Seguleh First?

#1 Opops13

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Posted 09 December 2013 - 09:21 PM

So, at the end of OST Dassem gets the blank mask and accepts the role of First after the others in line refuse. But do you guys really think he deserves it? i mean i know its rightfully his because everyone else in line said "no thanks", but i wish ICE had put him up against Jan or Gall or Palla, or even Lo just for a brief spar just so we could see where he stands. Because he pretty much jumps from being Seventh

(and only by killing Anomander, who arguably wanted to lose that fight anyways)

to being the First, and he never faces any of the others in line. Does the fact that he refuses to fight make him more powerful than the others? I mean, i know he's really badass and he wrecks most people pretty easily throughout the series, but these are Seguleh we're talking about here. I haven't read Blood n Bone yet so idk if that stuff comes into play though

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Posted 09 December 2013 - 09:40 PM

Opops13, on 09 December 2013 - 09:21 PM, said:

His refusal to fight is somewhat part of it ( abig part, but not whole), but Jan knows who he is. Also, yes, he is the best swordsman on the planet.

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Posted 09 December 2013 - 09:44 PM

ICE's final book will features every human on earth turning their swords into plowshares, and then the Karsa trilogy will just be Karsa walking around the globe with a bored army facing no opposition whatsoever. Can't wait!

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Posted 09 December 2013 - 09:49 PM

Can a mod change the topic title?

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Posted 09 December 2013 - 09:50 PM

Your titel is kind of a spoiler in the topic list on the main page

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Posted 09 December 2013 - 09:55 PM

Please don't put spoilers in the topic title, they're visible on the main page. I've edited this title.

Also general spoiler policy is that spoilers from any book later than that of the forum you're posting in should be put in spoiler tags, as such:

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#7 nacht

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Posted 09 December 2013 - 09:57 PM

There is a good dicussion of this here.

http://forum.malazan...-seconds-fight/

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Posted 09 December 2013 - 10:59 PM

Opops13, on 09 December 2013 - 09:21 PM, said:

...Does the fact that he refuses to fight make him more powerful than the others? ...

Yes. Because he could, and chose not to. Jan wanted to be first (more or less, i know it was more complex) and knew he could fight his way to it, and so he didn't get it.
Das never even thought about it, and that made him more worthy to the Seguleh, because... and i'm guessing to an extent... once you can win any fight, the value is in choosing your fights.

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