The dangers of obsession (“A fascination that became a singular obsession through the course of that fated day”). God Was My Co-Pilot: Bugg is Mael, the Elder God of the Sea, explaining how he's such a capable assistant. Tehol, when he finds out, is not very surprised.

The Tiste Edur have incredibly delineated roles in society, don’t they? I find it interesting to see that wedded and widowed women seem to have a lesser status than those who are maidens or betrothed. Usually it would be the other way round. Have to confess, the storyline of which I have least interest in this novel is probably Udinaas and Feather Witch. There is always something going on, but, because a whole heap of it takes place in dream realms or through tile castings, I find myself confused as to what is actually happening! Names in italics are characters that appear or are mentioned in the book, but are not listed in its Dramatis Personae section. Emperor Rhulad Sengar is killed by Karsa Orlong and the cursed sword of the Crippled God is destroyed by Withal. The Tiste Edur return to their homelands. [171] Bugg and Tehol saved the academic Janath from her imprisonment under the Patriotists. They were later found and imprisoned themselves.

Tehol inherited his mother's intelligence while his brothers more resembled their father's gifts, learning his skill and grace with the sword. [15] Their father had eventually been ensnared in debt and taken his own life. Tehol thought their mother could have saved him by tearing the Letherii system apart but for fear of what it would mean for her children. Apparently, she died not long afterwards as Tehol first met Bugg when the former dresser of the dead embalmed his parents. [16]

Among the Tiste Edur -- among Trull Sengar's people -- it is believed that the darkest hungers of the spirit arrive on the tides from the south, and these tides come at midnight... Reaper's Gale, Chapter 17 - Fiddler places the march on Mott a week after the Moranth alliance and the first supply of munitionsI find “swish” to be an entertainingly clumsy word used by Erikson. His choice of vocabulary is usually superlative, fitting exactly the image he wishes to portray. “Swish” just doesn’t cut it! Enforced with Rhulad Sengar who finally snaps for good when Udinaas, who's the closest thing Rhulad has to a friend, leaves him. Everyone thinks Udinaas betrayed Rhulad at a crutial moment, but Udinaas himself is almost killed by the Locqui Wyval leaving his body and has no say in the matter. Although he never considered Rhulad a friend to begin with. Guilt-Free Extermination War: Midnight Tides opens with the tail end of a mutual extermination war between the K'Chain Che'Malle and the allied Tiste Andii and Tiste Edur forces. The K'Chain Che'Malle have just lost but it's obvious that both sides went all-out on each other, going as far as employing suicide commandos and field-spanning destructive sorceries. The reason? The Tiste didn't want any competition when they set out to settle this world and the only thing both sides would've agreed upon would've been that there's not space enough for both races' egos.