[HubristicMalazan]

Can anybody give me a link or a physical description of the many different races and people in the Malazan world? I am 100 pages into MOI and I am having a hard time visualizing what some of the more prominent races look like.

[worry]

I think this is all of them up to the point you are:

T'lan Imass = Neanderthal-ish zombies (but mostly bones and dry flesh, not rotting meat)
Jaghut = Tall and green with tusks. Humanoid but not sure how "human".
Barghast = Big buff humanoids with slightly more bestial features. I think they're tree-bark brown too. Tribal.
Tiste Andii = Tall black humanoids. Faces have distinct differences from human anatomy, but they're not elves, just kind of a Malazan alternative to elves.
Moranth = Constantly wearing insectoid armor, no peeks inside.
Humans = Look a lot like humans. Except some are blue.
Soletaken/D'ivers = refer to shapeshifters.
Eleint = dragons

I don't think any description of K'chain Che'malle, Forkrul Assail, Toblakai, or others have been given at the point you're at.

I think that's all. Uh, there's mention of "cat-men" but I still don't know how literally to take that.

[Kanese S's]

Also Trell.

[Isa]

You could have a look around the Malazan Art Guild on dA, although maybe avoid reading scene descriptions since there could be spoilers.
There's also Encyclopedia Malazica but I'd be really careful because there you will definitely have spoilers. Otherwise it's a great source of info

This post has been edited by Isolde: 27 September 2011 - 07:18 AM

[worry]

Oh yah. But nobody quite agrees about the Trell, especially how much hair or even fur to give them. They are a dark earthy brown I think. I think of them as human height but fairly hulking, sorta like The Maxx from comics or maybe even Hellboy. But a lot hairier, like Sabretooth.

[WhiskeyJackDaniels]

You got a description of Toblakai in GotM with Bellurdan Skullcrusher...basically its humanoid but about 50% bigger

[HubristicMalazan]

Thanks everyone. This really helps. So does the reference to the Black Moranth refer to their color or is that just a designation of their tribe or heritage? Also, are Rhivi just a race of humans or a different species?

This post has been edited by HubristicMalazan: 28 September 2011 - 01:19 PM

[Whiskey Bass]

The Black in Black Moranth is the colour of their armour, its a faction or clan colour.

[Sinisdar Toste]

The rhivi are a human tribe. I tend to picture them as SE asian plainsmen

[jasec]

I envisioned the Jaghut to be like green orcs of sort. The tusks is what made me think that.

K Chain chemalle I just pictured a raptor with swords for hands.

The T'lan imass I pictured what the dead ghost warriors looked like from lord of the rings, but not transparent of course.

[Whiskey Bass]

Im confused about the colour skin of the nappan's.

i thought it was very dark blue, but i have since seen a description of Nok (who irc is nappan) as the hue of ironwood or blackwood?

[Kanese S's]

I think there's a range. Some Napans are more blue than others, and different hues of blue.

[Whiskey Bass]

so were talking dark blue through to black with a blue sheen ?

and am i right about Nok been Nappan ?

[Sinisdar Toste]

i don't think nok was napan. just laseen, the crusts, and half of ameron

[Whiskey Bass]

Sinisdar Toste, on 30 September 2011 - 01:13 AM, said:

i don't think nok was napan. just laseen, the crusts, and half of ameron

aparently he is, i knew i'd read it somewhere

Spoilers


In ROTCG Korbolo Dom tells Urko and Cartharon Crust

"Urko and Cartharon Crust, Amaron, Grinner, Nok, Surly.........do you have any idea what it was like to grow up on Nap in the wake of such names ?"

damn i cant work out how to hide it....sorry

This post has been edited by j2tks: 30 September 2011 - 05:23 PM

[Sinisdar Toste]

j2tks, on 30 September 2011 - 05:20 PM, said:

Sinisdar Toste, on 30 September 2011 - 01:13 AM, said:

i don't think nok was napan. just laseen, the crusts, and half of ameron

aparently he is, i knew i'd read it somewhere

Spoilers


In ROTCG Korbolo Dom tells Urko and Cartharon Crust

"Urko and Cartharon Crust, Amaron, Grinner, Nok, Surly.........do you have any idea what it was like to grow up on Nap in the wake of such names ?"

damn i cant work out how to hide it....sorry

hm whaddaya know.

for spoilers, put your text inside tags like these: [*spoiler] [*/spoiler] , but without the stars

[Whiskey Bass]

aaah right

cheers Sinisdar

[Zenstrive]

The Imass were most likely looks more like Pithecantropus Erectus or the like (shorter than human, sloped forehead, proportionally longer arms, bowed legs), definitely not Neanderthal huge.

Spoiler

The Barghast are what happened when Thelomen Toblakai and Jaghut mated (huge people with bestial feature, can't believe Kruppe nailed one).

Spoiler

I think Jaghuts also mated with Imasses resulting in the Trells. Humans on the other hands, probably straightly mutated from Imass, especially from Kilava.

This post has been edited by Zenstrive: 08 March 2012 - 08:11 AM

[worry]

Can you please edit to avoid spoilers, Zenstrive? This is only the DG forum.

[Urizen]

Zenstrive, on 06 March 2012 - 07:43 AM, said:

The Imass were most likely looks more like Pithecantropus Erectus or the like (shorter than human, sloped forehead, proportionally longer arms, bowed legs), definitely not Neanderthal huge.

The Barghast are what happened when Thelomen Toblakai and Jaghut mated (huge people with bestial feature, can't believe Kruppe nailed one).

I think Jaghuts also mated with Imasses resulting in the Trells. Humans on the other hands, probably straightly mutated from Imass, especially from Kilava.

Spoiler

Actually the Barghast are a mix of Toblakai and Imass rather than Jaghut. The Toblakai/Jaghut pairing produce the halfblooded Jhag i.e Icarium

Spoiler

in the case of the Trells. There were Venath demons involved in the "creation" Trells

This post has been edited by Urizen: 06 March 2012 - 11:15 PM