Fiddler:' What happened during the Aren Rebellion was a mistake...No command was ever given to the Logros T'lan Imass.' (DG, UK MMPB, p.95)

Apsalar, speaking from Cotillion's memories, and Fiddler:

'Who ordered the T'lan Imass into Aren? I shall tell you. Surly, the commander of the Claw, the woman who took upon herself a new name-'

Fiddler:'Laseen...I have never before heard that assertion...There were no written orders - none found, in any case-'

Apsalar: 'I should have killed her there and then...these memories...they are so clear. I was...sent to Aren...to see the slaughter. To find out what happened. I...I argued with Surly. No-one else was in the room. Just Surly and...and me.'(DG, UK MMPB, p.195)

L'oric :'..Barathol, an officer in the Red Blades, had murdered the Fist of Aren. He'd been arrested and gaoled, stripped of his rank and beaten without mercy by his fellow Red Blades ...' (BH UKTpb, p.497)

'Barathol was to have been crucified on Aren Way. Instead the city had risen in rebellion, slaughtering the Malazan garrison and driving the Red Blades from the city.

And then the T'lan Imass had arrived, delivering the harsh, brutal lesson of imperial vengeance. And Barathol Mekhar had been seen, by scores of witnesses, flinging open the north gate...But it is true. T'lam Imass need no opened gates.... (BH UKTpb, p.497)

Whiskeyjack grunted. ‘That’s a curious observation, but I see what you mean. Kellanved showed . . . restraint with the T’lan Imass, discounting that mess at Aren. -  (MoI UK Tpb, P136)

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