Seven Scorpion Thrones

Type

Concept

First appears

Book 2 · Ch. 17

Books

1

The Seven Scorpion Thrones first appear in Deadhouse Gates as seventy-seven arm-span high thrones shattered by sword blows around a circle of sand, establishing them as ancient, monumental artifacts of immense scale and mysterious purpose. Their shattered state suggests a cataclysmic event or ritual that has left them as enigmatic relics within the Malazan world. Across the series, these thrones represent both the grandeur and the violence of ancient civilizations, their broken forms serving as silent witnesses to the passage of empires and the enduring mysteries of the world's prehistory.