Malazan Book of the Fallen · World
Red Blades Armor
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Full chain with leggings and slitted visors, Otataral links interwoven, used with horse-blades. The name is the company, not the color of the mail.
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- First appears
- Book 2 · Ch. 5
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- 1
The Red Blades Armor first appears in Deadhouse Gates as the distinctive full-chain mail of the Red Blades, a fanatical Malazan company stationed in Seven Cities. Its most notable feature is the incorporation of otataral links, rendering the armor uniquely resistant to magic and marking its wearers as elite enforcers of imperial will. Across the series, the armor becomes a symbol of both imperial authority and the brutal suppression of rebellion, its presence evoking dread among native populations. The armor's design—complete with horse-blades and slitted visors—reflects the company's martial identity and their role in the Whirlwind uprising.
Evolution
BOOK 2Deadhouse Gates
Full chain with leggings and slitted visors, Otataral links interwoven, used with horse-blades. The name is the company, not the color of the mail.
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