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Pale

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Pale

 

A city on the continent of Genabackis. At the start of GotM, it has been under a Malazan siege for three years. See Pale Enfilade.

 

To the south - the Tahlyn Mountains.

To the west - the Moranth Mountains.


 

Pale Free City on Genabackis, recently conquered by the Malazan Empire

GotM, Glossary

 

"With the coming of the Moranth

the tide turned.

And like ships in a harbour

the Free Cities were swept under

Imperial seas.

The war entered its twelfth year,

the Year of the Shattered Moon

and its sudden spawn

of deathly rain and

black-winged promise.

Two cities remained to contest

the Malazan onslaught.

One stalwart, proud banners

beneath Dark’s powerful wing.

The other divided –

– without an army,

bereft of allies –

The strong city fell first.

Call to Shadow

Felisin (b.1146)"

GotM, UK Trade p.39, UK mmpb, p.51

 

- the two remaining cities are Pale and Darujhistan. Pale is the "strong," Darujhistan "the other divided."

 

"The last of the Moranth legions were marching beneath the West Gate's arch. Columns of black smoke rose from behind the battered, scarred walls. He knew something of the history of grim enmity between the moranth and the citizens of the once Free City of Pale. Contested trade routes, two mercantile powers at each other's throat. And Pale won more often than not. At long last it seemed that the black-armoured warriors from beyond the western mountains, whose faces remained hideen behind the chitinous visors on their helms and who spoke in clicks and buzzes, were evening the score. Faintly, beyond the cries of carrion birds, came the wail of men, women and children dying beneath the sword."

GotM, UK mmpb p.84

 

"As they trotted into the city proper and a wall of sound rose to meet them, Paran's eyes glazed slightly. Pale was a madhouse, buildings on all sides gutted by fire; the streets, despite being cobble-heaved in places and dented in others, were packed with people, carts, braying animals, and marines."

GotM, US HC, p.97

 

"He marched into the barracks that had once housed Pale's Noble Guard."

GotM, US Hc, p.98

 

"He strode into the alley leading to the barracks' side entrance. The way lay in shadow beneath high-walled buildings and the faded canopies that hung over sagging balconies. Pale was a dying city. He knew enough of its history to recognize the bleached tints of long-lost glory. True, it had commanded enough power to forge an alliance with Moon's Spawn, but the captain sensed that had more to do with the Moon's lord's sense of expedience than to any kind of mutual recognition of power. The local gentry made much of finery and pomp, but their props looked tired and worn."

- Ganoes Paran

GotM, US HC, p.101

 

"Muddy puddles filled potholes, reflecting the thinning clouds overhead with an opaque cast. Among the narrow crooked alleys of Pale's Krael Quarter, the chill and damp of the night clung to the dark spaces with tenacity. Here the mold-laden bricks and worn cobbles swallowed the second thunderclap..."

GotM, US HC, p.125

 

"...but within the Hall of Records were the city's census lists...Wherein all the names of Pale's nobility could be found."

GotM, US HC, p.213

 

Knobb's Inn

 

 

"Try Knobb's Inn, up the street."

GotM, US Hc, p.98

 

"Paran entered Knobb's Inn and stopped just inside the doorway. The place was packed with soldiers, their voices a jumbled roar...At a large table beneath an overhanging walkway that fronted rooms on the first floor..."

GotM, US Hc, p.100

 

Vimkaros Inn

 

 

"Vimkaros Inn stood just beyond Eltosan Square in the Opal Quarter of Pale."

GotM, US HC, p.233

 

"He entered Vimkaros Inn and paused. Before him was a roofless courtyard with paths winding among a rich garden. Clearly the inn had survived the siege unscathed. A wide central path led directly to a broad counter behind which stood a corpulent old man eating grapes. A few guests walked the side paths, moving among the plants and conversing in low tones."

GotM, US HC, p.234

 

 

The Walls

 

 

"...outside Pale's walls..."

GotM, UK mmpb p.72

 

"Whiskeyjack eyed Pale's stained walls..."

GotM, US HC, p.89

 

The Siege

 

 

"Enormous cliffs, sheared from the Moon's face and raging with flame and trailing columns of black smoke, fell down into the city of Pale, transforming the city into its own cauldron of death and chaos."

- Tayschrenn's assault on the Moon devastates the city.

GotM, UK mmpb p.77

 

"A rain of death descended into the city of Pale..."

- the Sorcery Enfilade begins

GotM, UK mmpb p.74

 

"Three years of enforced passivity in this siege..."

GotM, UK Trade p.49, UK mmpb p.65

 

"Since the siege began, they'd been assigned the task of undermining Pale's massive ancient walls. That order had come straight from the capital, and it was a cruel joke of appalling ignorance: the whole valley was a glacial dump, a rock pile plugging a crevice that reached so far underground even Tattersail's mages had trouble finding its bottom."

GotM, US HC, p.60-1

 

"When the Moranth army came down from the mountains, and Tayschrenn rode at the head of his wizard cadre, and when word spread that an Empire Claw had infiltrated the city,' Rake's smile twisted into a snarl, 'the wizards of Pale fled.' He paused, as if reliving memories. 'I dispatched the Claw when they were but a dozen steps inside the walls.' He paused again, his face betraying a flash of regret. 'Had the city's wizards remained, the assault would have been repelled."

GotM, US HC, p.160

 

"Eighteen thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine souls departed in the purge of Pale. One for each Moranth confirmed as a victim of Pale's history of enmity toward us."

GotM, US HC, p.191

 

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