The 2nd Army formed part of what was known as Onearm's Host. This was the first Malazan Army introduced in the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Initially under the command of Whiskeyjack, but after his demotion, under the command of High Fist Dujek Onearm, they were the primary force at the Siege of Pale in the Genabackis Campaign. Tattersail commanded the mage cadre of the unit. Most of the members were recruited from the Seven Cities subcontinent. Captain Paran thought that the old Seven Cities gesture of spitting had become the symbol of the Malaz 2nd Army.