Interpretation of Omtose Phellack (by Toraneko)
Omtose Phellack [AHM-tōs FELL-lack][1] was the Jaghut Elder Warren of Ice,[2] affiliated with the Ice Hold. It was a cold and almost airless realm with steep jagged walls of ice emitting a blue-green light.[3] Its power had been weakened and damaged by countless T'lan Imass breaches over the millennia,[3] and whenever it was unveiled those implacable undead warriors were aware and tracked it to its source.[4]
Omtose Phellack was said to bring the cold required to temper the fire and heat of life.
In Memories of Ice[]
Omtose Phellack unleashed by Artaya
Gethol passed into the Warren after he was dismissed from Hood's service. There he found a deep fissure leading into the Warren of the Crippled God.[3]
At the end of the Pannion War, Quick Ben brought the Pannion Seer to Burn's underground realm where the Seer unveiled Omtose Phellack to slow the spread of the Crippled God's infection and gave Burn's defenders the time to resolve the dilemma with the Chained One. This became the final manifestation of Omtose Phellack in the Malazan world. Burn called called upon her servant, the Witch of Tennes, to remain with the Seer and help care for his sister while protecting the final manifestation of Omtose Phellack. The Witch warned the Bonecaster Kilava Onass that she was not to reveal the manifestations existence to the T'lan Imass.[5]
In Reaper's Gale[]
Hedge's ghost followed Emroth, one of The Unbound, into Omtose Phellack where the frozen landscape showed signs that Jaghut had been slaughtered there, but no bodies. They eventually reached the Throne of Ice where sat a mummified figure surrounded by the gathered corpses of the missing dead. Emroth told Hedge the mummy's spirit had fled its body and the Throne was dying as there was nothing left to rule.[6]
Within Omtose Phellack was a magical realm known as the Refugium.[7]
In Dust of Dreams[]
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In The Crippled God[]
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In Forge of Darkness[]
Omtose Phellack was a place in the Jaghut Odhan of the Jaghut Realm and referred to as the "Empty City".[8] It had once been a great city of the Jaghut until the Lord of Hate had convinced his race to dissolve their civilization and retire to solitary existences.[9] It was the location of the Tower of Hate. Haut talked about awakening the sorcery of Omtose Phellack.[10]
Notable Users (other than Jaghut)[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ An Evening with Steven Erikson by Nerdaí Irish Nerds - As pronounced by Erikson at 16:04
- ↑ The Bonehunters, Glossary
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Memories of Ice, Chapter 8
- ↑ Memories of Ice, Chapter 25, US SFBC p.964
- ↑ Memories of Ice, Chapter 25, US SFBC p.967-968
- ↑ Reaper's Gale, Chapter 14, US HC p.375-378
- ↑ Reaper's Gale, Glossary
- ↑ Forge of Darkness, Chapter 1, UK TPB p.42
- ↑ Forge of Darkness, Chapter 3, UK HC p.55
- ↑ Forge of Darkness, Chapter 3, UK TPB p.106