Deep Mine

Type

underground

Style

mining tunnel

First appears

Book 2 · Ch. 5

Books

1

Deep Mine is first introduced in Deadhouse Gates as the vast otataral vein beneath the Skullcup prison camp on the Seven Cities continent. Throughout the series, this otataral deposit becomes a focal point for the Empire's mining operations and a strategic resource in the struggle against magic. Its significance grows as the vein's properties and the consequences of its extraction ripple through the larger conflict, shaping both the physical landscape and the political machinations of the Malazan Empire.