Characters in The Crippled God

Kalam Mekhar

A former Claw assassin and close friend of Fiddler and Quick Ben.

Also in Gardens of the Moon, Deadhouse Gates, The Bonehunters, Malazan Book of the Fallen: Books 1-4

Fiddler

A veteran soldier and sapper of the Bonehunters, a recurring POV across the series.

Also in Gardens of the Moon, Deadhouse Gates, The Bonehunters, Dust of Dreams, Malazan Book of the Fallen: Books 1-4

Quick Ben

A former Bridgeburner mage of immense and mysterious power.

Also in Gardens of the Moon, The Bonehunters, Reaper's Gale, Malazan Book of the Fallen: Books 1-4

Adjunct Tavore Paran

Commander of the Bonehunters, leading them on their final, near-suicidal march.

Also in House of Chains, The Bonehunters, Reaper's Gale, Dust of Dreams

The Crippled God

The alien deity at the center of the series' cosmological conflict — not villain but prisoner, not monster but grief.

Emancipor Reese

A long-suffering manservant to a pair of necromancers, providing comic relief.

Also in Blood Follows, The Lees of Laughter's End, The Wurms of Blearmouth, The Healthy Dead, Crack'd Pot Trail, The Fiends of Nightmaria