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#1 champ

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 12:05 PM

Don't know if it's been posted yet, if not here it is...

Greymane believed he'd outrun his past. He now ran a school for swordsmanship in Falar and was looking forward to becoming fat and lazy. With him was Kyle, though the plains youth was not quite so contented with civilian life outside the mercenary company the Crimson Guard. Yet it is not so easy to disappear when you are an ex-Fist of the Malazan Empire, especially one denounced and under a death-sentence from that very Empire.

For there is a new Emperor on the throne of Malaz, and his thoughts turn to the lingering drain of blood and treasure that is the failed invasion of the Korel subcontinent. In the record vaults beneath Unta, the Imperial capital, lie the answers to that disaster. And out of this buried history surfaces the name Stonewielder.

In Korel, Lord Protector Hiam, commander of the Stormguard, faces the potential annihilation of all that he loves as with the blood of his few remaining men and a crumbling stone wall that has seen better days, he labours to stave off the sea-borne Stormriders who would destroy his lands.

Meanwhile, religious war has broken out all across these lands as the local cult of the Blessed Lady, who has stood firm for millennia against the assaults of the Stormriders, seeks to stamp out all rivals; a champion refuses to stand against the alien 'Riders' and takes up arms in rebellion; and a local magistrate innocently pursuing the mystery of a series of murders is brought to the very heart of a far larger and far more terrifying ancient crime that has stained the entire subcontinent.

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 12:16 PM

Where did this come from? IS it official?

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 12:24 PM

Wow, sounds great if it is true. I am guessing the champion is the bodyguard who was in Dassems sword. Cannot recall name at the moment. Looking forwards to seeing more of the stormriders

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 12:30 PM

The Champion is obviously Ironbars.

Very interesting synopsis. Lets hope that Esslemont manages to balance the storylines better and make the story less of a mess and more coherent.

By the way, it might be a good idea to put a big spoiler warning in the title. The mention of the new emperor is an important event.

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 12:30 PM

HiddenOne, on 07 June 2010 - 12:16 PM, said:

Where did this come from? IS it official?

came from http://store.pspubli...ing_titles.html so imagine that it is real!

Cant wait!

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 12:31 PM

I hope this was written by some stupid publisher or something rather than ICE. Was looking forward to becoming "fat and lazy?" Come on, that just sounds retarded.

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 01:48 PM

champooon, on 07 June 2010 - 12:05 PM, said:

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Nope, thanx muchly! very neat.

Aptorian, on 07 June 2010 - 12:30 PM, said:

The Champion is obviously Ironbars.
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I so hope so. I'd like to see his storyline tied tighter to the rest of the book this time.

Defiance, on 07 June 2010 - 12:31 PM, said:

I hope this was written by some stupid publisher or something rather than ICE. Was looking forward to becoming "fat and lazy?" Come on, that just sounds retarded.

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 01:55 PM

(Selfcensored for clear stupidity of post...and apology to those, who knows)

But yeah, Im looking forward to new look on Korel, hope in return of Iron Bars and of course our new emperor...

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 02:06 PM

It would be awesome if Kyle ran into Crokus. It would be an epic battle of annoying young fantasy clichés.

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 03:00 PM

Hey, Crokus came around!

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 03:58 PM

Aptorian, on 07 June 2010 - 02:06 PM, said:

It would be awesome if Kyle ran into Crokus. It would be an epic battle of annoying young fantasy clichés.

Not really...

KYLE: This sword used to belong to Osserc himself!
CROCKUS: This blade used to belong to me. *stabs Kyle through the head, heart and both lungs before Kyle takes a step. leaves the blade stuck in.* You can keep it.

But facetiousness aside, I suspect ICE will repair Kyle somewhat from his ignorant/angsty farmboy roots. Certainly some time spent training with Greymane can't hurt.

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 05:44 PM

I must admit that Crokus/ Cutter in TtH looked fine to me, so Im not on hateful wave:)

ICE IMO understands that this style of "hero" is totally outdated and awesomely annoying...

...or Greymane will begin to whine...

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 06:39 PM

Sounds great, now to find £99 to preorder the limited edition..

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 09:01 PM

Aptorian, on 07 June 2010 - 12:30 PM, said:

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Meanwhile, religious war has broken out all across these lands as the local cult of the Blessed Lady, who has stood firm for millennia against the assaults of the Stormriders, seeks to stamp out all rivals; a champion refuses to stand against the alien 'Riders' and takes up arms in rebellion; and a local magistrate innocently pursuing the mystery of a series of murders is brought to the very heart of a far larger and far more terrifying ancient crime that has stained the entire subcontinent.

Hmm, you might be right of course Apt. But, does the lands of the stormriders belong to the malazan empire? And if a champion refuses to stand against the riders, and instead takes arms in rebillion, does that not imply that he belonged to the empire in the first place? In which case it would not be Ironbars as he has never been a champion of the empire.

I am not saying it cannot be Ironsbars, just that I am not as certain as you are.

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 09:08 PM

I don't think they're using champion as an official title. I think they just mean someone who champions a cause.

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 09:49 PM

The Stormwall is as far as I recall not a part of the empire. It is a part of Korelri, which has not bowed to the Empire yet. What more, I don't think the Stormwall is specifically connected with any nation. I think it is a self contained entity working of trade taxing and pressganging people to fight on the wall.

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 09:49 PM

Calling all the dudes stuck on the Stormwall 'champions' to make them sound less slavey and more volunteery.

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 10:51 PM

what a delicious (if slightly amateurish) synopsis! really looks like we're diving into the who and whats of korel in this book! also, i think mallick rel is gonna pull a fast one and reinstate greymane to lead the re-invasion. that's if greymane is in fact the 'stonewielder' this book is named for. if not, well well, all the more to look forward to

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Posted 08 June 2010 - 03:34 AM

A "champion" refusing to fight against the Riders would have to either be a chained slave-fighter on the platforms or a Korelri who volunteered for the Wall. Iron Bars would indeed be a great choice for that considering the set up from RotCG but the wording makes it sound more like a Korelri. I'll just attribute the wording to the publisher though.

And no one's even mentioned yet that

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and a local magistrate innocently pursuing the mystery of a series of murders is brought to the very heart of a far larger and far more terrifying ancient crime that has stained the entire subcontinent

almost definitely means awesome new info about The Fall/The Circle/Kallor!

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.

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Posted 08 June 2010 - 09:40 AM

No, what I'm guessing is that the ancient crime is the fact that the Riders were driven from the area around Korel in the ancient past (by the forbears of the Koreli) and now their situation will be delt with.
Night of Knives strongly implied that the Riders are not strictly evil beings. Greymane in RoTCG was friendly with them as well.

The Cripplied God/Kallor storyline happened on Jacuruku, not Korel.

I'm expecting good things from this book. Most of the characters will not be ones first shown before in any Erikson novel and so ICE will be freed of the direct comparison's that hurt RoTCG. He can do his own thing.