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Line 3: ---- == ~~'''~~Malazan Empire~~'''~~ == === Empress Laseen === Line 23: * [[Dark Action Girl]]: Is she ever. * [[The Dragon]]: Is one of Laseen's, alongside Topper. * {{spoiler\|[[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him\|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"}}. * [[Empty Shell]]: Comes to see herself as one. * [[Hot Chick ~~With~~with a Sword]] === Whiskeyjack === Line 44: === Captain Ganoes Paran === ---- * [[Blessed ~~With~~with Suck]]: How he sees the intervention of various gods in his life. * [[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. * [[The Chosen One]]: {{spoiler\|Becomes Master of the Deck of Dragons in ''Memories of Ice'', a position he'd really rather avoid}}. * [[Cool Sword]]: For a while. His sword, Chance was blessed/cursed by Oponn. * [[It Sucks to Be ~~The~~the Chosen One]] === Quick Ben === Line 57: * [[The Trickster]]: Definitely has some aspects of this trope. He alters his plans easily, and plays with mortals, Ascendants and gods with equal ease. * [[Underestimating Badassery]]: 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\|[[Taking You ~~With~~with Me]]: 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...}} * [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: 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. {{quote\| "But Bauchelain," replies Quick Ben, "I did."~~<br />~~ He then blows Bauchelain through the wall too. }} Line 67: ** [[Badass Normal]]: He's a former Claw. That's it. And yet he's pulled off stunts to rival those of Ascendants. * [[Career Killers]]: A former Claw assassin. * [[Hitman ~~With~~with a Heart]]: Not as obvious a one as Rallick Nom, but it's definitely there. * [[Knife Nut]] * [[Lightning Bruiser]] Line 75: ---- * [[BBW]]: Described as such. * [[Genki Girl]]: Possibly the only remotely upbeat character in the [[Crapsack World\|Malazan Empire.]] {{spoiler\|She doesn't last long.}} * {{spoiler\|[[Kill the Cutie]]}} * {{spoiler\|[[We Hardly Knew Ye]]}} Line 95: * {{spoiler\|[[Mercy Kill]]: Delivered to him by a Malazan marksman to release his soul and spare him the shame of being crucified.}} * [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: The leader of the Wickan tribes in service to the empire. * {{spoiler\|[[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: Escorted 30,000 Malazan refugees across the worst desert in the world, under constant attack from dozens of different armies and in constant danger of starvation. His reward? To be abandoned by his superiors and crucified right outside the walls of Aren. Most of the refugees were [[Ungrateful Bastard~~\|Ungrateful Bastards~~]]s as well.}} * [[The Stoic]] ---- == ~~'''~~Darujhistan~~'''~~ == === Crokus Younghand/Cutter === Line 106: * [[Gentleman Thief]]: How he sees himself. * [[Knife Nut]] * [[Love Hurts]]/[[Love Martyr]]: 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. * [[Overshadowed Byby Awesome]]: Frequently. Against opponents in his own weight class, he's very capable. Against Ascendants and monsters, not so much. * [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Has he ever! === Rallick Nom === Line 116: * [[Career Killers]]: A member of Darujhistan's Guild of Assassins. * [[Dual-Wielding]]: [[Knife Nut\|Knives]]. * [[Hitman ~~With~~with a Heart]] * [[Knife Nut]] Line 169: ---- == ~~'''~~Caladan Brood's Forces~~'''~~ == === Warlord Caladan Brood === Line 180: * [[Genius Bruiser]] * [[Guile Hero]] * [[Healing Hands]]: Ironically, despite his well-deserved title of "Warlord" and being a [[Four-Star Badass]] who has the ability to bring about [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]], his principal magical abilities are his healing powers. * [[Large and In Charge]] * [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Heavily implied. Line 190: === Kallor, The High King === ---- * [[~~Zero-Percent~~0% Approval Rating]]: Apparently how his people felt about him during his stint as [[The Emperor]]. * [[Age Without Youth]]: Were it not for his use of Century Candles, Kallor would be too decrepit to move. * [[Ambition Is Evil]]: He wants power, no matter what the price. Line 201: * [[BFS]]: Not an extreme example, but Kallor's bastard sword is a two-hander and is repeatedly described as "huge", "enormous" and so on. * [[Commander Contrarian]]: Rarely agrees with the strategy suggested by the Alliance. * [[Cursed ~~With~~with Awesome]]: Subverted. Being cursed to live forever sounds great, but with the continuous aging, and [[Failure Is the Only Option]] subclause, it really, really appears to suck for him. * [[Determinator]]: Demonstrates some aspects of this in ''Toll The Hounds''. * [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]]: Three gods cursed Kallor to live forever and never Ascend. He cursed them back. And it ''worked''. * {{spoiler\|[[Face Heel Turn]]: Betrays Brood to The Crippled God for a chance at killing Silverfox.}} {{quote\| "If you call it a sudden reversal of strategy, the sting fades."}} * [[Elderly Immortal]] * [[The Emperor]]: He called himself The High King, but he's much closer to this trope, specifically the [[Evil Overlord]]/ [[General Ripper]] variant. * [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: A part of his curse. {{quote\| "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."}} * [[Famed in Story]] * [[Fridge Horror]]: 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''. Line 218: * [[Jerkass]] * [[Lone Dalek]]: In ''Toll the Hounds'', where the degree that Kallor's life has ''sucked'' becomes apparent. It's almost entirely his own fault, but you can still feel a certain amount of pity for him. * [[Misanthrope Supreme]]: 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 [[Humans Are ~~Bastards~~the Real Monsters]], and that as such, his tyranny and brutality are not only justified, but the norm. * [[Not So Harmless]]: ''Everybody'' mocked Kallor as a bullying braggart. Right up until {{spoiler\|he [[Face Heel Turn\|joins with the Crippled God]] and performs an epic backstab on Brood's forces.}} Averted {{spoiler\|in ''Toll the Hounds'' where he approaches near [[Hero-Killer]] status}}. * [[Number Two]]: Serves as Brood's second-in-command. * [[Precision F-Strike]]: 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. * [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: He's older than most Ascendants, despite being completely mortal. He was cursed over 120 000 years ago and is still alive and kicking. Line 229: ---- == ~~'''~~Tiste Andii~~'''~~ == === Annomander Rake === Line 239: [[Badass Long Hair]] [[Four-Star Badass]] * [[BFS]] ** [[Cool Sword]]: Not so much cool as [[Fate Worse Than Death\|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. * [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: One of the best examples in modern lit. Line 256: * {{spoiler\|[[Messianic Archetype]]}}: {{spoiler\|Becomes one in ''Toll The Hounds''}} * [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Known as "The Son of Darkness". ** [[Justified Trope\|Justified]]: [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]. * [[Physical God]] * [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: At least 20,000 at last count. Line 264: * [[Warrior Prince]] * [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: A rare, black example. * [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]?: The reason he sells the services of the Tiste Andii off as mercenaries is to pevent them from becoming suicidal over the boredom of their eternal life; in effect, he is trying to inspire them to fight and live for something bigger than themselves in defiance of this trope, though he fears it is a losing battle. * [[Your Soul Is Mine]]: Anyone killed by Dragnipur is sealed within the Warren inside it for all eternity. Line 272: * [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]: A Soletaken, like Rake and her brother. * [[Interspecies Romance]]: With Whiskeyjack. * [[~~May-December~~May–December Romance]]: With Whiskeyjack. ** [[Mayfly-December Romance]]: Made even more inevitably shorter by {{spoiler\|Kallor's murder of Whiskeyjack}} * [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Par for the course with Tiste Andii. Line 303: * [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]] * [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: If you happen to be a villain. * [[Sealed Good in Aa Can]] * [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Another Tiste Andii Soletaken. He becomse a giant white dragon. ---- == ~~'''~~Tiste Edur~~'''~~ == === Fear Sengar === Line 317: ---- * [[Badass]]: The first person to ever successfully hold off Icarium Lifestealer. * [[Blade Onon a Stick]]: His spear is his favourite weapon. === Ruhlad Sengar === Line 326: ---- * [[Ambition Is Evil]]: Only Kallor would make a better poster boy for the trope. * [[Deal ~~With~~with the Devil]]: Cut a deal with the Crippled God, exchanging alleigance for use of the Chaos Warren. * [[Evil Chancellor]]: To Rhulad, following his ascension to the throne. * [[Evil Cripple]]: Courtesy of his deal with the Crippled God. Line 335: === Tulas Shorn === ---- * [[Back ~~From~~from the Dead]]: Escaped Hood's realm while Death was otherwise occupied. * [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]: Transforms into a gigantic, undead grey dragon. * [[Shape Shifter]] Line 342: ---- == ~~'''~~T'lan Imass~~'''~~ == === Onos Too'lan === Line 365: ---- == ~~'''~~Jaghut~~'''~~ == === Raest === Line 374: * {{spoiler\|[[Morality Pet]]: 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}}. * [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]]: 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. * [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]: 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. * [[Soul Jar]]: The Finnest has most of Raest's power in it. * [[The Undead]]: 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}}. Line 389: ---- == ~~'''~~Pannion Domin~~'''~~ == === Pannion Seer === Line 408: * [[Freak-Out]]: When Itkovian offers to take his despair from him. It's all he has. * [[Grand Theft Me]]: {{spoiler\|Toc the Younger's soul eventually takes possession of Anaster's body}}. * [[I'm a ~~Humanitarian\|I'm A~~ Humanitarian]]: Encourages cannibalism among his followers and practises it himself. * [[Improbable Age]]: He's in his late teens and leading an army. Justified by his [[Tyke Bomb]] status. * [[Please Kill Me If It Satisfies You]]: Tries this on Rake and Whiskeyjack, appearing to be a Type 2, before revealing that [[Death Seeker\|he really does want to die]]. Line 417: ---- == ~~'''~~The Defenders Of Capustan~~'''~~ == === Gruntle === Line 434: ---- * [[Lipstick Lesbian]]/ [[Bi the Way]]: Not sure which she really is. * [[Rape Asas Drama]] === Brukhalian === Line 452: ---- == ~~'''~~High House Chains~~'''~~ == === The Crippled God === ---- * [[Big Bad]]: About as close to one as the series gets. {{spoiler\|Arguably subverted in that he's treated with considerable sympathy, particularly in the later books, and in the end the protagonists end up having to ''save'' him when his plots get [[Hijacked Byby Ganon\|Hijacked by the Forkrul Assail]].}} * [[Black Cloak]]: Of sorts. He usually covers himself in dark-colored rags, rather than an actual cloak, but the look is very similar. * [[The Corrupter]]: The Crippled God specialises in bringing out the worst in people, typically [[Deal ~~With~~with the Devil\|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. * [[Deal ~~With~~with the Devil]]: Munug, {{spoiler\|Kallor}} and many others have made them with him. * [[Dysfunction Junction]]: 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. * [[Evil Cripple]]: Evil due to crippling. The Fall destroyed his mind. * [[Freudian Excuse]]: The Fall did not do good things to his sanity. The fact that most of the pantheon has periodically gotten together and chained him up for, from his perspective, no real reason didn't help either. * [[God of Evil]]: Deconstructed. He's more like a god of ''suffering'', and that suffering includes his own. While he's initially presented as ''causing'' it, in the end {{spoiler\|after the Bonehunters risk everything to save him from the Assail and ''succeed'', he ends up becoming the god who has sympathy for those who suffer}}. ** {{spoiler\|well at least up until the point Cotillion kills him with a surprise backstab.}} * {{spoiler\|[[Good All Along]]}} * [[Hidden Villain]]: For the first two and a half books. * [[I Have Many Names]]: The Crippled God, the Fallen God, the Chained One. {{spoiler\|But his real name is Kaminsod}}. * [[Kick the Dog]]: His treatment of Ruhlad Sengar. See below. * [[Mad God]] Line 473: * {{spoiler\|[[Narrator All Along]]}} * [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: 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 for most of the series. {{spoiler\|It's the latter}}. * [[Pillar of Light]]: When {{spoiler\|he's freed}}. * [[Physical God]] * [[Red Right Hand]]: The evil god is the [[Evil Cripple\|crippled one]]. Go figure. * [[Sadistic Choice]]: See [[Xanatos Gambit]] 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. * [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]: Chained in place, to the sleeping goddess Burn, though his spirit can move around inside a Warren and has appeared in several places around the world. * [[Start of Darkness]]: He was just a foreign god who fell to earth as the result of a trap meant for [[The Emperor\|Kallor]]. And went stark raving mad as a result. * [[Vader Breath]]: Has to constantly inhale incense in order to keep his lungs clear. Even then, his breathing is still ragged and wheezing. Line 490: * [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: Before the horror show began. * [[Artifact of Doom]]: Mystically linked to one. * [[Back ~~From~~from the Dead]] * [[BFS]]: The aforementioned [[Artifact of Doom]]. * [[Blessed ~~With~~with Suck]]: He comes back every time he's killed, but only after having his soul tortured by the Crippled God. * [[Body Horror]]: Covered in half-melted gold coins from a Tiste Edur death rite. * [[The Caligula]]: Deconstructed. We're treated to a blow-by-blow account of his descent into madness, and it's treated as tragedy rather than menace. * [[Cool Sword]]: Subverted. It's the [[Artifact of Doom]] that keeps bringing him back. * [[Death Seeker]]: Gee, I wonder why? Line 528: * [[He-Man Woman Hater]]: 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 [[Values Dissonance\|rape is totally okay]]. His interactions with [[Hot Witch\|Samar Dev]] and various other women may be improving him for the better, although it's hard to tell. * [[Heroic Sociopath]]: And the "heroic" part is sort of questionable. * [[Inherent in ~~The~~the System]]: Karsa believes slavery and exploitation are inherent in society. His solution? [[Disproportionate Retribution\|Burn it down]]. * [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] * [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: On occasion. Line 536: ---- == ~~'''~~High House Shadow~~'''~~ == === Shadowthrone/Ammanas === Line 542: * [[Black Cloak]] * [[The Chessmaster]]: sets in motion much of the series * [[Deal ~~With~~with the Devil]]: "Shadowthrone loves deals." * {{spoiler\|[[The Emperor]]: Pre-Ascension}}. * [[Evilly Affable]] Line 557: === Cotillion The Rope === {{quote\| "It's not such a bad thing girl, to be the pawn of a god."}} ---- * [[Anti-Villain]] Line 571: * [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler\|Was formerly Dancer, Emperor Kellanved's companion, and Ascended alongside his master}}. * [[Revenge]]: For the same reasons as Ammanas. * [[Shipper Onon Deck]]: {{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 === Line 601: ---- == ~~'''~~Lady Envy's Companions~~'''~~ == === Lady Envy === Line 608: * [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Towards her sister, Spite. * [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] * [[~~Upperclass~~Upper Class Twit]]: Does an amazing impression of one. She's actually quite bright, if a little ditzy. === Toc The Younger === Line 627: ** [[Badass Normal]] * [[Blood Knight]]: Three representatives from an entire nation of them. * [[Charles Atlas Superpower~~\|Charles Atlas Superpowers~~]]s * [[Dual-Wielding]]: All three Seguleh. * [[The Fettered]]: Courtesy of Lady Envy's magic. Line 655: ---- == ~~'''~~Letherii Empire~~'''~~ == === Tehol Beddict === Line 674: * [[Classy Cat Burglar]] * [[Cool Big Sis]]: To Kettle * [[I Love the Dead]]: ~~Inverted--she~~Inverted—she's a walking dead woman, who enjoys sex with the living. * [[The Undead]] Line 703: ---- == ~~'''~~Unaligned Ascendants~~'''~~ == === Krul === Line 726: {{reflist}} ~~[[Category:Malazan Book of the Fallen]]~~ [[Category:Characters]] [[Category:{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]