Location from Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
Imperial capital on Quon Tali — where Empress Laseen rules the Malazan Empire through a web of Claw operatives, political purges, and the constant threat of assassination.
Unta is the seat of Malazan imperial power, and it has all the warmth of a tax office staffed by assassins. Empress Laseen — who took the throne by murdering Kellanved (or so she believed) — rules from here through the Claw, her intelligence and assassination network. The city is the administrative heart of an empire spanning multiple continents, and its politics are lethal in the most literal sense. The capital moved here from Malaz Island when the Empire outgrew its origins, and the shift from scrappy island conquest to continental bureaucracy changed the Empire's character fundamentally — from Kellanved's ruthless improvisation to Laseen's ruthless administration.
A massive administrative city on the continent of Quon Tali. Grand avenues lined with imperial architecture — columned government buildings, barracks complexes, the Empress's palace. The city has the feel of power maintained through bureaucracy and fear rather than inspiration. Claw operatives move through the crowds unseen.
Also known as: Unta, the Imperial Capital