Malazan Book of the Fallen · Location
Leadwood Marsh
- marsh
A wetland of leadwood trees, stagnant water, and difficult footing. It is a brief, oppressive crossing on the inland march.
- Type
- marsh
- First appears
- Book 2 · Ch. 12
- Books
- 1
Leadwood Marsh first appears in Deadhouse Gates as a brief, oppressive stretch of stagnant wetland that the refugee columns must cross during their desperate flight across Seven Cities. Its leadwood trees and treacherous footing serve as a physical manifestation of the land’s exhaustion and the refugees’ suffering. Across the series the marsh remains a minor but symbolically potent landmark, its stagnant waters mirroring the political and spiritual stagnation of the Seven Cities rebellion.
History
BOOK 2Deadhouse Gates
A wetland of leadwood trees, stagnant water, and difficult footing. It is a brief, oppressive crossing on the inland march.
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