House Paran was a noble house of the Malazan Empire based in the capital Unta.[1] The children of House Paran were central characters in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series.
Members of the family[]
- Father (unnamed) - in 1154 BS, he was a wine merchant with vineyards on Malaz Island. He was negotiating the Island export tithe with harbour officials at the time of his sons meeting with Whiskeyjack.[2] He condemned his son for choosing to become a soldier.[3] By 1161 BS, his health was failing and he was slowly withdrawing from the daily chores, passing on responsibility to his daughter Tavore.[4]
- Felisin Paran, the mother, was well known as being gifted with visions.[5]
- Ganoes Stabro Paran, eldest son
- Tavore Paran, middle daughter - one year younger than brother Ganoes[4]
- Felisin Paran, youngest daughter
The family estate in Unta[]
The family estate was located in the Noble District of Unta. From the direction of the palace, it could be reached by going via Marble Slope Road.[6]
The walls of the estate were made out of grey-black glittering basalt from the Imperial quarries outside Unta.[7]
One entrance to the estate was a single, narrow high door along one side wall which faced an alley which would have passed for a street in another part of the city. The door was barred from the inside, visitors would ring the thin bell-chain to alert the house guard/s to their presence. Once through the inwards opening door, there was a path leading between two outbuildings of the estate to a courtyard. The old well in the courtyard, made of carved stones by people pre-dating even the Kanese looked ready to crumble into a heap. Under the estate house itself were similarly unmortared stones in the deepest reaches, rooms and tunnels too bent, twisted and uneven to use.[8]
The house itself featured a feast hall with a long dining table, chairs, longbenches and panelled walls. Somewhere on the estate was a tapestry depicting the young Ganoes Paran.[9]
Further holdings[]
The family had a country estate at Emalau where they raised foals.[10] House Paran horses were a fine breed. They were fast, clever, and of almost legendary endurance. They were impatient of incompetence, and ever testing of a rider's claim to being in charge.[11]
They owned vineyards both in Unta[12] and Malaz Island.[13] The Paran Estates on Malaz Island were known for their white wines.[13]
Employees[]
In 1161 BS, the estate in Unta was guarded by Gamet who had been hired by Ganoes' father three years previously.[14] The family also employed servants and groundskeepers.[15]
Someone called Sebry was likely Felisin's riding instructor or a groom.[12]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.45/46
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Prologue, UK MMPB p.3
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.46
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.49
- ↑ House of Chains, Chapter 26, UK MMPB p.971
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.46-47
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.41
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.47/48
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.47-49
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1
- ↑ House of Chains, Chapter 25, US SFBC p.799
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Deadhouse Gates, Prologue, UK MMPB p.28
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 The Bonehunters, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.380
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.47
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.48
- ↑ Memories of Ice, Chapter 2