The Aren Massacre was the slaughter of civilians in Aren by the T'lan Imass, supposedly at the command of Surly.
"Fiddler:' What happened during the Aren Rebellion was a mistake...No command was ever given to the Logros T'lan Imass.'"
DG, UK MMPB, p.95
"Apsalar, speaking from Cotillion's memories, and Fiddler:'Who ordered the T'lan Imass into Aren? I shall tell you. Surly, the commander of the Claw, the woman who took upon herself a new name- Fiddler: 'Laseen...I have never before heard that assertion...There were no written orders - none found, in any case-' Apsalar: 'I should have killed her there and then...these memories...they are so clear. I was...sent to Aren...to see the slaughter. To find out what happened. I...I argued with Surly. No-one else was in the room. Just Surly and...and me.'"
DG, UK MMPB, p.195
"Dujek Onearm:'the T’lan Imass slaughtering the citizens of Aren. But, as even with that one, each disaster yields its truths. Laseen didn’t give that order, but someone did. Someone returned to sit down in that First Throne – and that someone was supposed to be dead – and he used the T’lan Imass to wreak vengeance on Laseen, to shake her grip on the Empire. Lo, the first hint that Emperor Kellanved wasn’t quite as dead as we would have liked."
MoI, UK Trade, p.685
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