Onearm's Host

The Malazan Army commanded by Dujek Onearm. At the time of GotM, this term appears to refer to the Malazan 2nd Army. After GotM, it refers to the outlaw army Dujek commands against the Pannion Domin on Genebackis, which contains the elements of the 2nd and 5th armies that survived the events of GotM. A legendary outfit, most members originating from Seven Cities.

"...we're a bent bough, Calot had once said of Onearm's Host, and beware the Empire when it breaks. Seven Cities soldiery, the closeted ghosts of the conquered but unconquerable..."

- thoughts of Tattersail
GotM, UK Trade p.52, UK mmpb p.69

"Pale had fallen. The price was Onearm's Host and four mages."

- thoughts of Tattersail
GotM, UK mmpb p.78

Onearm’s Host, in that time, was perhaps the finest
army the Malazan Empire had yet to produce, even
given the decimation of the Bridgeburners at the
Siege of Pale. Drawn from disparate regiments
that included companies from Seven Cities, Falar,
and Malaz Island, these ten thousand soldiers were,
by roll, four thousand nine hundred and twelve women,
the remaining men; one thousand two hundred and sixty-seven
under the recorded age of twenty-five years,
seven hundred and twenty-one over the age of thirty-five
years; the remaining in between.
Remarkable indeed. More so when one considers
this: among its soldiers could be found veterans of the
Wickan Wars (see Coltaine’s Rebellion), the [Aren
Uprising] (on both sides), and Blackdog Forest and
Mott Wood.
How does one measure such an army? By their
deeds; and that which awaited them in the [Pannion
Domin] would make of Onearm’s Host a legend carved
in stone.

East of Saltoan, a History of the Pannion Wars
Gouridd Palah
MoI, UK Trade, p.373
MoI MMPB, p.506

Dujek Onearm and his army awaited the arrival of
Caladan Brood and his allies: the fell Tiste Andii,
Barghast clans from the far north, a half-score
mercenary contingents, and the plains-dwelling Rhivi.
There, on the still raw killing ground outside the
city of Pale, the two forces would meet. Not to
wage war, but to carve from bitter history, peace.
Neither Dujek nor Brood, nor anyone else among
their legendary company, could have anticipated
the ensuing clash – not of swords, but of worlds . . .

Confessions of Artanthos
MoI, UK Trade, p.65

"Always an even exchange,...those words, legendary in Onearm’s Host"

MoI, UK Trade, p.648

Onearm’s Host bled from countless wounds. An
endless campaign, successive defeats followed by
even costlier victories. But of all the wounds
borne by the army of Dujek Onearm, those to
its soul were the gravest . . .

Silverfox
Outrider Hurlochel
MoI, UK Trade, p.42

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