Characters in Gardens of the Moon

Ganoes Paran

Young Malazan nobleman turned army officer whose fate becomes entangled in divine schemes far above his rank.

Adjunct Lorn

The Empress's personal blade, dispatched to Darujhistan to eliminate a threat that could destabilize the entire campaign.

Whiskeyjack

Veteran sergeant of the Bridgeburners, weighed down by impossible orders and fierce loyalty to his soldiers.

Also in Memories of Ice

Tattersail

Malazan military sorceress with an uneasy conscience whose readings of the Deck of Dragons begin to reveal a catastrophic design.

Quick Ben

A Bridgeburner mage whose surface flippancy conceals layers of power and secrets no one is meant to know.

Also in The Bonehunters, Reaper's Gale, The Crippled God

Kalam Mekhar

Assassin-soldier of the Bridgeburners, lethal and brooding, whose trust in authority has been permanently shattered.

Also in Deadhouse Gates, The Bonehunters, The Crippled God

Anomander Rake

Ancient Son of Darkness and lord of Moon's Spawn, an Ascendant whose alien morality and immeasurable power place him beyond any faction.

Also in Memories of Ice, Toll the Hounds

Crokus Younghand

A young Darujhistani thief who falls for a goddess's chosen vessel and stumbles into empire-shaking events.

Also in Toll the Hounds

Kruppe

A round, garrulous Darujhistani fence who speaks in third person and conceals staggering influence behind an absurd facade.

Also in Toll the Hounds, Orb Sceptre Throne

Sorry / Apsalar

A Malazan soldier possessed since childhood by the god of assassins, struggling to reclaim her own name and will.