Squint's Longbow

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Book 2 · Ch. 23

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Squint's Longbow first appears in Deadhouse Gates as a seemingly ordinary weapon carried by the aging archer Squint, yet it becomes the instrument of one of the series' most pivotal assassinations when its arrow fells the renegade High Fist Pormqual during the Chain of Dogs. The bow's significance expands beyond its initial introduction, transforming from a simple tool of war into a symbol of unexpected justice and the far-reaching consequences of individual choices in the Malazan world. Its legacy echoes through subsequent volumes as a reminder that even minor characters and their equipment can alter the course of empires.