The Forge of Darkness takes readers to Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness, and tells an epic tale of a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in the fall of the Malazan Empire. It's a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness, where Mother Dark reigns. But this ancient land was once home to many a power… and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners' great hero, Vatha Urusander, longs for ascendency and Mother Dark's hand in marriage, but she has taken another Consort, Lord Draconus, from the faraway Dracons Hold. The idea of this union sends fissures throughout the realm, and as the rumors of civil war burn through the masses, an ancient power emerges from the long dead seas. Caught in the middle of it all are the Sons of Darkness, Anomander Rake, Andarist, and Silchas Ruin of the Purake Hold.
Front matter
Dedication
Clare Thomas, with love
Maps
Dramatis Personae
Purake Hold
Dracons Hold
Tulla Hold
- Hish Tulla
- Rancept
- Sukul Ankhadu (hostage)
House Enes
- Jaen Enes
- Enesdia
- Kadaspala
- Cryl Durav (hostage)
House Durav
Hust Hold (and Legion)
Abara Delack
Neret Sorr
Urusander's Legion Officers
- Scara Bandaris, who will obviously become Scabandari Bloodeye
- Ilgast Rend
- Hallyd Bahann
- Esthala
- Kagamandra Tulas
- Sharenas Ankhadu
- Tathe Lorat
- Infayen Menand
The Borderswords
The Citadel
The Shake
- Sheccanto Derran
- Warlock Resh
- Caplo Dreem
- Skelenal
- Witch Ruvera
The Azathanai
The Jaghut
- Hood
- Gothos
- Haut
- Varandas
- Korya Delath (hostage)