Malazan 14th Army
The Malazan 14th Army was comissioned in Aren in 1164 under the command of Adjunct Tavore Paran with the objective of defeating the armies of the Apocalypse and reconquering Seven Cities.
The exploits of the 14th Army, especially the 8th Legion, form a key narrative throughout the novels House of Chains, The Bonehunters and Reaper's Gale.
The Malazan army mustering in Aren is nothing but three paltry legions of recruits. Commanded by a woman devoid of any relevant experience. -Heboric to Felisin Younger - (HoC UK Mmpb, p.240)
The Bonehunters
14th army – HoC p.493
A finger bone, hollowed out and hung from a leather thong
Standard : A grimy, thin-limbed figure holding a bone aloft, the details in shades of dun colours that were barely visible on the yellow ochre field, the border a woven braid of the imperial magenta and dark grey.
Among the untried recruits of the Fourteenth Army, fully half originated
from the continent of Quon Tali, the very centre of the empire. Young
and idealistic, they stepped onto blood-soaked ground, in the wake of the
sacrifices made by their fathers and mothers, their grandfathers and
grandmothers. It is the horror of war that, with each newly arrived
generation, the nightmare is reprised by innocents.
The Sha’ik Rebellion, Illusions of Victory
Imrygyn Tallobant
HoC, UK MMPB, p.267
A marching song of the Bonehunters
Coltaine rattles slow
across the burning land.
The wind howls through the bones
of his hate-ridden command.
Coltaine leads a chain of dogs
ever snapping at his hand.
Coltaine's fist bleeds the journey home
along rivers of red-soaked sand.
His train howls through his bones
in spiteful reprimand.
Coltaine leads a chain of dogs
ever snapping at his hand.
Coltaine
A Marching Song of The Bonehunters
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