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The Fiends of Nightmaria is the sixth published novella in the Bauchelain & Korbal Broach series by Steven Erikson. Chronologically, it is set after Crack'd Pot Trail.

The novella is also included in The Second Collected Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach.

Publisher's Summary[]

The king is dead, long live King Bauchelain the First, crowned by the newly en-cassocked Grand Bishop Korbal Broach. Both are, of course, ably assisted in the running of the Kingdom of Farrog by their slowly unravelling manservant, Emancipor Reese.

However, tensions are mounting between Farrog and the neighbouring country of Nightmaria, the mysterious home of the Fiends. Their ambassador, Ophal D'Neeth Flatroq, seeks an audience with King Bauchelain who has thus far rebuffed his overtures. But, the evil necromancer has some other things on his plate.

In order to quell potential rebellion nearly all the artists, poets, and bard wannabes in the city have been put to death, however a few survivors from the Century’s Greatest Artist competition languish in the dungeons bemoaning their fates. Well, just moaning in general really… and maybe plotting escape and revenge.

An added complication is that the Indifferent God is loose somewhere in the bowels of the castle.

Dramatis Personae[]

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  • Ferryman, prisoner of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, possessed by the Indifferent God (Mentioned only)[8]
  • Fiends, name used by the Farrogese to refer to the inhabitants of Nightmaria, the realm neighboring Farrog[13]
  • ( Firend/Firrwend/Firrrwend : see Fiends )
  • Prince Flail Their Limbs, aka Prince Flail, a Demon Prince[3]
  • Flea, twin brother of Midge Chanter[4]

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  • Korbal Broach, necromancer, partner of Bauchelain, new Grand Bishop in Farrog (First mentioned)[7] (First appearance)[8]

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  • ( Nehemoth : see Bauchelain and/or Korbal Broach )
  • N'Gorm the Lesser, the previous King of Farrog (Mentioned only)[13]

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Plot summary[]

Artwork : Illustrations ( I - XIX )[]

[Front & back covers; front & back images on dust jacket; and Illustrations below are all by David Gentry.]

Cover gallery[]

External links[]

Notes and references[]

  1. PS Publishing
  2. Macmillan Publishing
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 9
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 4
  5. The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 13
  6. 6.0 6.1 The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 11
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 2
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 5
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 1
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 10
  11. 11.0 11.1 The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 22
  12. The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 27
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 3
  14. The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 23
  15. The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 31
  16. The Fiends of Nightmaria, PS Publishing, UK HC (2016)
  17. The Second Collected Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, Bantam Press, UK HC (2018)
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