Picker began to turn back to her companions – when the man began speaking. ‘Very well, permit me, if you will, on this night. To break your hearts once more. This is the story of the Chain of Dogs. Of Coltaine of the Crow Clan, newly come Fist to the 7th Army ...’

This ends the Third Tale of the

Malazan Book of the Fallen

GLOSSARY

GLOSSARY

PANNION DOMIN TERMINOLOGY:

Pannion Seer: the political and spiritual leader of the Domin

Septarch: ruler of one of seven districts in Domin (also commands armies)

Urdo: commander of elite heavy infantry (Urdomen)

Urdomen: elite heavy infantry, fanatical followers of the Seer

Seerdomin: fanatical bodyguard and assassin sect of the Domin

Betaklites: medium infantry

Beklites: regular infantry (also known as the Hundred Thousand)

Betrullid: light cavalry

Betakullid: medium cavalry

Scalandi: skirmishers

Desandi: sappers

Tenescowri: the peasant army

IN CAPUSTAN

IN CAPUSTAN

The Grey Swords: a mercenary cult hired to defend against the Pannion Domin

The Mask Council: High Priests of the Fourteen Ascendants represented in Capustan

The Gidrath: soldiers serving the fourteen temples

The Capanthall: Capustan’s city garrison, under command of Prince Jelarkan

The Coralessian Company: followers of exiled Prince Arard of Coral

Lestari Guard: refugee Palace Guard from the city of Lest

Capan: name for distinct self-contained neighbourhoods and people in Capustan

Daru Quarter: old town at centre of Capustan

The Thrall: old Daru keep now home to the Mask Council

THE FOURTEEN ASCENDANTS OF CAPUTAN’S MASK COUNCIL

THE FOURTEEN ASCENDANTS OF CAPUTAN’S MASK COUNCIL

Fener/Tennerock

Trake/Treach

D’rek

Hood

Burn

Togg

Beru

Mowri

Oponn

Soliel and Poliel

Queen of Dreams

Fanderay

Dessembrae

Shadowthrone

PEOPLES AND PLACES

PEOPLES AND PLACES

The Rhivi: pastoral nomadic society in central plains of Genabackis

The Barghast: a warrior caste tribe found on various continents:

Ilgres Clan

White Face Clan (including: Senan, Gilk, Ahkrata, Barahn, Nith’rithal)

T’lan Imass (the Armies of the Diaspora):

Logros, Guardians of the First Throne

Kron, First to the Gathering

Betrule (lost)

Ifayle (lost)

Bentract (lost)

Orshayn (lost)

Kerluhm (lost)

Tiste Andii: an Elder Race

Jaghut: an Elder Race

K’Chain Che’Malle: one of the Four Founding Races, presumed extinct

Moranth: a highly regimented culture, centred in Cloud Forest

Daru: a cultural and linguistic group on Genabackis

Capan: a citizen of Capustan

Domin/Pannion: name for a new empire on Genabackis

Lestari: a citizen of Lest

Coralessian: a citizen of Coral

Morn: a ruined, haunted place on the southwest coast of Genabackis

Coral: a city in the Pannion Domin

Lest: a city in the Pannion Domin

Capustan: a city on the north side of the Catlin River

Darujhistan: last Free City on Genabackis

Lamatath Plain: plains to south of Darujhistan

Jhagra Til: T’lan Imass name for now-extinct inland sea

THE WORLD OF SORCERY

THE WORLD OF SORCERY

The Warrens: (the Paths – those Warrens accessible to humans)

Denul: the Path of Healing

D’riss: The Path of Stone

Hood’s Path: the Path of Death

Meanas: The Path of Shadow and Illusion

Ruse: the Path of the Sea