| The Crippled God | |
|---|---|
| Dramatis Personae | Pagination |
| "He was a soldier" | |
| Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 |
| Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 |
| All the takers of my days | |
| Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 |
| Chapter 7 | |
| To charge the spear | |
| Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 |
| Chapter 10 | |
| The fists of the world | |
| Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 |
| Chapter 13 | |
| A hand upon the fates | |
| Chapter 14 | Chapter 15 |
| Chapter 16 | |
| To one in chains | |
| Chapter 17 | Chapter 18 |
| Chapter 19 | Chapter 20 |
| Your private shore | |
| Chapter 21 | Chapter 22 |
| Chapter 23 | Chapter 24 |
| Epilogue I | Epilogue II |
She was dying but we carried her down to the shore. There was light stretched like skin over her pain, but it was thin and fast fraying. None of us dared note in any whisper of irony, how she who was named Awakening Dawn was now fading in this morning's wretched rise.
Her weak gestures had brought her down here, where the silver waves fell like rain and the froth at the curling foot was flecked crimson. Bodies bloated and pale fanned limbs in the shallows, and we wondered at the fitness of her last command.
Is it suit to face your slayer? Soon enough I will answer that for myself. We can hear the legions mustering again behind the flowing wall, and the others are drawing back to ready their rough line. So few left. Perhaps this is what she came to see, before the killing light dried her eyes.
Shake fragment, Kharkanas, Author unknown
Kharkanas[]
There are two queens in Kharkanas, neither of whom wants to take the throne. Finally Yan Tovis persuades Sandalath Drukorlat to do so, while she goes to the First Shore. Both she and Yedan Derryg, the Watch, can see Tiste Liosan with hate on their faces, trying to break through the barrier.
Kolanse[]
In Kolanse City five Forkrul Assail Pures have ascended the Spire. At its top is an altar, encased within which is the heart of the Crippled God. Soon they intend to drain its power and use it to cleanse the world of all its people in the name of Justice. A fleet of warships is sighted in Kolanse Bay.
Errastas and Sechul Lath watch while Kilmandaros labours to free the Otataral Dragon.
The children of the Snake sense that the Crystal City is somehow stealing their souls; and anyway they have exhausted the available food. The Snake reforms and leaves the city, travelling westwards.