Onearm’s Host, in that time, was perhaps the finest

army the Malazan Empire had yet to produce, even

given the decimation of the Bridgeburners at the

Siege of Pale. Drawn from disparate regiments

that included companies from Seven Cities, Falar,

and Malaz Island, these ten thousand soldiers were,

by roll, four thousand nine hundred and twelve women,

the remaining men; one thousand two hundred and sixtyseven

under the recorded age of twenty-five years,

seven hundred and twenty-one over the age of thirty-five

years; the remaining in between.

Remarkable indeed. More so when one considers

this: among its soldiers could be found veterans of the

Wickan Wars (see Coltaine’s Rebellion), the Aren

Uprising (on both sides), and Blackdog Forest and

Mott Wood.

How does one measure such an army? By their

deeds; and that which awaited them in the Pannion

Domin would make of Onearm’s Host a legend carved

in stone.

East of Saltoan, a History of the Pannion Wars

Gouridd Palah

(MoI, UK Trade, p.373)