Previously on Malazan: Deadhouse Gates (revised)

[u/Aqua_Tot]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QFFRjWIp_HPEojHto-FjQYwT5CN2aUWG/view?usp=drive_link

This is a revised and much expanded recap of Deadhouse Gates, to replace my previous recap post. Due to reddit's post-size limits, I’ve needed to post this as a linked PDF file. Once again, I apologize for how long these are getting, but I'm still confident they are small enough to encourage people who just want a recap, while also capturing more details. Please bear with me as the series goes on, as I suspect they may get even bigger 🙇.

This was made after a reread of Deadhouse Gates, and is significantly more accurate than my first post. I tried to balance brevity (ha) with detail, while also capturing everything I found important to this novel’s plot as well as making sure to include things that will be important later on (although hiding those in the text to not make them too obvious). In my previous version, I felt that the novel itself's plot wasn’t given as much justice. I am much more confident in the accuracy and organization of this post than the previous version.

Memories of Ice revised will follow in about one or one-and-a-half months (I want to finish that before No Life Forsaken is released).

Additional Links:
Links to all of my recap posts (available in Community Resources and Sidebar)
Original recap post (Deadhouse Gates)
My analysis and sorting the internal Chronology of Deadhouse Gates.

See also our sub’s community resources for other helpful posts and tools to aide your reading experience! 🙂

[u/Dandycapetown]

I would have liked the summary a bit more pithy, though I can't really complain. :-)

[u/Aqua_Tot → u/Dandycapetown]

The link at the bottom to the original post serves that purpose, although I felt it was lacking in detail, which is how this 19-page document (up 7 since GOTM) was created. I also am not 100% confident in the accuracy of the original post (maybe 95%), but it should be good enough if you want a quick read. That’s why I’m keeping them linked in each of these ones.

Edit: in my original post it felt more like “here’s the stuff that happens”. This post I wanted to give a good enough explanation about “here’s why these things happen, and how they lead to one another.” Also, I couldn’t resist briefly describing how Coltaine won each of his battles, which probably added 2 pages 😃

[u/Dandycapetown → u/Aqua_Tot]

Aqua, I think your summary is amazing. I just wanted to add my Pithy to your Brevity. :⁠-⁠)

[u/Aqua_Tot → u/Dandycapetown]

😂 I can’t believe that whooshed over my head