thus allowing the fleets to pass without conflict.
Another contact with the Malazan Empire proper is during Memories of Ice when the Malazan 2nd army encounters a body of an Edur who has undergone extreme compression caused by sudden appearation/teleportation in the deep depths of the sea.
In Reaper’s Gale, the Malazan 14th Army, although not acting under the authority of the Empress, invaded the continent of Lether and defeated numerous Tiste Edur armies sent against it until it liberated the capital city, Letheras, from Edur rule.
Edur appearances in the novels
The events of Midnight Tides almost exclusively discuss the interactions between the Edur and the human empire of Lether, from contact to invasion and conquest. There is also the aforementioned contact of the two fleets within The Bonehunters. The events of House of Chains also features the character of Trull Sengar, an outcast of the Tiste Edur, who is freed by a T’lan Imass within one of the fragments of the Shattered Warren named Nascent. Also stitched throughout the series is the ongoing appearance of the Silanda, an Imperial dromon which features disjointed appearances of the Tiste Edur and the aftermath of their encounter with Karsa Orlong.
Edur characters
Scabandari Bloodeye – Known as Father Shadow. In Edur form, he has long grey hair, and a gaunt, serious face. In battle, he wears a leather harness and a cape of K’Chain Che’Malle hide. seized control of the Tiste Edur after supposedly killing the rightful rulers. Body was destroyed by Elder goddess Kilmandaros. Soul and power was stored in a Finnest created by Gothos as payment for freezing the Lether continent literally in both ice and time. This Finnest was then used as the basis for the