Letheras

Location from Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson

Capital of the Letherii kingdom — a city built on debt and drowning, where wealth was religion and Tehol Beddict proved it was all a lie by destroying the economy with arithmetic.

Also known as: Letheras, the Letherii capital

What They Know

• The Letherii economy conquered nations through debt rather than military force
• The Drownings — public execution by water — punished those who couldn't pay
• Tehol Beddict collapsed the economy by buying all debts and calling them due
• The Tiste Edur conquered the city but were culturally absorbed by Letherii commerce
• The Errant manipulated Letherii fate from within for millennia

Connections

• child_of — lether_continent
• capital_of — lether_continent
• conquered_by — tiste_edur

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