Tiles of the Hold

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The Tiles of the Hold are a tool of divination in the epic fantasy series the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Canadian author Steven Erikson.

Contents 1 Fundamentals 1.1 The Beast Hold 1.2 The Azath Hold 1.3 The Dragon Hold 1.4 The Ice Hold 1.5 The Empty Hold 1.6 The Fulcra (unaligned)

[edit] Fundamentals

The Tiles of the Hold are used only on the continent of Lether, where the use of the Jaghut warren has prevented the evolution of magic. On the other continents, the equivalent instrument of divination is the Deck of Dragons.

[edit] The Beast Hold

• Bone Perch
• Elder
• Crone
• Seer
• Shaman
• Hunter
• Tracker

[edit] The Azath Hold

• Heartstone (the Azath tower in Letheras)
• Keeper (Kettle)
• Portal
• Path
• Mason
• Tomb (Deadhouse?)
• Guest
• Barrow
• Root
• Wall

[edit] The Dragon Hold

• Queen (Tiam)
• Consort (Scabandari?)
• Liege (Draconus)
• Knight (Anomander Rake)
• Gate
• Wyval
• The Lady (Menandore)
• (The Sister?) - mentioned in a casting, but not in the glossary
• Blood-Drinker (Silchas Ruin)
• Path-Shaper (K'rul)

[edit] The Ice Hold

• Ice Throne
• Walker
• Huntress (a Jaghut seen in Midnight Tides in the Gravel mines hunting a Khalibaral)
• Shaper
• Bearer
• Child
• Seed
• (The Hand of the Watcher: mentioned in Midnight Tides as Gothos)

[edit] The Empty Hold

• Empty Throne
• Wanderer
• Mistress
• Watcher
• Walker
• Saviour (Brys Beddict)
• Betrayer

[edit] The Fulcra (unaligned)

• Shapefinder
• The Pack (D'ivers soletaken god to the Jheck, killed in Midnight Tides by the Crimson Guard squad)
• The Errant (Master of the Holds)
• Axe (Eres'al)
• Crow (White Crow: Silchas Ruin)
• Fire
• Dolmen
• Blade
• Knuckles (son of elder god Kilmandaros and underwater Azath housekeeper)

v • d • e A Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen Novels By Steven Erikson Gardens of the Moon  • Deadhouse Gates  • Memories of Ice  • House of Chains  • Midnight Tides  • The Bonehunters  • Reaper's Gale  • Toll the Hounds (forthcoming)  • Dust of Dreams (forthcoming)  • The Crippled God (forthcoming) By Ian Cameron Esslemont Night of Knives  • Return of the Crimson Guard  • Stonewielder (forthcoming) Novellas Blood Follows  • The Healthy Dead  • The Lees Of Laughter's End Groups The Malazan Empire  • Races of the Malazan Book of the Fallen  • The Bridgeburners Magic High House Chains  • High House Death  • High House Shadow  • Deck of Dragons  • Tiles of the Hold Characters The Crippled God  • Cotillion • Tiste Characters  • Karsa Orlong  • Emancipor Reese