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Seguleh

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The Seguleh

 

Seguleh.  First Empire word, that.  The Anvil.  Strange name for a people -- likely some remnant clan from the colonial period of Dessimbelackis’ empire.  A fragment of an army, settled on some pleasant island as their reward for some great victory -- those armies were each named, and ‘The Anvil’ was but a variation on a theme common among the First Empire military.  The mask, however, was a unique affectation.  Gadalanak said all Seguleh were so attired, and something in the glyphs and scratches on those enamel masks indicated rank.  But if those marks are writing, it’s not First Empire.  Not even close.  Curious.  Too bad she never says anything.

 

 

“The Seguleh don’t believe in luck.” - Jemain, Return

all medium-height, whip-lean in light leather armor and cloth pants, and, surprisingly, barefoot. All wore intricately painted masks. (Return)

 

Mok: 'Seguleh who die, fail...We spare no thoughts for the failed among us.'(MoI, UK Trade, p.131)

 

Toc the Younger:'Their homeland is an island south of here, and they’re said to be a private lot, disinclined to travel. But they are known of as far north as Nathilog.’ And Hood take me, aren’t they known....For the Seguleh, rank is everything. If the hierarchy’s in doubt, challenge it. They don’t waste time.'

(MoI, UK Trade, p.37)

 

Toc the Younger: 'these are Seguleh! The most feared warriors on this continent...There’s supposed to be a legendary Seguleh with an unmarked mask. White porcelain. Not that anyone has ever seen him, except the Seguleh themselves, I suppose. They are a warrior caste. Ruled by the champion.'(MoI, UK Trade, p.128)

 

Onos T'oolan:'‘Their communication...is mostly non-verbal. They assert dominance with posture, faint gestures, direction of stance and tilt of head.’(MoI, UK Trade, p.128)

 

Lady Envy:'Look at the Seguleh – masked, yes, yet they speak true and plain, do they not? Is there something in that, do you think? Some hidden significance? Our malleable, fleshy visages are skilled at deceit – a far more subtle mask

than what the brothers over there are wearing...The Seguleh reveal only their eyes, devoid of framing expression, yet portals to the soul none the less. Remarkable. I wonder who originated the custom, and why.’(MoI, UK Trade, p.290)

 

Mok:'The demands of the self have primacy, mistress. Always, else there would be no champions. There would be no hierarchy at all. The Seguleh would be ruled by mewling martyrs blindly trampling the helpless in their lust for the common good. Or we would be ruled by despots who would hide behind an army to every challenge, creating of brute force a righteous claim to honour. We know of other lands, mistress. We know much more than you think.’(MoI, UK Trade, p.653)

 

Lady Envy: 'Turns out the Seguleh will not fight women, unless attacked.'(MoI, UK Trade, p.699)

 

Onos T'oolan on the paint on Seguleh masks: ‘The medium...appears to be a mixture of charcoal, saliva and human blood.’(MoI, UK Trade, p.41)

 

Lady Envy: 'Anomander Rake once crossed blades with a score of Seguleh, one after the other. He’d paid an unannounced visit to the island – knowing nothing of the inhabitants. Taking human form and fashioning a mask for himself, he elected to walk down the city’s main thoroughfare. Being naturally arrogant, he showed no deference to any who crossed his path...Two bells. That was the full duration of Rake’s visit to the island and its people. He described the ferocity of that short time, and his dismay and exhaustion which led him to withdraw into his warren if only to slow the hammering of his heart.'(MoI, UK Trade, p.130)

 

Renegade Seguleh 

 

Madrun Badrun and Lazan Door

Torvald Nom : 'Renegade Seguleh are renegade – they can't ever go back..  Supposedly, but then, what do any of us really know about the Seguleh? ' (TtH) 

 

Seguleh Rank

 

The Agatii

 

 

This seguleh straightened, faced Bars. “What is your name that we may enter it among the Agatii.”

“The Agatii?”

"The Thousand,” the Seguleh said.

 

Yovenai

 

 

Yovenai …”

“Patron, or commander – something like teacher, too,” Jemain supplied. (Return)

 

'Blackmasks – the First Level Initiates in the schooling of weapons' (MoI, UK Trade, p.129)

 

 

A warrior caste from the Seguleh Island

 

  • Rell - renegade Seguleh serving with the Malazan forces on Quon Tali (Return)
  • Mok - Seguleh 3rd
  • Senu - 11th level initiate
  • Thurule
  • Leal - female Seguleh killed by Iron Bars in Return of the Crimson Guard
  • Oru - ranked in the top twenty of the Thousand, proclaims himself Iron Bars'Yovenai after the former declines a duel.
  • The Twelfth - female Seguleh, found by an Edur fleet, brought to Letheras as a challenger for Rhulad, escapes the city after being defeated by Karsa Orlong, whereabouts unknown.

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Seguleh Currency

 

'...the ridged bars of the Seguleh'(GotM, UK Trade, p.173)

 

Tribes, Nations and Empires