Cotillion

Character from Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson

Patron god of assassins, the Rope that binds Shadow's throne — an Ascendant with a killer's precision and a compassion that no god of murder should possess.

Also known as: Cotillion, The Rope, Dancer, Patron of Assassins, The Patron God of Assassins

What They Know

• Was Dancer — partner to Kellanved and co-founder of the Malazan Empire before ascending
• Patron god of assassins, ruling the Shadow Warren alongside Shadowthrone
• Possessed a young fisher girl (Sorry/Apsalar), using her as an assassin — his deepest regret
• Co-architect of the plan to free the Crippled God — perhaps the most compassionate act any god has undertaken
• Operates through Shadowthrone's network but maintains his own agents and alliances
• His relationship with Shadowthrone is a partnership of equals — Dancer was always the knife to Kellanved's brain
• Maintains unusual emotional connections to mortal agents, particularly Apsalar and Kalam
• His shadow Warren manifestation allows him to step between shadows anywhere in the world

Connections

• ally_of — shadowthrone
• ascended_from — dancer
• possesses — apsalar
• ally_of — kalam
• ally_of — quick_ben
• ally_of — tavore
• rival_of — laseen
• member_of — shadow_realm
• ally_of — karsa
• betrayed_by — laseen
• serves — crippled_god_liberation
• rival_of — kallor
• ally_of — crokus
• ally_of — apsalar
• commands — iskaral_pust

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