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Eleint

Race: Elient

Also Known As: Dragons

Warren: Starvald Demelain

Appearance: Large, winged

Famous Members: Tiam, Silanah

Members We Have Met: Silanah, Sorrit, Ampelas, Karse, Eloth

Further Info: Immensely powerful and ancient, pure bloods are very rare and are the living embodiment of the warrens

Steven Erikson: "Here's a secret truth -- I don't like fantasies all about dragons. Never did. Or, more precisely, I don't much like what's been done to them to date. They're not horses, dammit! And I'm not a fan of the AD&D version, either. I never bought breathing fire or any other technically absurd ability. It strikes me (and maybe not with any claim to originality either) that a dragon can only exist via the essence of magic. That's how they fly. That's how they attack. And, by extension, that's how they think and see the world. Thus far, we've been on the edge. They're always busy doing their own stuff. At the same time, they will become much more relevant later in the series. Hopefully in an original way."

Interview with malazanempire No.2 (2003)

"All the old legends of dragons begin with the statement that they are the essence of sorcery."

HoC, UK TPB, p.415

"'...Should [I] now presume that for each of the warrens, Elder and new, there is a corresponding dragon? You are the flavours of K'rul's blood?'" -Cotillion to Ampelas, Eloth, and Kalse

BH, UK TPB, p.52

"'As I understand things,' Cotillion replied, 'once these dragons did what K'rul asked of them, they were compelled to return to Starvald Demelain. As the sources of sorcery, they could not be permitted to interfere or remain active across the realms, lest sorcery cease to be predictable, which in turn would feed Chaos - the eternal enemy of the grand scheme. But the Soletaken proved to be a problem. They possessed the blood of Tiam, and with the vast power of the Eleint. Yet they could travel as they pleased. They could interfere, and they did. For obvious reasons. Scabarandi was originally Edur, and so he became their champion-'

...'The Tiste Andii for Anomandaris,' Cotillion continued. 'Tiste Liosan for Osserc. The T'lan Imass for Olar Ethil. These connections and the loyalites born of them are obvious. Draconus is more of a mystery, of course, since he has been gone a long time-'

...'Enmity between Eleint and Soletaken. It seems there is, with the possible exception of Silanah-'

'Seduced by Anomandaris's charms,' snapped Eloth. 'And Olar Ethil's endless pleadings. . .'

'To bring fire to the world of the Imass,' Cotillion said. 'For that is her aspect, is it not? Thyr?'

...'You too claim Thyr, Eloth. Ah, that was clever of K'rul, forcing you to share power.'

'Unlike Tiam,' Ampelas said, 'when we're killed we stay dead.'" -Cotillion, Ampelas, and Eloth

BH, UK TPB, p. 52-3

Rud Ellale's List of Eleint

The Pure Dragons

Alkend

Ampelas

Anthras

Atrahal