Malazan Book of the Fallen · Location
Trail Descent
- road
- none
A descending trail, a path dropping from height toward lower ground. It is a brief transitional route.
- Type
- road
- Style
- none
- First appears
- Book 2 · Ch. 13
- Books
- 1
Trail Descent first appears in Deadhouse Gates as a simple, unnamed path that drops from the heights of the Azath House toward the lower streets of Malaz City. Though introduced only briefly, the route becomes symbolically significant as a literal and metaphorical passage between worlds—linking the mundane streets of the city with the otherworldly domain of the Azath. Its understated presence underscores the series’ recurring theme of thresholds and the thin veil separating the ordinary from the profoundly strange.
History
BOOK 2Deadhouse Gates
A descending trail, a path dropping from height toward lower ground. It is a brief transitional route.
Appearances
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