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#1 namo

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Posted 22 April 2006 - 05:49 AM

Small question/contest : how many times in the whole series does the Malazan soldier Limp (originally from Ashok, now in the 14th) break his leg ?

I have counted three times already - can you find more ?

If you don't want to look for yourslef, these are the ones I found :

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edit : and one more found by Dolorous Menhir (see below)

I thought it was a pretty funny thread running through several novels for an otherwise completely secondary character.
I would also like to know if other such side stories have been spotted ?

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Posted 22 April 2006 - 06:59 AM

namo said:

I would also like to know if other such side stories have been spotted ?

There's a continually promoted Malazan soldier who's shown up in at least four books, always with a massive headache.

Argan? Aragn? Something like that.

EDIT: Aragan. I knew I was close.

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Posted 22 April 2006 - 10:19 AM

HoC p158: Karsa totals Limp's leg when he's captured by the Ashok. Ha.

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Posted 22 April 2006 - 07:08 PM

That officer, hes not continually promoted. He turns up in DHG as a fist for Mocks hold, turns up in MoI as the ambassador/legate/gonvernor that Laseen sned to negotiate for Coral and the Domin, and then by TBH hes back in Mocks Hold. Think he turns up somehwere else as well, byut not sure where.

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Posted 22 April 2006 - 07:12 PM

He was the Staff Sergeant at the recruiting post where Sorry enlisted in GotM. That's why people talk about rapid promotion - lowly recruiter on Quon to Malaz City Fist to Legate/Ambassador for the Empire.

#6 Murrin

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Posted 22 April 2006 - 07:45 PM

I think Erikson himself referred to the joke of having a minor character continually reappearing and rising through the ranks. Wasn't he a High Fist the last time we saw him?

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Posted 22 April 2006 - 09:08 PM

i dont think he was high fist.

GoTM-sorry recruiters head ache prone
DG- captain when kalam claw hunts and he comes out and says hes just days away from reposting.
MOI- delegate for the empress on way to genabackis
BH - new fist of Mocks hold sitting in Coops with everyone else lying low

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Posted 22 April 2006 - 10:59 PM

Yeah, the idea was that he was going to be the only character in every book, but SE couldn't think of a way to put him in House of Chains (difficult to get from south-eastern Genabackis to northern Seven Cities in time) or Midnight Tides (which kind of took place on the other side of the planet).

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Posted 23 April 2006 - 10:25 PM

Never even noticed the Aragan thing. Does he get a spin off?

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Posted 24 April 2006 - 06:03 AM

no it wont be like that. just a joke i beleive from SE nottin plot linked

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Posted 24 April 2006 - 08:42 AM

namo add one more

HoC when Karsa comes to town

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Posted 25 April 2006 - 03:53 PM

re: Limp - that's very damn funny. Love this forum for catching that.

re: Aragan - utterly minor Nok'ism:

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- Abyss, proud originator of Aragan Powers, International Malazan of Mystery.

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#13 namo

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Posted 27 April 2006 - 12:40 AM

@Asandir : you're right but Dolorous Menhir got it first.

Still, it shouldn't stop people from looking for more...

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Posted 27 April 2006 - 08:28 AM

Abyss just feels light highlighting Aragan again.

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Posted 27 April 2006 - 11:44 AM

could be wrong but wasn't Limp's leg broken again in HoC when the achok regiment - what's left of them - turn up to kill Fayelle and co? Just before the raraku sea arrives and Ebron has to refuel their horses for the flight.

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Posted 27 April 2006 - 11:55 AM

Refueling the horses - LMAO

I think you're right, but I'd like a page number for the paperback.

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