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What is this Darujhistan novel? SPOILERS

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Posted 21 October 2008 - 01:21 PM

I guess this would be the best place to ask this. What all is known about this novel of which I have not heard?

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Posted 21 October 2008 - 01:25 PM

Set in Darujhistan and picks up the Tyrant storyline, it seems.

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Posted 21 October 2008 - 01:52 PM

Lisheo, on Oct 21 2008, 08:25 AM, said:

Set in Darujhistan and picks up the Tyrant storyline, it seems.

yup. SE set the stage with Toll. It would be a terrible shame if this storyline isn't concluded.

On the one hand, I think this book should have come before Stonewielder, while the situation in Darujhistan is still fresh in people's minds. On the other hand, though, I can understand why he might want to hold off and establish himself further with a continent of his own to play with. It must be somewhat daunting to deal with a specific setting and a pretty sizeable cast of characters that SE has already introduced and developed.

We have Karsa,

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, Kruppe, Baruk, the retired Bridgeburners, Fisher, maybe Envy and her pet Seguleh, Humble Measure and his mysterious plot, Raest, The Trygalle, and the list goes on. It's an AWESOME setup.

Anyway, this is the ICE book I most look forward to, followed by the story set in Assail. I'm not all that interested in Korel for whatever reason - I hope it's fantastic though

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Posted 22 October 2008 - 12:25 AM

I can't fucking wait to get to Assail. But I do hope ICE does this setup justice, as it has the potential to be mighty.

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Posted 24 October 2008 - 11:23 AM

Goody, the Tyrant storyline is taken care of.

Can't wait for Assail, like polishgenius. WHO are the Human Tyrant dudes that are annhilating the T'lan Imass? I wanna find out.

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Posted 01 November 2008 - 12:24 PM

Does it matter? Who are the Sel-Morzim kings, the triumverate that can hold off even the might of the Malazan empire? Powerful wizards, that's all.

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Posted 10 November 2008 - 06:21 AM

Maybe the Tyrants on Assail have ~~superior technology~~lazor beemz.

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Posted 11 November 2008 - 01:18 AM

Man I've missed a lot. Hadn't even heard of this!

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Posted 24 November 2008 - 02:14 PM

I'm just curious to figure out how the whole history of Darujhistan went. There's the Tyrant who everyone is scared of, but also a descendant line of rulers also called the Tyrants who ruled over darujhistan too, presumably with the first Tyrant being the one who went away and everyone is scared of his return/resurrection/breakdancing.

That and pickled Seguleh. It's what's for dinner.

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I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.

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Posted 24 November 2008 - 02:36 PM

polishgenius, on Oct 21 2008, 06:25 PM, said:

I can't fucking wait to get to Assail. But I do hope ICE does this setup justice, as it has the potential to be mighty.

I agree! I'm quite fond of the whole Darujhistan crew they are some of my favourite characters in the whole series. I love the idea of the city itself and it's politics that SE has created. I wasn't overly impressed with the way ICE handled some of the characters such as the

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in ROTCG. I was a bit irritated that he killed off some of the characters I was most curious about without giving them a more pointful story line. I'm hoping there will be some improvement in this next book.

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Posted 29 December 2008 - 03:15 PM

it will be so awesome, cannot wait for this one.

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Posted 31 December 2008 - 05:11 PM

Yup, convergence coming up, certainly now that

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among others are going to be back (loved the ending of TTH)

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Posted 01 January 2009 - 01:16 PM

So Stonewielder will come before this? What about after? Is ICE releasing a fifth book?

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Posted 01 January 2009 - 01:32 PM

Stonewielder before, it's said there will be 6 books by ICE

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Posted 25 February 2009 - 04:43 PM

D'rek, on Nov 24 2008, 08:14 AM, said:

That and pickled Seguleh. It's what's for dinner.

D'rek, thanks for provoking my first belly laugh of the day!

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Posted 01 July 2009 - 09:37 PM

Imperial High Mage Tayschrenn, on Dec 31 2008, 01:11 PM, said:

Yup, convergence coming up, certainly now that

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among others are going to be back (loved the ending of TTH)

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actually going to be around? i mean

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Posted 06 July 2009 - 07:04 PM

ISTN4249, on Jul 1 2009, 05:37 PM, said:

Imperial High Mage Tayschrenn, on Dec 31 2008, 01:11 PM, said:

Yup, convergence coming up, certainly now that

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among others are going to be back (loved the ending of TTH)

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actually going to be around? i mean

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I'd suspect

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will probably still be around in some form or another, it'd be weird if he agreed to that whole business and got nothing out of it but ceasing to exist. I'm not so sure

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will be though. They might still exist somewhere, but I doubt it'll be roaming about on the mortal plane until the very end of TCG. Definitely not in the Darujhistan Novel.

worrywort, on 14 September 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:

I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.