[RACHEL]

I am re-reading MOI and in the beginning it says Stonny has thick black hair. Later in the book a character sees her and thinks of her as the red haired woman. Is this just a typo earlier in the book or is the hair color change significant? She has red hair on the cover of my book so it just stuck out to me.

[Adhara]

If it helps, I remember Tattersail as black haired and people in the forum told me she is a redhead.
May be it doesn't matter. Erikson is not focused in his characters' appearance.

[D'rek]

Morgan Lefay, on 24 September 2018 - 06:19 PM, said:

Erikson is not focused in his characters' appearance.

Quite true. Doesn't it take, like, 3 books before he mentions Quick Ben is black?

In any case, Gardens of the Moon was written many years before it was published, so whenever there's a discrepancy between it and DG/MoI/HoC/etc, it's generally safe to assume that the latter book is the correct one (e.g. the original version of GotM had Orfantal as a woman, though this was updated in later reprints).

[Nevyn]

I thought he mentioned Ben was black the first time Tattersail encounters him at the start of GoTM, but could be wrong.

[Abyss]

i could be wrong but isn't she covered in blood when the 'red-haired' thing comes up?

[ArchieVist]

Here are the quotes in discussion from Chapter 3 and Chapter 17.

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Stonny's fine green and black attire was covered in brown slime. Her thick black hair hung down over her face, dripping milky water.

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Boots crunched beside her as someone stepped to the roof's edge. She looked up, to see the red-haired woman Mallet had brought back from almost-dead.

I think it's just a mistake that happens in a book with so many characters. I've seen similar issues throughout the books while adding info to the wiki. As recently as Fall of Light there was a character who just suddenly started getting referred to by a completely different character's name.

Also, here's Quick Ben's description from his first appearance in Chapter 2 of GotM.

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The man in the lead—a sergeant by the torque on his arm—came up to Tattersail. Set deep in a lined, exhausted face, his dark gray eyes searched hers dispassionately. "This one?" he asked, turning to the tall, thin black-skinned man who came up beside him.This man shook his head. "No, the one we want is over there," he said. Though he spoke Malazan, his harsh accent was Seven Cities.

This post has been edited by ArchieVist: 01 October 2018 - 09:06 PM

[Abyss]

ArchieVist, on 01 October 2018 - 09:05 PM, said:

Here are the quotes in discussion from Chapter 3 and Chapter 17.

Quote

Stonny's fine green and black attire was covered in brown slime. Her thick black hair hung down over her face, dripping milky water.

Quote

Boots crunched beside her as someone stepped to the roof's edge. She looked up, to see the red-haired woman Mallet had brought back from almost-dead.

I think it's just a mistake that happens in a book with so many characters. I've seen similar issues throughout the books while adding info to the wiki. As recently as Fall of Light there was a character who just suddenly started getting referred to by a completely different character's name.

Also, here's Quick Ben's description from his first appearance in Chapter 2 of GotM.

Quote

The man in the lead—a sergeant by the torque on his arm—came up to Tattersail. Set deep in a lined, exhausted face, his dark gray eyes searched hers dispassionately. "This one?" he asked, turning to the tall, thin black-skinned man who came up beside him.This man shook his head. "No, the one we want is over there," he said. Though he spoke Malazan, his harsh accent was Seven Cities.

The black hair thing might come down to wet and covered w slime then, if it matters.

[Not Noto]

Girls dye their hair all the time. Stonny also want to feel pretty sometimes.