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Assail

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Assail is a continent south of Genebackis and east of Quon Tali. The entire continent has a reputation for being dangerous and is almost always mentioned in relation to fiercesome fighting. Of particular note, in the months before Memories of Ice takes place, two T'lan Imass armies, the Ifayle and the Kerluhm, lost over fifty thousands warriors in battle with a human enemy.

 

 


'I am Lanas Tog. Sent to bring word of the fates of the Ifayle T’lan Imass and of my own Kerluhm T’lan Imass...I am the last of the Kerluhm. The Ifayle, who heeded our first summons, are all but destroyed. Those few that remain cannot extricate themselves from the conflict...(on) The continent of Assail.   Our losses: twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and fourteen Kerluhm. Twenty-two thousand two hundred Ifayle. Eight months of battle. We have lost this war.’

Lady Envy was silent for a long moment, then she said, ‘It seems you’ve finally found a Jaghut Tyrant who is more than your match,Lanas Tog.’

The T’lan Imass cocked her head. ‘Not Jaghut. Human.’ - (MOI, UK Trade p. 657)

 

MT : Iron Bars to Seren Pedac - ‘Just someone a long way from home, like I said. We clawed our way out of Assail, only to find ourselves here, and just by arriving in our damned sieve of a boat, we owed money.'

 

MT : The Errant pointed down at the dead Soletaken. ‘That was B’nagga, the leader of the Jheck.’ He shot Bugg a look, astonished and halfdisbelieving. ‘You chose well,’ he said.

‘This squad managed to escape Assail,’ Bugg said, shrugging.

The god’s eyes widened. He turned to Iron Bars. ‘I will ensure you a clear path to your ship—’

 

RG :  Hedge to Emroth - "You cannot see the truth within me, for the vision you'd need to see it is not within you.  You threw it away, at the Ritual.  You willfully blinded yourselves to the one thing that can destroy you.  That is, perhaps, destroying your kind even now – some trouble on the continent of Assail, yes?  I have vague recollections of somebody hearing something … well, never mind that.

 

TTH :        Spinnock and Rake : “Wandering?  Yes, I imagine you might have seen it that way.”

                “You sent me to a continent, Lord.  Discovering the myriad truths upon it necessitated  … fair wandering.”

                “I have thought long on the details of your tale, Spinnock Durav.”  Still Rake did not turn around.  “Yielding a single question.  Must I journey there?”

                Spinnock frowned.  “Assail?  Lord, the situation there….”

                “Yes, I understand.”  At last, the Son of Darkness slowly swung about, and it seemed his eyes had stolen something from the crystal window, flaring then dimming like a memory.  “Soon, then.”

                “Lord, on my last day, a league from the sea….”

                “Yes.”

                “I lost count of those I killed to reach that desolate strand.  Lord, by the time I waded into the deep, enough to vanish beneath the waves, the very bay was crimson.  That I lived at all in the face of that is --”

                “Unsurprising,”  Anomander Rake cut in with a faint smile,  “as far as your lord is concerned.”  The smile faded.  “Ah, but I have sorely abused your skills, friend.”

                Spinnock could not help but cock his head and say,  “And so, I am given leave to wield soldiers of wood and stone atop a wine-stained table?  Day after day, my muscles growing soft, the ambition draining away.”

                “Is this what you call a well-earned rest?”

                “Some nights are worse than others, Lord.”

                “To hear you speak of ambition, Spinnock, recalls to my mind another place, long, long ago.  You and I….”

                “Where I learned, at last,”  Spinnock said, with no bitterness at all,  “my destiny.”

                “Unseen by anyone.  Deeds unwitnessed.  Heroic efforts earning naught but one man’s gratitude.”

                “A weapon must be used, Lord, lest it rust.”

                “A weapon over-used, Spinnock, grows blunt, notched.”

                To that, the burly Tiste Andii bowed.  “Perhaps, then, Lord, such a weapon must be put away.  A new one found.”

                “That time is yet to arrive, Spinnock Durav.”

                He bowed again.  “There is, in my opinion, Lord, no time in the foreseeable future that you must journey to Assail.  The madness there seems quite … self-contained.”

 

DoD – The Errant to Sechul, Kilmandaros and Olar Ethil  ; "So that, when all is done, we alone are left standing.  Olar Ethil, all those things you spoke of, they are irrelevant.  The Jaghut are too few, living or undead, to pose any sort of threat.  The dust of the T'lan Imass has crossed the ocean and even now closes upon the shores of Assail, and we all know what awaits them there.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments (1)

Cattle Dog said

at 2:55 pm on Jun 8, 2010

Is Assail continent or subcontinent, then? As here it says continent, but it´s listed under subcontinents.

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