Malazan | Origin and Expansion of the Malazan Empire [Part 1]

Interested in the origins and expansion of the Malazan Empire? This is the video for you then, and it doesn't include any plot spoilers for the series.

[@nixielee]

Great content. The lack of Malazan content on KZbin is truly perplexing. Thanks

[@kimkimhvid]

Path of ascendancy is probably more historically accurate in the Malazan universe than the books of the fallen. The books of the Fallen is supposed to be a historical document and therefore subject to the inaccurasies. The ICE books are written a lot closer to the events so are probably more accurate, in the context of the Malaz universe

[@gracelesspassion1750]

Absolutely! You're actually seeing events happen in ICE instead of just hearing about it afterwards in the main series. ICE would be more accurate, but it is a LOT more spoilery so I stuck with what we learn across the main series and everything else should be a fun surprise. There's also something to be said about what we're told in the main series being propaganda and an idealized version of events as well, but I enjoy it regardless

[@erikkr.r.m7380]

Finally someone talking about this lore

[@ataridc]

Its weird how you can't find hardly any lore videos. Just endless tier lists and spoiler free reviews

[@faac4740]

Can you do a summary of each book?

[@FahqTyrants]

What a great video of the greatest series ever penned! Please keep up the amazing work, very appreciated!

[@orboakin8074]

Thanks for making this. I bought the book series in 2019 when I was getting into fantasy fiction but never got around to reading it back then. I only finished Gardens of the Moon last year but now I want to get back in and finish the series.

[@FahqTyrants]

You must read or listen to the whole amazing series. It is the best fantasy series every penned.

[@DragonZombie2000]

You do a fantastic job explaining it clearly, Malazan isn't easy to explain!

[@Deedee512000]

i have read all the books, but of course forgotten many of the details. This was a great summary. Thanks

[@Lotus_Lenex]

Thanks for this! Not nearly enough content on this awesome series.

[@darksaint0124]

The Esslemont books are Canon, not novellas. If you think you can avoid them when trying to explain how the Empire was created, you will be sadly mistaken.

[@ReallyGoodandKind]

Half the point of the books is history is remembered differently all the time. So his take is still technically correct.

[@billyalarie929]

THIS IS SUCH AN INVOLVED STORY JFC

[@marzero116]

I always thought the Largos followed the First sword more than the throne.

[@ehtrid7038]

So many mistakes ,please do read Path to Ascension then make video and talk about this.Its like someone told you short version then you try to remember it and when you couldn't you just guess things or somewhere made them up 🙃

[@gracelesspassion1750]

As mentioned, there are direct contradictions in PtA. These aren't mistakes, I said I was discussing what we learn of the history within the main ten books themselves, which will also prevent spoiling PtA which people should read. I feel like the differences are fun to learn about, and you can even wonder about which is more true? Why are there differences? Likely what we learn in the main ten could be considered propaganda as the "Official" story, whereas PtA could be considered what actually occurred. Like how the recorded past often is not what actually happened.

[@gracelesspassion1750]

Either way, thanks for watching. Sorry you didn't like the video!

[@ehtrid7038]

@@gracelesspassion1750 @Graceless Passion I really don't like to be unfair so after reading your answer I watch both videos again ready to apologize...But you should clearly point to this question and thoughts like you did here ,coz no way anyone could guess direction of your thought.And it's shame you didn't coz direction you gave in answer is interesting and smart and would make people think about it

[@gracelesspassion1750]

@@ehtrid7038 Yeah, definitely would have been a great talking point to have in the video! Hindsight is 20/20 haha

[@caladanrude6395]

High fist is a governor's title

[@gracelesspassion1750]

A High Fist can act as a governor of a region, however it is explicitly a military position.

[@caladanrude6395]

@@gracelesspassion1750 I stand corrected. 😁

[@Jezza_One]

This is totally out of date and doesn't tie in with the Path to Ascendancy novels.

[@gracelesspassion1750]

Well, yeah. I specifically said that in the video. PtA has several contradictions when compared to what we learn from the Main 10, and I wanted to describe the story as we learn it from the Main 10, since it's still fun to talk about. Is PtA probably more accurate? Sure. Does that mean we shouldn't discuss what we were originally told? I like to think what we are told in the Main 10 is the "official" version, meaning it's likely propaganda from the Malazan Empire.