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Duiker recalls the staggering losses at the Battle of Vathar Crossing, a battle which locals will remember as the "Day of Pure Blood". Some twenty thousand refugees are dead, a disproportionate number of them children. Seven hundred soldiers of the 7th Army also perished. Only a dozen sappers and a score of marines still live. The Foolish Dog Clan can field less than five hundred fighters, and the other two Wickan clans are almost as badly mauled. Sormo E'nath, Coltaine's most powerful warlock, is dead.

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  • Duiker recalls the staggering losses at the Battle of Vathar Crossing, a battle which locals will remember as the "Day of Pure Blood". Some twenty thousand refugees are dead, a disproportionate number of them children. Seven hundred soldiers of the 7th Army also perished. Only a dozen sappers and a score of marines still live. The Foolish Dog Clan can field less than five hundred fighters, and the other two Wickan clans are almost as badly mauled. Sormo E'nath, Coltaine's most powerful warlock, is dead.
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  • Duiker recalls the staggering losses at the Battle of Vathar Crossing, a battle which locals will remember as the "Day of Pure Blood". Some twenty thousand refugees are dead, a disproportionate number of them children. Seven hundred soldiers of the 7th Army also perished. Only a dozen sappers and a score of marines still live. The Foolish Dog Clan can field less than five hundred fighters, and the other two Wickan clans are almost as badly mauled. Sormo E'nath, Coltaine's most powerful warlock, is dead. The Vathar river runs red and black with blood for leagues, and it takes almost a week for the pallid, bloated bodies to completely wash out into the Dojal Hading Sea near Ubaryd. The natives of Seven Cities have little time to celebrate. A Malazan punitive fleet is on its way from Unta "commanded by a woman as hard as iron. What happened at Vathar Crossing was a whetstone to hone her deadly edge." As the Chain of Dogs moves south through the Vathar Forest the Imperial Historian attempts to comfort the shaken Captain Lull. Amidst the trees, Duiker sees cairns and evidence of ancient T'lan Imass battles against the Jaghut. When the march stops for the day, Corporal List brings Duiker to Coltaine, Bult, and Lull, who stand before the last of the sappers. The Fist wishes to honour these soldiers for their bravery at the river. He calls forth one of the sappers and rewards him with a promotion to sergeant. After an uncomfortable moment, one of the other sappers informs Coltaine that he has just demoted Captain Mincer! Mincer is only too happy to take the reduction in rank and to recommend Sergeant Bungle as his replacement. Coltaine struggles to maintain a straight face as he follows through on Mincer's recommendation. Bult and Mincer commiserate over their failed attempts to murder the lapdog, Roach, then Coltaine dismisses the sappers. Afterwards, Coltaine and the other officers can barely contain their mirth, and Duiker's exhaustion dissipates. Before settling down for the night, List brings Duiker to a ruined Jaghut tower. He identifies it as the home of the Jaghut ghost that has attended his dreams. He recounts the war between T'lan Imass and the Jaghut that took place here involving the spirit's wife and children. Their ruminations are interrupted by the sight of a massive, golden-lit column rising in the north. Duiker recognises the sign of Sha'ik.
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