Logros T'lan Imass was the name of the T'lan Imass clans under the command of Logros.[1] At the First Gathering, Logros was chosen to lead the Imass clans native to the lands of the First Empire.[2] As T'lan Imass, they served Emperor Kellanved of the Malazan Empire during his reign. Until the Pannion War, it was not generally known in the Empire that T'lan Imass clans other than Logros existed.[3]
Notable members[]
- Absin Tholai, Bonecaster
- Ay Estos, Bonecaster
- Eitholos Ilm, clan chieftain
- Hentos Ilm, Bonecaster
- Ibra Gholan, clan leader
- Kig Aven, Tarad clan chieftain
- Kilava Onass, Bonecaster of the Tarad clan and denier of the Ritual of Tellann
- Legana Breed, L'echae Shayn clan
- Logros, clan commander
- Monok Ochem, Bonecaster
- Olar Ethil, First Bonecaster
- Onos T'oolan, First Sword, Tarad clan
- Onrack T'emlava
- Tem Benasto, Bonecaster
- Tenag Ilbaie, Bonecaster
- Ulpan Nodost, Bonecaster
Clans[]
Known clans in the Logros nation included: L'echae Shayn and Tarad.
History[]
The Logros were tasked with guarding the First Throne[4] from any usurpers looking to control the T'lan Imass. But the Throne found a "worthy occupant" in the form of Emperor Kellanved, who awakened the Logros and used their nineteen thousand strong army to help forge his empire and conquer Seven Cities.[5][6][7]
In around 1152/1153 BS[8] a revolt in Aren was put down by the Logros that led to a slaughter of its citizens. The attack appeared to have been instigated by Surly although no written orders were ever found. After the slaughter was over Dancer was sent to investigate resulting in an argument between the two.[9]
After Kellanved's death, it was an uncertain time for the Logros.[5] Their gathered minds created a binding to prevent themselves from revealing the location of the First Throne.[6] It was rumoured that the Logros had refused to acknowledge the rule of new Empress Laseen.[10] Then "the discovery of surviving Jaghut in the Jhag Odhan proved a timely, if short lived, distraction."[5] Only fourteen thousand Logros were left by the time the fighting concluded,[6] and the new Empress had been left without their services during the first crucial years of her reign. Ultimately, the First Throne proved to not be as unoccupied as it had seemed.[5]
In Memories of Ice[]
Olar Ethil and Ay Estos were the only two Logros clan Bonecasters to heed Silverfox's summons and attend the Second Gathering of the T'lan Imass near the city of Capustan. Ay Estos explained that some of the Logros had broken from their Vow and committed criminal acts. The other Logros Bonecasters hunted these renegades.[11]
Until the Gathering, Olar Ethil had not been seen by the Logros clan for many years. She had been tasked by clan commander Logros to seek out the world's remaining T'lan Imass armies. She found signs that four clans of the Bentract were on Jacuruku but trapped within the Warren of Chaos. Of the others (Ifayle, Kerluhm, and Orshayn) there was no sign and she presumed them lost. Under Silverfox's questioning, she admitted that Logros' request had come at the command of the occupant of the First Throne, former Emperor Kellanved. Kellanved retained control of the Throne because he had Ascended and not died as was generally thought.[12]
The Logros begged Silverfox to release them from their Vow, but were denied.[13] Later, when the Summoner was ready to grant their request, the Logros had changed their minds. Based on the report of Lanas Tog, there were still kin being destroyed on a continent far to the south. Until they were rescued, the Vow would remain.[14]
Meanwhile, High Fist Dujek Onearm informed Whiskeyjack that the T'lan Imass slaughter at Aren had not been what it seemed. It was not Laseen who ordered the massacre, but Emperor Kellanved who was not quite as dead as it was believed. Dujek claimed the insane former Emperor had returned to the First Throne and ordered the slaughter to "wreak vengeance on Laseen, to shake her grip on the Empire."[15]
In House of Chains[]
Onrack told Trull Sengar that the Logros had killed humans in their thousands when they had deemed it necessary to reassert order.[16]
While Logros sent representatives to the Second Gathering, Logros amassed the majority of his army on Seven Cities in anticipation of its imminent need. Consequently, the Throne was left unguarded.[17] Ultimately, Logros clan members Ibra Gholan and Monok Ochem accompanied Trull and Onrack to the First throne. They found Minala and her Company of Shadow already guarding the Throne and the two Logros begrudgingly accepted their aid.
In The Bonehunters[]
The Company of Shadow and the other defenders of the First Throne defeated several waves of attacks by Tiste Edur allied with the Crippled God and saw heavy casualties. Cotillion asked Monok Ochem why the Logros were making little effort to protect the Throne that could control them. The Bonecaster explained there would be no Logros reinforcements because the others were busy fighting a war of self-preservation on Assail. Cotillion condemned the Logros' pride for fighting a foolish game against the Tyrants of Assail. But Onrack claimed the T'lan Imass' sense of supreme efficacy demanded they win the game or face oblivion. It was their reason for existing.[18]
Onrack also revealed that the Logros clan had only fallen under Kellanved's control because they had been in close proximity to the First Throne when the Emperor took command of it. And even then the Logros were capable of displaying token obedience while pursuing their own ends.[18]
In Reaper's Gale[]
Throatslitter's father had witnessed Emperor Kellanved's Logros T'lan Imass seize Li Heng from The Protectress. He saw with his own eyes "those terrible warriors with their pitted eyeholes, the stretched, torn skin, the wisps of hair bleached of all colour" when they mysteriously appeared on the palace walls. The Hengans speculated the T'lan Imass had come from below Reacher's Falls or the Crevasse. He insisted that after Li Heng's fall every ruler on Quon Tali feared becoming their next target. His father was ceramics make and his private firing of a piece entitled "The Coming of the Logros" did not prove popular.[19]
Gesler recalled the Logros T'lan Imass' slaughter of the inhabitants of Aren during the rebellion. The Logros had risen from the dust of the street to attack the citizenry while the Malazan soldiers could only look on helplessly. There would have been no survivors if not for the ex-Red Blade, Barathol Mekhar, who opened the city gate that allowed people to escape.[20]
Speculation[]
Given the context, it is likely that the slaughter of humans by the Logros which Onrack mentioned in House of Chains occurred during the conquest of the First Empire by the T'lan Imass.
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Glossary, UK MMPB p.704
- ↑ Memories of Ice, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.263
- ↑ Memories of Ice, Chapter 3, US SFBC p.112
- ↑ Memories of Ice, Glossary, UK MMPB p.1183
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Memories of Ice, Chapter 19, US SFBC p.675
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 9, US HC p.230-231
- ↑ Memories of Ice, Chapter 3, US SFBC p.110
- ↑ Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 2, UK MMPB p.94/95 calculation is based on the timeframe given for the surrender of Karakarang and the known beginning of the Genabackan Campaign
- ↑ Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 5, US HC p.129
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 2, US HC p.70
- ↑ Memories of Ice, Chapter 19, US SFBC p.674
- ↑ Memories of Ice, Chapter 19, US SFBC p.674-675
- ↑ Memories of Ice, Chapter 19, US SFBC p.679
- ↑ Memories of Ice, Chapter 25, US SFBC p.972
- ↑ Memories of Ice, Chapter 21, US SFBC p.772
- ↑ House of Chains, Chapter 6, UK MMPB p.331
- ↑ House of Chains, Chapter 20, US SFBC p.658-659
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 The Bonehunters, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.696
- ↑ Reaper's Gale, Chapter 14, US HC p.406-407
- ↑ Reaper's Gale, Chapter 14, US HC p.395-396