Invading Races From The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series
In the Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy series by Steven Erikson, there are four races which are not native to the Malazan World. They are the three Tiste races (the Tiste Andii, the Tiste Edur, and the Tiste Liosan) and the Eleint race, a race of dragons.
The Tiste races are not one of the founding races, but invaded from their warrens. The Tiste races are humanoid, but alien to the world of the Malazans. With their epicanthic eyes, height, and long lifespans, the Tiste are the closest that the Malazan series comes to involving elves. Each of the three Tiste races are "children" of either the Elder Warrens of Light (Liosan), Darkness (Andii), or Shadow (Edur). Each also has a Soletaken draconean leader birthed directly by the forces that gave rise to each race: Anomander Rake, Andarist, and Silchas Ruin (Tiste Andii) from Mother Dark, Osserc (Tiste Liosan) from Father Light, and Scabandari Bloodeye (Tiste Edur) from both Mother Dark and Father Light, forming Shadow. Each leader is considerably more potent than the rest of their more common kin and were considered the undisputed leaders of their respective races. Rake still leads his people, while Osserc has turned away from that role and Scabandari Bloodeye was forcibly removed from it.
The Eleint race is also not a founding race. They were birthed in Chaos, and now reside in Starvald Demelain, however some have been found in other realms. In Shadow (Meanas), Ampelas, Karse, Eloth are three dragons imprisoned; Cotillion does not know the reason for their imprisonment. The Soletaken are children of Tiam, yet are not pure-blood Eleint, however they do possess the power of the Eleint. They are free to go where they please and have become a problem for the warrens, for every gate is a wound to the warren. Scabandari Bloodeye is blamed for doing the first harm to the warrens when he created a gate in Kurald Emurlahn.
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