfDoom Anaster crosses every MoralEventHorizon possible, encourages torture, rape, and cannibalism, and seems to have no humanity whatsoever. [[spoiler: And then you find out that keeps bringing him back.
* TheDragon: As The King in Chains, he fullfills this role with regards to the Crippled God.
* TheEmperor: Of the Letherii Empire.
* HeroicSacrifice: Which got him linked to the ArtifactOfDoomhe's done it all in the first place.
* {{Immortality}}: Type IV.
* ImmortalityHurts: Between getting tortured by the Crippled God in the afterlife, the BodyHorror from his funeral, his bride committing suicide rather than bear his child, and his enroaching insanity, yeah.
hopes of becoming so irridemable that someone will be [[DeathSeeker forced to kill him]].]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: DeathSeeker: Becomes a monster in the hope that someone will kill him]].
* EmptyShell: There's literally ''nothing'' left inside Anaster. All he has is his despair.
* FreakOut: WhenKarsa finally kills Itkovian offers to take his soul]].
despair from him. It's all he has.
*NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Emperor of a Thousand Deaths.
* SanitySlippage: Gradually loses his mind as each new resurrectionGrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Toc the Younger's soul eventually takes its toll possession of Anaster's body]].
* [[ImAHumanitarian I'm A Humanitarian]]: Encourages cannibalism among his followers and practises it himself.
* ImprobableAge: He's in his late teens and leading an army. Justified by his {{Tykebomb}} status.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: Tries this on Rake and Whiskeyjack, appearing to be a Type 2, before revealing that [[DeathSeeker he really does want to die]].
* PoisonousPerson: Briefly demonstrates this sort of ability when Annomander Rake grabs him.
*TraumaCongaLine: His brother is murdered by Karsa, his bride kills herself, his parents are drowned in his dungeon, his people are scheming against him, he's slowly going mad, and that's without getting into ShellShockedVeteran: Taken to the horror show that is his curse.
extreme.
*WhoWantsToLiveForever
SociopathicSoldier
*WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* TheWoobie: This man needs a hug. And possibly a therapist.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: No matter how many times he dies,{{Tykebomb}}: Raised since birth to lead the wounds from his first death will not heal. And then there's those damn coins from his first funeral.
!!Karsa Orlongcannibalistic Tenescowri horde.
* {{Wangst}}: Debateably.
[[/folder]]
* BackFromTheDead
* BlessedWithSuck: He comes back every time he's killed, but only after having his soul tortured by the Crippled God.
* BodyHorror: Covered in half-melted gold coins from a Tiste Edur death rite.
* CoolSword:
* TheDragon: As The King in Chains, he fullfills this role with regards to the Crippled God.
* TheEmperor: Of the Letherii Empire.
* HeroicSacrifice: Which got him linked to the ArtifactOfDoom
* {{Immortality}}: Type IV.
* ImmortalityHurts: Between getting tortured by the Crippled God in the afterlife, the BodyHorror from his funeral, his bride committing suicide rather than bear his child, and his enroaching insanity, yeah.
* [[spoiler:
* EmptyShell: There's literally ''nothing'' left inside Anaster. All he has is his despair.
* FreakOut: When
*
* SanitySlippage: Gradually loses his mind as each new resurrection
* [[ImAHumanitarian I'm A Humanitarian]]: Encourages cannibalism among his followers and practises it himself.
* ImprobableAge: He's in his late teens and leading an army. Justified by his {{Tykebomb}} status.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: Tries this on Rake and Whiskeyjack, appearing to be a Type 2, before revealing that [[DeathSeeker he really does want to die]].
* PoisonousPerson: Briefly demonstrates this sort of ability when Annomander Rake grabs him.
*
*
*
* TheWoobie: This man needs a hug. And possibly a therapist.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: No matter how many times he dies,
!!Karsa Orlong
* {{Wangst}}: Debateably.
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* AntiHero: Type V. Type IV on a good day.
* {{Badass}}: How his fans view him.
* BarbarianHero: Sort of. How heroic he is, is really up for debate. It's possible that Erikson meant him to be a subversion or a deconstruction.
* BaseBreaker: One of the most divisive characters in the series.
* BloodKnight
* BoisterousBruiser
* ChaoticGood/ ChaoticNeutral/ ChaoticEvil: Slides back and forth between Good, Neutral, and Evil, but is always Chaotic.
* TheDragon: The Crippled God wants him to be his Knight Of Chains. So far, Karsa has been doing his best to refuse.
* FishOutOfWater: Anytime he approaches a remotely civilised location.
* GodModeSue: How some fans see him.
* HellishHorse
* HeManWomanHater: Not a straight example as he doesn't ''hate'' women, but he does believe them to be inferior, and holds them in deep contempt, believing that [[ValuesDissonance rape is totally okay]]. His interactions with Samar Dev and various other women may be improving him for the better, although it's hard to tell.
* HeroicSociopath: And the "heroic" part is sort of questionable.
* InherentInTheSystem: Karsa believes slavery and exploitation are inherent in society. His solution? [[DisproportionateRetribution Burn it down]].
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
* PsychopathicManChild: On occasion.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Sort of. He has no problem with going on adventures and raping and pillaging and whatnot. He just really resents doing it on the Crippled God's orders.
* TheScrappy: YourMileageMayVary
* [[TattooedCrook Tattooed Thug]]: The broken-glass tattoos on his face that denote his past as a slave.
* ValuesDissonance: Both in-universe (with the rest of the cast that is) and with the fans.
[[/folder]]
* {{Badass}}: How his fans view him.
* BarbarianHero: Sort of. How heroic he is, is really up for debate. It's possible that Erikson meant him to be a subversion or a deconstruction.
* BaseBreaker: One of the most divisive characters in the series.
* BloodKnight
* BoisterousBruiser
* ChaoticGood/ ChaoticNeutral/ ChaoticEvil: Slides back and forth between Good, Neutral, and Evil, but is always Chaotic.
* TheDragon: The Crippled God wants him to be his Knight Of Chains. So far, Karsa has been doing his best to refuse.
* FishOutOfWater: Anytime he approaches a remotely civilised location.
* GodModeSue: How some fans see him.
* HellishHorse
* HeManWomanHater: Not a straight example as he doesn't ''hate'' women, but he does believe them to be inferior, and holds them in deep contempt, believing that [[ValuesDissonance rape is totally okay]]. His interactions with Samar Dev and various other women may be improving him for the better, although it's hard to tell.
* HeroicSociopath: And the "heroic" part is sort of questionable.
* InherentInTheSystem: Karsa believes slavery and exploitation are inherent in society. His solution? [[DisproportionateRetribution Burn it down]].
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
* PsychopathicManChild: On occasion.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Sort of. He has no problem with going on adventures and raping and pillaging and whatnot. He just really resents doing it on the Crippled God's orders.
* TheScrappy: YourMileageMayVary
* [[TattooedCrook Tattooed Thug]]: The broken-glass tattoos on his face that denote his past as a slave.
* ValuesDissonance: Both in-universe (with the rest of the cast that is) and with the fans.
[[/folder]]
to:
* {{Badass}}: How his fans view him.
* BarbarianHero: Sort of. How heroic he is, is really up for debate. It's possible that Erikson meant him to be a subversion or a deconstruction.
* BaseBreaker: One of the most divisive characters in the series.
* BloodKnight
* BoisterousBruiser
* ChaoticGood/ ChaoticNeutral/ ChaoticEvil: Slides back and forth between Good, Neutral, and Evil, but is always Chaotic.
* TheDragon: The Crippled God wants him to be his Knight
* FishOutOfWater: Anytime he approaches a remotely civilised location.
* GodModeSue: How some fans see him.
* HellishHorse
* HeManWomanHater: Not a straight example as he doesn't ''hate'' women, but he does believe them to be inferior, and holds them in deep contempt, believing that [[ValuesDissonance rape is totally okay]]. His interactions with Samar Dev and various other women may be improving him for the better, although it's hard to tell.
* HeroicSociopath: And the "heroic" part is sort of questionable.
* InherentInTheSystem: Karsa believes slavery and exploitation are inherent in society. His solution? [[DisproportionateRetribution Burn it down]].
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
* PsychopathicManChild: On occasion.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Sort of. He has no problem with going on adventures and raping and pillaging and whatnot. He just really resents doing it on the Crippled God's orders.
* TheScrappy: YourMileageMayVary
* [[TattooedCrook Tattooed Thug]]: The broken-glass tattoos on his face that denote his past as a slave.
* ValuesDissonance: Both in-universe (with the rest of the cast that is) and with the fans.
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!!Gruntle
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!!Shadowthrone/Ammanas
!!Shadowthrone/Ammanas
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!!Shadowthrone/Ammanas
** BadassNormal--> BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler: When he becomes Trake's Mortal Sword, Gruntle shifts from a ''very'' capable caravan guard to a nigh-unstoppable warrior]].
* DualWielding: Cutlasses.
* HiredGuns: Worked as a caravan guard for hire.
* LightningBruiser: Big, strong and fast. Becomes stronger, and ''lethally'' quick and agile when [[spoiler: Trake selects him as his Mortal Sword]].
* PantheraAwesome: As [[spoiler: the Mortal Sword of the Tiger of Summer, Gruntle now moves like a big cat]].
* PowerMakeover: [[spoiler: His appearance becomes very, very tigerish following his selection as Mortal Sword of Trake, to the point where it creeps people out]].
* PowerTattoo: [[spoiler: Trake's blessing tattoos his skin with tiger stripes]].
* TechnicolorEyes: [[spoiler: They turn tiger-yellow]].
!!Stonny Menackis
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* BlackCloak
* DealWithTheDevil: "Shadowthrone loves deals."
* [[spoiler: TheEmperor: Pre-Ascension]].
* EvillyAffable
* EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted. Ammanas' voice is very high-pitched and cold.
* GigglingVillain
* {{Hellhound}}s: Commands seven of them.
* InTheHood
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Would you mess with a guy named "Shadowthrone"?
* NeutralEvil: He wants revenge on [[spoiler: Laseen]]. How doesn't really matter, though his methods lean more towards ChaoticEvil than those of Cotillion.
* PhysicalGod
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's Emperor Kellanved, who Ascended following Laseen's assassination attempt]].
* {{Revenge}}: Wants to pay back [[spoiler: Laseen for murdering him]].
!!Cotillion The Rope
--> "It's not such a bad thing girl, to be the pawn of a god."
* DealWithTheDevil: "Shadowthrone loves deals."
* [[spoiler: TheEmperor: Pre-Ascension]].
* EvillyAffable
* EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted. Ammanas' voice is very high-pitched and cold.
* GigglingVillain
* {{Hellhound}}s: Commands seven of them.
* InTheHood
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Would you mess with a guy named "Shadowthrone"?
* NeutralEvil: He wants revenge on [[spoiler: Laseen]]. How doesn't really matter, though his methods lean more towards ChaoticEvil than those of Cotillion.
* PhysicalGod
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's Emperor Kellanved, who Ascended following Laseen's assassination attempt]].
* {{Revenge}}: Wants to pay back [[spoiler: Laseen for murdering him]].
!!Cotillion The Rope
--> "It's not such a bad thing girl, to be the pawn of a god."
to:
* BlackCloak
* DealWithTheDevil: "Shadowthrone loves deals."
* [[spoiler: TheEmperor: Pre-Ascension]].
* EvillyAffable
* EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted. Ammanas' voice is very high-pitched and cold.
* GigglingVillain
* {{Hellhound}}s: Commands seven of them.
* InTheHood
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Would you mess with a guy named "Shadowthrone"?
* NeutralEvil: He wants revenge on [[spoiler: Laseen]]. How doesn'tLipstickLesbian/ BiTheWay: Not sure which she really matter, though his methods lean more towards ChaoticEvil than those of Cotillion.
is.
*PhysicalGod
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's Emperor Kellanved, who Ascended following Laseen's assassination attempt]].
* {{Revenge}}: Wants to pay back [[spoiler: Laseen for murdering him]].
!!Cotillion The Rope
--> "It's not such a bad thing girl, to be the pawn of a god."RapeAsDrama
!!Brukhalian
* DealWithTheDevil: "Shadowthrone loves deals."
* [[spoiler: TheEmperor: Pre-Ascension]].
* EvillyAffable
* EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted. Ammanas' voice is very high-pitched and cold.
* GigglingVillain
* {{Hellhound}}s: Commands seven of them.
* InTheHood
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Would you mess with a guy named "Shadowthrone"?
* NeutralEvil: He wants revenge on [[spoiler: Laseen]]. How doesn't
*
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's Emperor Kellanved, who Ascended following Laseen's assassination attempt]].
* {{Revenge}}: Wants to pay back [[spoiler: Laseen for murdering him]].
!!Cotillion The Rope
--> "It's not such a bad thing girl, to be the pawn of a god."
!!Brukhalian
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* AntiVillain
* BadAss: If the stories are to be belived, [[spoiler: Dancer was a BadAss even before his Ascension to Godhood]]. He's definitely one now.
* CareerKillers: Cotillion is the Patron of Assassins.
* DemonicPossession: Takes over Apsalar/Sorry during ''Gardens of the Moon''.
* TheDragon: To Shadowthrone.
* KnifeNut
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Rope.
* NeutralEvil: Leaning towards LawfulEvil, as demonstrated by his loyalty to Shadowthrone.
* [[spoiler: ParentalSubstitute: Seems to be trying to become one to Sorry/Apsalar, as a means of making up for what he put her through]].
* PetTheDog: Has a minor one with Sorry right before he possesses her, reassuring her that the experience won't be that bad. [[spoiler: Has had many more since than; see ParentalSubstitue, above]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Was formerly Dancer, Emperor Kellanved's companion, and Ascended alongside his master]].
* {{Revenge}}: For the same reasons as Ammanas.
!!Sorry/Apsalar
* BadAss: If the stories are to be belived, [[spoiler: Dancer was a BadAss even before his Ascension to Godhood]]. He's definitely one now.
* CareerKillers: Cotillion is the Patron of Assassins.
* DemonicPossession: Takes over Apsalar/Sorry during ''Gardens of the Moon''.
* TheDragon: To Shadowthrone.
* KnifeNut
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Rope.
* NeutralEvil: Leaning towards LawfulEvil, as demonstrated by his loyalty to Shadowthrone.
* [[spoiler: ParentalSubstitute: Seems to be trying to become one to Sorry/Apsalar, as a means of making up for what he put her through]].
* PetTheDog: Has a minor one with Sorry right before he possesses her, reassuring her that the experience won't be that bad. [[spoiler: Has had many more since than; see ParentalSubstitue, above]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Was formerly Dancer, Emperor Kellanved's companion, and Ascended alongside his master]].
* {{Revenge}}: For the same reasons as Ammanas.
!!Sorry/Apsalar
to:
* BadAss: If the stories are to be belived, [[spoiler: Dancer was a BadAss even before his Ascension to Godhood]]. He's definitely one now.
* CareerKillers: Cotillion is the Patron of Assassins.
* DemonicPossession: Takes over Apsalar/Sorry during ''Gardens of the Moon''.
* TheDragon: To Shadowthrone.
* KnifeNut
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Rope.
* NeutralEvil: Leaning towards LawfulEvil, as demonstrated by his loyalty to Shadowthrone.
* [[spoiler: ParentalSubstitute: Seems to be trying to become one to Sorry/Apsalar, as a means of making up for what he put her through]].
* PetTheDog: Has a minor one with Sorry right before he possesses her, reassuring her that the experience won't be that bad. [[spoiler: Has had many more since than; see ParentalSubstitue, above]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Was formerly Dancer, Emperor Kellanved's companion, and Ascended alongside his master]].
* {{Revenge}}: For the same reasons as Ammanas.
!!Sorry/Apsalar
!!Itkovian
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* AmnesiacDissonance: Has been gradually remembering the things she did while controlled by The Rope.
* BreakTheCutie: Twice. After Cotillion's posession she seemed to go back to normal...right up until she started recovering her skills and plunging into whole new depths of {{Wangst}}. [[spoiler: She's now abandoned Cutter, the one person who really gives a damn about her in order to go off and do god knows what, excusing it by claiming that he'd only get hurt]].
* CreepyChild
* DarkActionGirl: Though much more sympathetic than most (she's one of the main protagonists).
* DarkMagicalGirl: Her personality is closer to this, even if her abilities are those of a DarkActionGirl.
* DemonicPossession: Posessed by Cotillion, though whether it's in full or in part isn't entirely clear.
* KnifeNut: Inherited from The Rope.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Loses all her memories of The Rope's actions, post-posession.
* LossOfIdentity: She remembers quite a bit of her life pre-possession, but clearly isn't that girl anymore. Not to mention that she still doesn't know her name.
* PsychoForHire: Poses as one while infiltrating the Malazan Army. She scares Quick Ben, Whiskeyjack, and ''[[CareerKillers Kalam]]'' she's so damn creepy.
* {{Wangst}}: Not at first, but most of her problems since ''House of Chains'' have been more or less the results of her own decisions. As such, her self-pity can and does, get rather old for some.
!!Iskaral Pust
* BreakTheCutie: Twice. After Cotillion's posession she seemed to go back to normal...right up until she started recovering her skills and plunging into whole new depths of {{Wangst}}. [[spoiler: She's now abandoned Cutter, the one person who really gives a damn about her in order to go off and do god knows what, excusing it by claiming that he'd only get hurt]].
* CreepyChild
* DarkActionGirl: Though much more sympathetic than most (she's one of the main protagonists).
* DarkMagicalGirl: Her personality is closer to this, even if her abilities are those of a DarkActionGirl.
* DemonicPossession: Posessed by Cotillion, though whether it's in full or in part isn't entirely clear.
* KnifeNut: Inherited from The Rope.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Loses all her memories of The Rope's actions, post-posession.
* LossOfIdentity: She remembers quite a bit of her life pre-possession, but clearly isn't that girl anymore. Not to mention that she still doesn't know her name.
* PsychoForHire: Poses as one while infiltrating the Malazan Army. She scares Quick Ben, Whiskeyjack, and ''[[CareerKillers Kalam]]'' she's so damn creepy.
* {{Wangst}}: Not at first, but most of her problems since ''House of Chains'' have been more or less the results of her own decisions. As such, her self-pity can and does, get rather old for some.
!!Iskaral Pust
to:
* AmnesiacDissonance: Has been gradually remembering the things she did while controlled by The Rope.
BadAss
*BreakTheCutie: Twice. After Cotillion's posession she seemed to go back to normal...right up until she started recovering her skills and plunging into whole new depths of {{Wangst}}. CelibateHero
* [[spoiler:She's now abandoned Cutter, DeathIsCheap: He's apparently returned to life by ''Toll the one person who really gives a damn about her in order to go off Hounds'']]
* TheEmpath: Can detect anddo god knows what, excusing it by claiming that he'd only get hurt]].
* CreepyChild
* DarkActionGirl: Though much more sympathetic than most (she's oneabsorb others' grief. Given the [[CrapsackWorld nature of the main protagonists).
* DarkMagicalGirl: Her personality is closerseries]] there's a lot of it to this, even if her abilities go around.
* [[spoiler: Heroic Sacrifice: Dies absorbing the collective grief of the T'lan Imass]].
* [[spoiler: MeaningfulFuneral]]
* TheMessiah: "You arethose of a DarkActionGirl.
* DemonicPossession: Posessed by Cotillion, though whether it'sin full or in part isn't entirely clear.
pain. I will embrace you now."
*KnifeNut: Inherited from The Rope.
ReasonableAuthorityFigure
*LaserGuidedAmnesia: Loses all her memories of The Rope's actions, post-posession.
[[spoiler: TearJerker: His death]]
*LossOfIdentity: She remembers quite a bit of her life pre-possession, but clearly isn't that girl anymore. Not to mention that she still doesn't know her name.
* PsychoForHire: Poses as one while infiltrating the Malazan Army. She scares Quick Ben, Whiskeyjack, and ''[[CareerKillers Kalam]]'' she's so damn creepy.
* {{Wangst}}: Not at first, but most of her problems since ''House of Chains'' have been more or less the results of her own decisions. As such, her self-pity can and does, get rather old for some.
!!Iskaral Pust[[spoiler: TooCoolToLive]]
[[/folder]]
*
* [[spoiler:
* TheEmpath: Can detect and
* CreepyChild
* DarkActionGirl: Though much more sympathetic than most (she's one
* DarkMagicalGirl: Her personality is closer
* [[spoiler: Heroic Sacrifice: Dies absorbing the collective grief of the T'lan Imass]].
* [[spoiler: MeaningfulFuneral]]
* TheMessiah: "You are
* DemonicPossession: Posessed by Cotillion, though whether it's
*
*
*
* PsychoForHire: Poses as one while infiltrating the Malazan Army. She scares Quick Ben, Whiskeyjack, and ''[[CareerKillers Kalam]]'' she's so damn creepy.
* {{Wangst}}: Not at first, but most of her problems since ''House of Chains'' have been more or less the results of her own decisions. As such, her self-pity can and does, get rather old for some.
!!Iskaral Pust
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Somewhere between an extreme example of this, and CrazyAwesome.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: At times, Pust has been known to make comments like "she's falling for my clever scheme" ''to the person he is trying to manipulate''.
* EvilGenius: The only reason Shadowthrone keeps him around.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Maybe. It's really hard to tell if Pust is faking it, or if he just happens to be both rather bright and ''totally nuts''.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite his craziness, tendency towards accidentally stabbing himself in the foot, and an ego the size of some small countries, Pust is actually quite bright, and at times, suprisingly effective.
* TalkativeLoon: Trying to shut him up would likely take an act of god. Or several gods.
* ThinkingOutLoud: Often.
[[/folder]]
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: At times, Pust has been known to make comments like "she's falling for my clever scheme" ''to the person he is trying to manipulate''.
* EvilGenius: The only reason Shadowthrone keeps him around.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Maybe. It's really hard to tell if Pust is faking it, or if he just happens to be both rather bright and ''totally nuts''.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite his craziness, tendency towards accidentally stabbing himself in the foot, and an ego the size of some small countries, Pust is actually quite bright, and at times, suprisingly effective.
* TalkativeLoon: Trying to shut him up would likely take an act of god. Or several gods.
* ThinkingOutLoud: Often.
[[/folder]]
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* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: At times, Pust has been known to make comments like "she's falling for my clever scheme" ''to the person he is trying to manipulate''.
* EvilGenius: The only reason Shadowthrone keeps him around.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Maybe. It's really hard to tell if Pust is faking it, or if he just happens to be both rather bright and ''totally nuts''.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite his craziness, tendency towards accidentally stabbing himself in the foot, and an ego the size of some small countries, Pust is actually quite bright, and at times, suprisingly effective.
* TalkativeLoon: Trying to shut him up would likely take an act of god. Or several gods.
* ThinkingOutLoud: Often.
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[[folder: '''High House Chains''']]
!!The Crippled God
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[[folder: '''Lady Envy's Companions''']]
!!Lady Envy
!!Lady Envy
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!!Lady Envy
* ChaoticEvil
* TheCorrupter: The Crippled God specialises in bringing out the worst in people, typically [[DealWithTheDevil offering them exactly what they want]] in exchange for their inclusion in his House of Chains. He seems to like driving his followers/victims mad.
* DealWithTheDevil: Munug, [[spoiler: Kallor]] and many others have made them with him.
* DysfunctionJunction: His followers. It's entirely deliberate too. The Crippled God desires every member of his House to be as flawed, mentally and/or physically as he is.
* EvilCripple: Evil due to crippling. The Fall destroyed his mind.
* GodOfEvil: About as close to one as the series gets.
* HiddenVillain: For the first two and a half books.
* KickTheDog: His treatment of Ruhlad Sengar. See below.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To ''so'' many different villains, with the [[spoiler: [[DarkMessiah Pannion Seer]] being a particularly spectacular example]].
* OmnicidalManiac: He's slowly poisoning Burn. Whether he genuinely wants her dead, or is hoping that someone will free him in order to prevent this isn't known.
* PhysicalGod
* RedRightHand: The evil god is the [[EvilCripple crippled one]]. Go figure.
* SadisticChoice: See XanatosGambit below. The best case scneario is his freedom, and the end of civilisation as they know it. The worst case scenario is the slow death of the entire world.
* SealedEvilInACan: Chained in place, to the sleeping goddess Burn.
* StartOfDarkness: He was just a foreign god who fell to earth as the result of a trap meant for [[TheEmperor Kallor]]. And went stark raving mad as a result.
* VaderBreath: Has to constantly inhale incense in order to keep his lungs clear. Even then, his breathing is still ragged and wheezing.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The fate of many of those who choose to follow him.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The Fall left him crippled, agonised and totally insane. He seems to be out to destroy the world in order to make the pain go away. It's very hard not to feel bad for him on some level.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: None of the injuries from the Fall have healed. Not one in a hundred thousand years.
* XanatosGambit: If they don't loose him, Burn dies and he gets his revenge. If they do, he's free to wreak havoc and get his revenge via other means. Kind of a win-win situation for him.
!!Rhulad Sengar
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* CainAndAbel: With Spite.
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards her sister, Spite.
* TrueNeutral: Does what she wants, no matter what's going on in the world.
* UpperClassTwit: Does an amazing impression of one. She's actually quite bright, if a little ditzy.
!!Toc The Younger
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards her sister, Spite.
* TrueNeutral: Does what she wants, no matter what's going on in the world.
* UpperClassTwit: Does an amazing impression of one. She's actually quite bright, if a little ditzy.
!!Toc The Younger
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* CainAndAbel: With Spite.
ArtifactOfDoom: Mystically linked to one.
*GreenEyedMonster: Towards her sister, Spite.
BackFromTheDead
*TrueNeutral: Does what she wants, no BlessedWithSuck: He comes back every time he's killed, but only after having his soul tortured by the Crippled God.
* BodyHorror: Covered in half-melted gold coins from a Tiste Edur death rite.
* CoolSword: Subverted. It's the ArtifactOfDoom that keeps bringing him back.
* TheDragon: As The King in Chains, he fullfills this role with regards to the Crippled God.
* TheEmperor: Of the Letherii Empire.
* HeroicSacrifice: Which got him linked to the ArtifactOfDoom in the first place.
* {{Immortality}}: Type IV.
* ImmortalityHurts: Between getting tortured by the Crippled God in the afterlife, the BodyHorror from his funeral, his bride committing suicide rather than bear his child, and his enroaching insanity, yeah.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: When Karsa finally kills his soul]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Emperor of a Thousand Deaths.
* SanitySlippage: Gradually loses his mind as each new resurrection takes its toll on him.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Not that this was his intention. He threw his mom and dad in prison. The jail promptly flooded.
* TraumaCongaLine: His brother is murdered by Karsa, his bride kills herself, his parents are drowned in his dungeon, his people are scheming against him, he's slowly going mad, and that's without getting into the horror show that is his curse.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* TheWoobie: This man needs a hug. And possibly a therapist.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: No matterwhat's going on in how many times he dies, the world.
* UpperClassTwit: Does an amazing impression of one. She's actually quite bright, if a little ditzy.
!!Toc The Youngerwounds from his first death will not heal. And then there's those damn coins from his first funeral.
!!Karsa Orlong
*
*
* BodyHorror: Covered in half-melted gold coins from a Tiste Edur death rite.
* CoolSword: Subverted. It's the ArtifactOfDoom that keeps bringing him back.
* TheDragon: As The King in Chains, he fullfills this role with regards to the Crippled God.
* TheEmperor: Of the Letherii Empire.
* HeroicSacrifice: Which got him linked to the ArtifactOfDoom in the first place.
* {{Immortality}}: Type IV.
* ImmortalityHurts: Between getting tortured by the Crippled God in the afterlife, the BodyHorror from his funeral, his bride committing suicide rather than bear his child, and his enroaching insanity, yeah.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: When Karsa finally kills his soul]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Emperor of a Thousand Deaths.
* SanitySlippage: Gradually loses his mind as each new resurrection takes its toll on him.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Not that this was his intention. He threw his mom and dad in prison. The jail promptly flooded.
* TraumaCongaLine: His brother is murdered by Karsa, his bride kills herself, his parents are drowned in his dungeon, his people are scheming against him, he's slowly going mad, and that's without getting into the horror show that is his curse.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* TheWoobie: This man needs a hug. And possibly a therapist.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: No matter
* UpperClassTwit: Does an amazing impression of one. She's actually quite bright, if a little ditzy.
!!Toc The Younger
!!Karsa Orlong
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* AcheyScars: His eye still hurts.
* ActionSurvivor: Feels like one alongside Envy, Tool, Baaljaag, Gareth and the Seguleh.
* TheArcher: Although his missing eye has seriously screwed with his aim.
* [[spoiler: [[CantStayNormal Can't Stay Normal]]: Or dead. He's been attacked by Hairlock and thrown into a rent, accompanied Lady Envy, [[BodySnatcher Body Snatched]] Anaster and become Mortal Sword of Togg and Fanderay, been killed again, and now serves Hood. Phew!]]
* [[spoiler: DeathIsCheap: How many times has he come back from the dead now?]]
* EyepatchOfPower
* [[spoiler: GrandTheftMe]]: Following [[spoiler: His death, Toc's soul is transplanted into that of [[EmptyShell Anaster]] in order to give them both a second chance at life]].
!!Mok, Thurule, and Senu
* ActionSurvivor: Feels like one alongside Envy, Tool, Baaljaag, Gareth and the Seguleh.
* TheArcher: Although his missing eye has seriously screwed with his aim.
* [[spoiler: [[CantStayNormal Can't Stay Normal]]: Or dead. He's been attacked by Hairlock and thrown into a rent, accompanied Lady Envy, [[BodySnatcher Body Snatched]] Anaster and become Mortal Sword of Togg and Fanderay, been killed again, and now serves Hood. Phew!]]
* [[spoiler: DeathIsCheap: How many times has he come back from the dead now?]]
* EyepatchOfPower
* [[spoiler: GrandTheftMe]]: Following [[spoiler: His death, Toc's soul is transplanted into that of [[EmptyShell Anaster]] in order to give them both a second chance at life]].
!!Mok, Thurule, and Senu
to:
* AcheyScars: AntiHero: Type V. Type IV on a good day.
* {{Badass}}: How his fans view him.
* BarbarianHero: Sort of. How heroic he is, is really up for debate. It's possible that Erikson meant him to be a subversion or a deconstruction.
* BaseBreaker: One of the most divisive characters in the series.
* BloodKnight
* BoisterousBruiser
* ChaoticGood/ ChaoticNeutral/ ChaoticEvil: Slides back and forth between Good, Neutral, and Evil, but is always Chaotic.
* TheDragon: The Crippled God wants him to be his Knight Of Chains. So far, Karsa has been doing his best to refuse.
* FishOutOfWater: Anytime he approaches a remotely civilised location.
* GodModeSue: How some fans see him.
* HellishHorse
* HeManWomanHater: Not a straight example as he doesn't ''hate'' women, but he does believe them to be inferior, and holds them in deep contempt, believing that [[ValuesDissonance rape is totally okay]]. Hiseye still hurts.
* ActionSurvivor: Feels like one alongside Envy, Tool, Baaljaag, Gareth and the Seguleh.
* TheArcher: Although his missing eye has seriously screwedinteractions with Samar Dev and various other women may be improving him for the better, although it's hard to tell.
* HeroicSociopath: And the "heroic" part is sort of questionable.
* InherentInTheSystem: Karsa believes slavery and exploitation are inherent in society. His solution? [[DisproportionateRetribution Burn it down]].
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
* PsychopathicManChild: On occasion.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Sort of. He has no problem with going on adventures and raping and pillaging and whatnot. He just really resents doing it on the Crippled God's orders.
* TheScrappy: YourMileageMayVary
* [[TattooedCrook Tattooed Thug]]: The broken-glass tattoos on hisaim.
* [[spoiler: [[CantStayNormal Can't Stay Normal]]: Or dead. He's been attacked by Hairlock and thrown into a rent, accompanied Lady Envy, [[BodySnatcher Body Snatched]] Anaster and become Mortal Sword of Togg and Fanderay, been killed again, and now serves Hood. Phew!]]
* [[spoiler: DeathIsCheap: How many times has he come back from the dead now?]]
* EyepatchOfPower
* [[spoiler: GrandTheftMe]]: Following [[spoiler: His death, Toc's soul is transplanted intoface that denote his past as a slave.
* ValuesDissonance: Both in-universe (with the rest of[[EmptyShell Anaster]] in order to give them both a second chance at life]].
!!Mok, Thurule,the cast that is) and Senuwith the fans.
[[/folder]]
* {{Badass}}: How his fans view him.
* BarbarianHero: Sort of. How heroic he is, is really up for debate. It's possible that Erikson meant him to be a subversion or a deconstruction.
* BaseBreaker: One of the most divisive characters in the series.
* BloodKnight
* BoisterousBruiser
* ChaoticGood/ ChaoticNeutral/ ChaoticEvil: Slides back and forth between Good, Neutral, and Evil, but is always Chaotic.
* TheDragon: The Crippled God wants him to be his Knight Of Chains. So far, Karsa has been doing his best to refuse.
* FishOutOfWater: Anytime he approaches a remotely civilised location.
* GodModeSue: How some fans see him.
* HellishHorse
* HeManWomanHater: Not a straight example as he doesn't ''hate'' women, but he does believe them to be inferior, and holds them in deep contempt, believing that [[ValuesDissonance rape is totally okay]]. His
* ActionSurvivor: Feels like one alongside Envy, Tool, Baaljaag, Gareth and the Seguleh.
* TheArcher: Although his missing eye has seriously screwed
* HeroicSociopath: And the "heroic" part is sort of questionable.
* InherentInTheSystem: Karsa believes slavery and exploitation are inherent in society. His solution? [[DisproportionateRetribution Burn it down]].
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
* PsychopathicManChild: On occasion.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Sort of. He has no problem with going on adventures and raping and pillaging and whatnot. He just really resents doing it on the Crippled God's orders.
* TheScrappy: YourMileageMayVary
* [[TattooedCrook Tattooed Thug]]: The broken-glass tattoos on his
* [[spoiler: [[CantStayNormal Can't Stay Normal]]: Or dead. He's been attacked by Hairlock and thrown into a rent, accompanied Lady Envy, [[BodySnatcher Body Snatched]] Anaster and become Mortal Sword of Togg and Fanderay, been killed again, and now serves Hood. Phew!]]
* [[spoiler: DeathIsCheap: How many times has he come back from the dead now?]]
* EyepatchOfPower
* [[spoiler: GrandTheftMe]]: Following [[spoiler: His death, Toc's soul is transplanted into
* ValuesDissonance: Both in-universe (with the rest of
!!Mok, Thurule,
[[/folder]]
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Seguleh hierarchy is modelled on combat ability. As the Third, Mok can and does kick a lot of ass.
* BadAss: All three of them. To the point where their fellow Seguleh class them as a "punitive army" and expect them to carve their way through the Pannion Domin on their own. They don't dissapoint.
** BadassArmy: They're "the punative army of the Seguleh", themselves as BadassArmy of the first order.
** BadassNormal
* BloodKnight: Three representatives from an entire nation of them.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpowers
* DualWielding: All three Seguleh.
* TheFettered: Courtesy of Lady Envy's magic.
* HonourBeforeReason: If the Seguleh think you might be tough, they will challenge you, no matter where or when. And they'll make it a fair fight too.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers
* ImprobableAge: Senu's just turned twenty.
* MaskPower: All Seguleh go masked, and the markings on their mask indicate their rank (Mok is the third-ranked Seguleh, his mask has two slashes on it).
* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Trio]]
* TheQuietOne: All three of them, but especially Mok.
* TheStoic
!!Baaljaag
* BadAss: All three of them. To the point where their fellow Seguleh class them as a "punitive army" and expect them to carve their way through the Pannion Domin on their own. They don't dissapoint.
** BadassArmy: They're "the punative army of the Seguleh", themselves as BadassArmy of the first order.
** BadassNormal
* BloodKnight: Three representatives from an entire nation of them.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpowers
* DualWielding: All three Seguleh.
* TheFettered: Courtesy of Lady Envy's magic.
* HonourBeforeReason: If the Seguleh think you might be tough, they will challenge you, no matter where or when. And they'll make it a fair fight too.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers
* ImprobableAge: Senu's just turned twenty.
* MaskPower: All Seguleh go masked, and the markings on their mask indicate their rank (Mok is the third-ranked Seguleh, his mask has two slashes on it).
* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Trio]]
* TheQuietOne: All three of them, but especially Mok.
* TheStoic
!!Baaljaag
to:
* BadAss: All three of them. To the point where their fellow Seguleh class them as a "punitive army" and expect them to carve their way through the Pannion Domin on their own. They don't dissapoint.
** BadassArmy: They're "the punative army of the Seguleh", themselves as BadassArmy of the first order.
** BadassNormal
* BloodKnight: Three representatives from an entire nation of them.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpowers
* DualWielding: All three Seguleh.
* TheFettered: Courtesy of Lady Envy's magic.
* HonourBeforeReason: If the Seguleh think you might be tough, they will challenge you, no matter where or when. And they'll make it a fair fight too.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers
* ImprobableAge: Senu's just turned twenty.
* MaskPower: All Seguleh go masked, and the markings on their mask indicate their rank (Mok is the third-ranked Seguleh, his mask has two slashes on it).
* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Trio]]
* TheQuietOne: All three of them, but especially Mok.
* TheStoic
!!Baaljaag
!!Shadowthrone/Ammanas
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* AmnesiacGod: The wolf-goddess Fanderay is trapped inside her.
* BigBadassWolf
* CanineCompanion
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can greatly alter her size, though not to the extent Gareth can.
* StarCrossedLovers: Is searching for the spirit of her mate, the wolf-god Togg. [[spoiler: He's hiding inside Toc]].
!!Gareth
* BigBadassWolf
* CanineCompanion
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can greatly alter her size, though not to the extent Gareth can.
* StarCrossedLovers: Is searching for the spirit of her mate, the wolf-god Togg. [[spoiler: He's hiding inside Toc]].
!!Gareth
to:
* AmnesiacGod: The wolf-goddess Fanderay BlackCloak
* DealWithTheDevil: "Shadowthrone loves deals."
* [[spoiler: TheEmperor: Pre-Ascension]].
* EvillyAffable
* EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted. Ammanas' voice istrapped inside her.
very high-pitched and cold.
*BigBadassWolf
GigglingVillain
*CanineCompanion
{{Hellhound}}s: Commands seven of them.
*{{Sizeshifter}}: Can greatly alter her size, InTheHood
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Would you mess with a guy named "Shadowthrone"?
* NeutralEvil: He wants revenge on [[spoiler: Laseen]]. How doesn't really matter, thoughnot to the extent Gareth can.
* StarCrossedLovers: Is searching for the spirithis methods lean more towards ChaoticEvil than those of her mate, the wolf-god Togg. Cotillion.
* PhysicalGod
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He'shiding inside Toc]].
!!GarethEmperor Kellanved, who Ascended following Laseen's assassination attempt]].
* {{Revenge}}: Wants to pay back [[spoiler: Laseen for murdering him]].
!!Cotillion The Rope
--> "It's not such a bad thing girl, to be the pawn of a god."
* DealWithTheDevil: "Shadowthrone loves deals."
* [[spoiler: TheEmperor: Pre-Ascension]].
* EvillyAffable
* EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted. Ammanas' voice is
*
*
*
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Would you mess with a guy named "Shadowthrone"?
* NeutralEvil: He wants revenge on [[spoiler: Laseen]]. How doesn't really matter, though
* StarCrossedLovers: Is searching for the spirit
* PhysicalGod
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's
!!Gareth
* {{Revenge}}: Wants to pay back [[spoiler: Laseen for murdering him]].
!!Cotillion The Rope
--> "It's not such a bad thing girl, to be the pawn of a god."
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* {{Hellhound}}: Has the potential to be a Hound of Shadow.
* CanineCompanion
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can grow to tremendous size.
[[/folder]]
* CanineCompanion
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can grow to tremendous size.
[[/folder]]
to:
* {{Hellhound}}: Has AntiVillain
* BadAss: If thepotential stories are to be belived, [[spoiler: Dancer was a Hound BadAss even before his Ascension to Godhood]]. He's definitely one now.
* CareerKillers: Cotillion is the Patron ofShadow.
Assassins.
*CanineCompanion
DemonicPossession: Takes over Apsalar/Sorry during ''Gardens of the Moon''.
*{{Sizeshifter}}: Can grow TheDragon: To Shadowthrone.
* KnifeNut
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Rope.
* NeutralEvil: Leaning towards LawfulEvil, as demonstrated by his loyalty totremendous size.
[[/folder]]Shadowthrone.
* [[spoiler: ParentalSubstitute: Seems to be trying to become one to Sorry/Apsalar, as a means of making up for what he put her through]].
* PetTheDog: Has a minor one with Sorry right before he possesses her, reassuring her that the experience won't be that bad. [[spoiler: Has had many more since than; see ParentalSubstitue, above]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Was formerly Dancer, Emperor Kellanved's companion, and Ascended alongside his master]].
* {{Revenge}}: For the same reasons as Ammanas.
!!Sorry/Apsalar
* BadAss: If the
* CareerKillers: Cotillion is the Patron of
*
*
* KnifeNut
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Rope.
* NeutralEvil: Leaning towards LawfulEvil, as demonstrated by his loyalty to
[[/folder]]
* [[spoiler: ParentalSubstitute: Seems to be trying to become one to Sorry/Apsalar, as a means of making up for what he put her through]].
* PetTheDog: Has a minor one with Sorry right before he possesses her, reassuring her that the experience won't be that bad. [[spoiler: Has had many more since than; see ParentalSubstitue, above]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Was formerly Dancer, Emperor Kellanved's companion, and Ascended alongside his master]].
* {{Revenge}}: For the same reasons as Ammanas.
!!Sorry/Apsalar
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!!Krul
!!Krul
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!!Krul
* BreakTheCutie: Twice. After Cotillion's posession she seemed to go back to normal...right up until she started recovering her skills and plunging into whole new depths of {{Wangst}}. [[spoiler: She's now abandoned Cutter, the one person who really gives a damn about her in order to go off and do god knows what, excusing it by claiming that he'd only get hurt]].
* CreepyChild
* DarkActionGirl: Though much more sympathetic than most (she's one of the main protagonists).
* DarkMagicalGirl: Her personality is closer to this, even if her abilities are those of a DarkActionGirl.
* DemonicPossession: Posessed by Cotillion, though whether it's in full or in part isn't entirely clear.
* KnifeNut: Inherited from The Rope.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Loses all her memories of The Rope's actions, post-posession.
* LossOfIdentity: She remembers quite a bit of her life pre-possession, but clearly isn't that girl anymore. Not to mention that she still doesn't know her name.
* PsychoForHire: Poses as one while infiltrating the Malazan Army. She scares Quick Ben, Whiskeyjack, and ''[[CareerKillers Kalam]]'' she's so damn creepy.
* {{Wangst}}: Not at first, but most of her problems since ''House of Chains'' have been more or less the results of her own decisions. As such, her self-pity can and does, get rather old for some.
!!Iskaral Pust
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* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The lack of it is implied to be the reason he's so weak now.
* KarmicPunishment: Kallor's curse.
* TheMentor: To Kruppe.
* OlderAndWiser: To all the gods.
!!Burn
* KarmicPunishment: Kallor's curse.
* TheMentor: To Kruppe.
* OlderAndWiser: To all the gods.
!!Burn
to:
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: BunnyEarsLawyer: Somewhere between an extreme example of this, and CrazyAwesome.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: At times, Pust has been known to make comments like "she's falling for my clever scheme" ''to the person he is trying to manipulate''.
* EvilGenius: Thelack of it is implied to be the only reason he's so weak now.
Shadowthrone keeps him around.
*KarmicPunishment: Kallor's curse.
ObfuscatingInsanity: Maybe. It's really hard to tell if Pust is faking it, or if he just happens to be both rather bright and ''totally nuts''.
*TheMentor: To Kruppe.
* OlderAndWiser: To allSmarterThanYouLook: Despite his craziness, tendency towards accidentally stabbing himself in the gods.
!!Burnfoot, and an ego the size of some small countries, Pust is actually quite bright, and at times, suprisingly effective.
* TalkativeLoon: Trying to shut him up would likely take an act of god. Or several gods.
* ThinkingOutLoud: Often.
[[/folder]]
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: At times, Pust has been known to make comments like "she's falling for my clever scheme" ''to the person he is trying to manipulate''.
* EvilGenius: The
*
*
* OlderAndWiser: To all
!!Burn
* TalkativeLoon: Trying to shut him up would likely take an act of god. Or several gods.
* ThinkingOutLoud: Often.
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!!Lady Envy
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* CainAndAbel: With Spite.
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards her sister, Spite.
* TrueNeutral: Does what she wants, no matter what's going on in the world.
* UpperClassTwit: Does an amazing impression of one. She's actually quite bright, if a little ditzy.
!!Toc The Younger
----
* AcheyScars: His eye still hurts.
* ActionSurvivor: Feels like one alongside Envy, Tool, Baaljaag, Gareth and the Seguleh.
* TheArcher: Although his missing eye has seriously screwed with his aim.
* [[spoiler: [[CantStayNormal Can't Stay Normal]]: Or dead. He's been attacked by Hairlock and thrown into a rent, accompanied Lady Envy, [[BodySnatcher Body Snatched]] Anaster and become Mortal Sword of Togg and Fanderay, been killed again, and now serves Hood. Phew!]]
* [[spoiler: DeathIsCheap: How many times has he come back from the dead now?]]
* EyepatchOfPower
* [[spoiler: GrandTheftMe]]: Following [[spoiler: His death, Toc's soul is transplanted into that of [[EmptyShell Anaster]] in order to give them both a second chance at life]].
!!Mok, Thurule, and Senu
----
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Seguleh hierarchy is modelled on combat ability. As the Third, Mok can and does kick a lot of ass.
* BadAss: All three of them. To the point where their fellow Seguleh class them as a "punitive army" and expect them to carve their way through the Pannion Domin on their own. They don't dissapoint.
** BadassArmy: They're "the punative army of the Seguleh", themselves as BadassArmy of the first order.
** BadassNormal
* BloodKnight: Three representatives from an entire nation of them.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpowers
* DualWielding: All three Seguleh.
* TheFettered: Courtesy of Lady Envy's magic.
* HonourBeforeReason: If the Seguleh think you might be tough, they will challenge you, no matter where or when. And they'll make it a fair fight too.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers
* ImprobableAge: Senu's just turned twenty.
* MaskPower: All Seguleh go masked, and the markings on their mask indicate their rank (Mok is the third-ranked Seguleh, his mask has two slashes on it).
* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Trio]]
* TheQuietOne: All three of them, but especially Mok.
* TheStoic
!!Baaljaag
----
* AmnesiacGod: The wolf-goddess Fanderay is trapped inside her.
* BigBadassWolf
* CanineCompanion
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can greatly alter her size, though not to the extent Gareth can.
* StarCrossedLovers: Is searching for the spirit of her mate, the wolf-god Togg. [[spoiler: He's hiding inside Toc]].
!!Gareth
----
* {{Hellhound}}: Has the potential to be a Hound of Shadow.
* CanineCompanion
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can grow to tremendous size.
[[/folder]]
----
[[folder: '''Unaligned Ascendants''']]
!!Krul
----
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The lack of it is implied to be the reason he's so weak now.
* KarmicPunishment: Kallor's curse.
* TheMentor: To Kruppe.
* OlderAndWiser: To all the gods.
!!Burn
----
!!Icarium Lifestealer
----
* {{Badass}}
* TheBerserker
* GeniusBruiser: He's a mapmaker, inventor, scholar...and one of the most lethal fighters ever born.
* HalfHumanHybrid: He's a Jhag: half man, half Jaghut.
* ImplacableMan
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
[[/folder]]
----
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards her sister, Spite.
* TrueNeutral: Does what she wants, no matter what's going on in the world.
* UpperClassTwit: Does an amazing impression of one. She's actually quite bright, if a little ditzy.
!!Toc The Younger
----
* AcheyScars: His eye still hurts.
* ActionSurvivor: Feels like one alongside Envy, Tool, Baaljaag, Gareth and the Seguleh.
* TheArcher: Although his missing eye has seriously screwed with his aim.
* [[spoiler: [[CantStayNormal Can't Stay Normal]]: Or dead. He's been attacked by Hairlock and thrown into a rent, accompanied Lady Envy, [[BodySnatcher Body Snatched]] Anaster and become Mortal Sword of Togg and Fanderay, been killed again, and now serves Hood. Phew!]]
* [[spoiler: DeathIsCheap: How many times has he come back from the dead now?]]
* EyepatchOfPower
* [[spoiler: GrandTheftMe]]: Following [[spoiler: His death, Toc's soul is transplanted into that of [[EmptyShell Anaster]] in order to give them both a second chance at life]].
!!Mok, Thurule, and Senu
----
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Seguleh hierarchy is modelled on combat ability. As the Third, Mok can and does kick a lot of ass.
* BadAss: All three of them. To the point where their fellow Seguleh class them as a "punitive army" and expect them to carve their way through the Pannion Domin on their own. They don't dissapoint.
** BadassArmy: They're "the punative army of the Seguleh", themselves as BadassArmy of the first order.
** BadassNormal
* BloodKnight: Three representatives from an entire nation of them.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpowers
* DualWielding: All three Seguleh.
* TheFettered: Courtesy of Lady Envy's magic.
* HonourBeforeReason: If the Seguleh think you might be tough, they will challenge you, no matter where or when. And they'll make it a fair fight too.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers
* ImprobableAge: Senu's just turned twenty.
* MaskPower: All Seguleh go masked, and the markings on their mask indicate their rank (Mok is the third-ranked Seguleh, his mask has two slashes on it).
* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Trio]]
* TheQuietOne: All three of them, but especially Mok.
* TheStoic
!!Baaljaag
----
* AmnesiacGod: The wolf-goddess Fanderay is trapped inside her.
* BigBadassWolf
* CanineCompanion
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can greatly alter her size, though not to the extent Gareth can.
* StarCrossedLovers: Is searching for the spirit of her mate, the wolf-god Togg. [[spoiler: He's hiding inside Toc]].
!!Gareth
----
* {{Hellhound}}: Has the potential to be a Hound of Shadow.
* CanineCompanion
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can grow to tremendous size.
[[/folder]]
----
[[folder: '''Unaligned Ascendants''']]
!!Krul
----
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The lack of it is implied to be the reason he's so weak now.
* KarmicPunishment: Kallor's curse.
* TheMentor: To Kruppe.
* OlderAndWiser: To all the gods.
!!Burn
----
!!Icarium Lifestealer
----
* {{Badass}}
* TheBerserker
* GeniusBruiser: He's a mapmaker, inventor, scholar...and one of the most lethal fighters ever born.
* HalfHumanHybrid: He's a Jhag: half man, half Jaghut.
* ImplacableMan
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
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* ImmortalityHurts: Between getting tortured by the Crippled God in the afterlife, the BodyHorror from his funeral, his bride committing suicide rather than sleeping with what he's become, and his enroaching insanity, yeah.
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* ImmortalityHurts: Between getting tortured by the Crippled God in the afterlife, the BodyHorror from his funeral, his bride committing suicide rather than sleeping with what he's become, bear his child, and his enroaching insanity, yeah.
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* [[spoiler: KilledOffForever: When Karsa finally kills his soul]].
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* [[spoiler: KilledOffForever: KilledOffForReal: When Karsa finally kills his soul]].
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** ImmortalityHurts: Although he'll deny it to the end.
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* [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie]]: [[spoiler: His backstory. His mother was killed and he was shoved through a rent and into the arms of the K'Chain Che'Malle Matron. This has had a rather negative impact on his sanity]].
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* [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie]]: [[spoiler: His backstory. His mother was killed by the T'Lan Imass and he was shoved through a rent and into the arms of the K'Chain Che'Malle Matron. This has had a rather negative impact on his sanity]].
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* RedRightHand: The evil god is the crippled one. Go figure.
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* RedRightHand: The evil god is the [[EvilCripple crippled one.one]]. Go figure.
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* TheEmperor
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* TheEmperorTheEmperor: Of the Letherii Empire.
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* ImmortalityHurts
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* ImmortalityHurtsImmortalityHurts: Between getting tortured by the Crippled God in the afterlife, the BodyHorror from his funeral, his bride committing suicide rather than sleeping with what he's become, and his enroaching insanity, yeah.
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* TheWoobie
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* TheWoobieTheWoobie: This man needs a hug. And possibly a therapist.
* EvillyAffable
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* [[{{Hellhound}} Hellhounds]]: Commands seven of them.
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* [[{{Hellhound}} Hellhounds]]: {{Hellhound}}s: Commands seven of them.
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* BadAss: If the stories are to be belived, [[spoiler: Dancer was a BadAss even before his Ascension to Godhood]].
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* BadAss: If the stories are to be belived, [[spoiler: Dancer was a BadAss even before his Ascension to Godhood]]. He's definitely one now.
* EvilGenius: The only reason Shadowthrone keeps him around.
* CainAndAbel: With Spite.
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* UpperClassTwit: Does an amazing impression of one. She's actually quite bright, if a little ditzy.
* [[spoiler: [[CantStayNormal Can't Stay Normal]]: Or dead. He's been attacked by Hairlock and thrown into a rent, accompanied Lady Envy, [[BodySnatcher Body Snatched]] Anaster and become Mortal Sword of Togg and Fanderay, been killed again, and now serves Hood. Phew!]]
* ImplausibleFencingPowers
* ImprobableAge: Senu's just turned twenty.
* ImprobableAge: Senu's just turned twenty.
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* TheQuietOne: All three of them, but especially Mok.
* TheStoic
* TheStoic
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* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The lack of it is implied to be the reason he's so weak now.
* KarmicPunishment: Kallor's curse.
* TheMentor: To Kruppe.
* OlderAndWiser: To all the gods.
* KarmicPunishment: Kallor's curse.
* TheMentor: To Kruppe.
* OlderAndWiser: To all the gods.
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* ChaoticGood/ ChaoticNeutral/ ChaoticEvil: Slides back and forth between Good, Neutral, and Evil, but is always Chaotic.
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* HeManWomanHater: Not a straight example as he doesn't ''hate'' women, but he does believe them to be inferior, and holds them in deep contempt, believing that [[ValuesDissonance rape is totally okay]]. His interactions with Samar Dev and various other women may be improving him for the better, although it's hard to tell.
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* InherentInTheSystem: Karsa believes slavery and exploitation are inherent in society. His solution? [[DisproportionateRetribution Burn it down]].
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* [[TattooedCrook Tattooed Thug]]: The broken-glass tattoos on his face that denote his past as a slave.
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** ImmortalityHurts: Although he'll deny it to the end.
* MisanthropeSupreme: Kallor is fully aware that he is a spiteful, vicious minded bastard, who takes out his frustrations on everyone around him. He also believes that HumansAreBastards, and that as such, his tyranny and brutality are not only justified, but the norm.
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* NotSoHarmless: ''Everybody'' mocked Kallor as a bullying braggart. Right up until [[spoiler: he [[FaceHeelTurn joins with the Cripple God]] and performs an epic backstab on Brood's forces.]]
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* NotSoHarmless: ''Everybody'' mocked Kallor as a bullying braggart. Right up until [[spoiler: he [[FaceHeelTurn joins with the Cripple God]] and performs an epic backstab on Brood's forces.]]]] Averted [[spoiler: in ''Toll the Hounds'' where he approaches near HeroKiller status]].
* KickTheDog: His treatment of Ruhlad Sengar. See below.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: Mystically linked to one.
* BackFromTheDead
* BlessedWithSuck: He comes back every time he's killed, but only after having his soul tortured by the Crippled God.
* BodyHorror: Covered in half-melted gold coins from a Tiste Edur death rite.
* CoolSword: Subverted. It's the ArtifactOfDoom that keeps bringing him back.
* TheDragon: As The King in Chains, he fullfills this role with regards to the Crippled God.
* TheEmperor
* HeroicSacrifice: Which got him linked to the ArtifactOfDoom in the first place.
* {{Immortality}}: Type IV.
* ImmortalityHurts
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForever: When Karsa finally kills his soul]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Emperor of a Thousand Deaths.
* SanitySlippage: Gradually loses his mind as each new resurrection takes its toll on him.
* TraumaCongaLine: His brother is murdered by Karsa, his bride kills herself, his parents are drowned in his dungeon, his people are scheming against him, he's slowly going mad, and that's without getting into the horror show that is his curse.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* TheWoobie
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: No matter how many times he dies, the wounds from his first death will not heal. And then there's those damn coins from his first funeral.
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* AntiHero: Type V. Type IV on a good day.
* BackFromTheDead
* BlessedWithSuck: He comes back every time he's killed, but only after having his soul tortured by the Crippled God.
* BodyHorror: Covered in half-melted gold coins from a Tiste Edur death rite.
* CoolSword: Subverted. It's the ArtifactOfDoom that keeps bringing him back.
* TheDragon: As The King in Chains, he fullfills this role with regards to the Crippled God.
* TheEmperor
* HeroicSacrifice: Which got him linked to the ArtifactOfDoom in the first place.
* {{Immortality}}: Type IV.
* ImmortalityHurts
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForever: When Karsa finally kills his soul]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Emperor of a Thousand Deaths.
* SanitySlippage: Gradually loses his mind as each new resurrection takes its toll on him.
* TraumaCongaLine: His brother is murdered by Karsa, his bride kills herself, his parents are drowned in his dungeon, his people are scheming against him, he's slowly going mad, and that's without getting into the horror show that is his curse.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* TheWoobie
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: No matter how many times he dies, the wounds from his first death will not heal. And then there's those damn coins from his first funeral.
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* AntiHero: Type V. Type IV on a good day.
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* TheDragon: Is one of Laseen's alongside Topper.
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* TheDragon: Is one of Laseen's Laseen's, alongside Topper.
* HandicappedBadass
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* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne
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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Shadowthrone, Hood, the Crippled God, Quick Ben's made a very long list of powerful enemies.
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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Shadowthrone, Hood, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Shadowthrone]], [[GrimReaper Hood]], the [[BigBad Crippled God, God]], Quick Ben's made a very long list of powerful enemies.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: People and gods do this to Quick Ben a lot. It doesn't usually end well for them.
* KnifeNut
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* DualWielding: Knives.[[KnifeNut Knives]].
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* [[spoiler: BadassAbnormal: Following his deal with the [[TheBigBad Crippled God]] he gains access to the Warren of Chaos]].
* BadassGrandpa: He's over a hundred thousand, looks to be around one hundred, and can still fight like a madman.
* BadassLongcoat: {{Justified}} as it's a chainmail longcoat.
* BadassGrandpa: He's over a hundred thousand, looks to be around one hundred, and can still fight like a madman.
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* {{Badass}}
** [[spoiler: BadassAbnormal: Following his deal with the [[TheBigBad Crippled God]] he gains access to the Warren of Chaos]].
* ** BadassGrandpa: He's over a hundred thousand, looks to be around one hundred, and can still fight like a madman.
* ** BadassLongcoat: {{Justified}} as it's a chainmail longcoat.
** [[spoiler: BadassAbnormal: Following his deal with the [[TheBigBad Crippled God]] he gains access to the Warren of Chaos]].
* [[spoiler: {{Turncoat}}]]
* FamedInStory
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
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* DeathSeeker: Becomes a monster in the hope that someone will kill him.
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* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker: Becomes a monster in the hope that someone will kill him.him]].
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* ImprobableAge: He's in his late teens and leading an army. Justified by his Tykebomb status.
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* SociopathicSoldier
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* XanatosGambit: If they don't loose him, Burn dies and he gets his revenge. If they do, he's free to wreak havoc and get his revenge via other means. Kind of a win-win situation for him.
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* XanatosGambit: If they don't loose him, Burn dies and he gets his revenge. If they do, he's free to wreak havoc and get his revenge via other means. Kind of a win-win situation for him.
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** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
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* XanatosSucker: [[spoiler: He's being manipulated from the start by the Crippled God, who is messing with his emotions]].
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* XanatosSucker: UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: He's being manipulated from the start by the Crippled God, who is messing with his emotions]].
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* ReallyGetsAround
* TooDumbToLive: Commented on by everyone who knows her, including her SmugSnake accomplice Turban Orr.
* TooDumbToLive: Commented on by everyone who knows her, including her SmugSnake accomplice Turban Orr.
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* ReallyGetsAround
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* TooDumbToLive: Commented on by everyone who knows her, including her SmugSnake accomplice Turban Orr. Who's [[spoiler: no slouch in the TooDumbToLive department himself.]]
* TooDumbToLive: Commented on by everyone who knows her, including her SmugSnake accomplice Turban Orr. Who's [[spoiler: no slouch in the TooDumbToLive department himself.]]
