#malazan

[botchbehemoth]

a malazan character could shit themselves and five minutes later they'd have someone walking up to them like "Commander... these soldiers... (gestures towards two filthy men and three filthy butches) you must know, they will die for you now. Their very souls are held firmly within your hands. Because we all thought it was really funny when you shit yourself"

[malazanquotes]

The soul knows no greater anguish than to take a breath that begins in love and ends with grief.

Toll the Hounds pg. 963

[geekynerfherder]

Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.

The art of René Aigner.

[sauragos]

Anomander Rake, Knight of High House Dark

[the-evil-duckling]

A short series of malazan quotes, part 1:

"The flower defies."

Tiste Andii poem, in its entirety.

[humanoid--human]

i've heard it said that malazan is a three million word essay on the nature of compassion

and this is true

but if malazan is an essay then this here is the thesis statement:

“We humans do not understand compassion. In each moment of our lives, we betray it. Aye, we know of its worth, yet in knowing we then attach to it a value, we guard the giving of it, believing it must be earned, T’lan Imass. Compassion is priceless in the truest sense of the word. It must be given freely. In abundance.”

and that sentiment is so utterly beautiful that by itself it balances all three million words and ten books of cynicism and despair and suffering

let alone the fact that throughout the series this thesis is lived out again and again

these books man

[autumntavern]

Monok Ochem, colour version! Bit experimental on the colours

[eve-is-obsessed]

Malazan character tier list

Felisin Paran

Sha'ik Reborn

Ganoes' sister

leader of the Whirlwind

Tavore's sister

[gedoran]

'He was not a modest man. Contemplating suicide, he summoned a dragon.'

[botchbehemoth]

editor, sweating profusely as they look at the current page count: i feel like we could maybe start resolving at least some of these plot threads ?

steven erikson:

[justyouraverage-god]

All that we were has led us to where we are, but tells us little of where we’re going. Memories are a weight you can never shrug off.

Deadhouse Gates (2000) by Steven Erikson

[malazanquotes]

If we are to live, we must take risks. Else our lives become deaths in all but name. There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail - should we fail - we will know that we have lived.

Anomander Rake, pg 958 Toll the Hounds

[sauragos]

Onos T'oolan First Sword of the Logros T'lan Imass

[smokingchagga]

‘Being optimistic’s worthless if it means ignoring the suffering of this world. Worse than worthless. It’s bloody evil. And being pessimistic, well, that’s just the first step on the path, and it’s a path that might take you down Hood’s road, or it takes you to a place where you can settle into doing what you can, hold fast in your fight against that suffering. And that’s an honest place, Cuttle.’

Fiddler, I beg of you, stop being such a good character. Please. There is only so much I can take-

[jellisdraws]

"Children are dying."

Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words[…]”

-Steven Erickson, Deadhouse Gates

[quiltedlovers]

From “Gardens of the Moon,” the first novel in Steven Erikson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen series.