The Red Blades of Swords

'The Red Swords(typo? - Blades?) were born of Seven Cities, yet avowed absolute loyalty to the Empress. Rare - if at the moment unwelcome - pragmatists in a land of fanatical dreamers...' (DG, UK MMPB, p.85-6)

'The Red Blades were, at this time, pre-eminent among those pro-Malazan organizations that arose in occupied territories. Viewing themselves as progressive in their embrace of the values of imperial unification, this quasi-military cult became infamous with their brutal pragmatism when dealing with dissenting kin...
Lives of the Conquered
Ilem Trauth (DG, UK MMPB, p.115)

typical armour and weaponry: peaked helms, lances, broad blades (tulwars)

'a knot of colour...gold and red - Baria Setral and his Red Blades...'(DG, UK MMPB, p.421)

'They bristled with weapons, with full chain leggings and the slitted visors on their helms lowered. Bows were strung, arrows loosened in their quivers. The horse-blades were unsheathed and jutting from their mounts' forelegs...Lances dangling from loops of rawhide around their wrists, the Red Blades nocked arrows...Otataral links interwoven in Baria's chain armour' (DG, UK MMPB, p.128-9)

Note: at least some of the Red Blades carry an aspected sigil, see Aspected Sigils for more info.

Prominent Members:

Baria Setral
Mesker Setral
Lostara Yil
Tene Baralta
Aralt Arpat, tall sergeant, killed by Leoman (DG, UK MMPB, p.204)

Malazan Empire

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