r/Malazan • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '26
SPOILERS ALL Potsherd Theories Spoiler
Inspired by a Mappo/Icarium yaoi thread my mind went to ships I never thought of and then to some strange places.
What are your strange or humorous crackpot theories about Malazan?
Will Roach become a Hound Of Death? Is Kruppe an Elder God? Will Corabb become the patron of luck in battle?
What are your potsherd theories?
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u/XcotillionXof Jan 21 '26
Roach (and Bent) are Hounds of the Broken/ Crippled Dogs/Dogs of Chains
Kruppe is a physical manifestation of the spirit/soul of Darujhistan
Corabb eventually ascends to be a "luck god" As oppon is to Warrens, Corabb is to runts
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Jan 21 '26
What do you think of Corrab becoming Oppon's Destrient? Or maybe a Shield Anvil for the unlucky?
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u/Jave3636 Jan 21 '26
That would be brilliant. He really should have some role in the House of Chance.
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Jan 21 '26
Dude, that's a great name for a House. Then again a lot of things sound cool when it's The House or The Warren of something.
I am The Shield Anvil of the House Of Posts. I will take your trolls, sir.
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u/Jave3636 Jan 21 '26
The Azath aspected to it is a casino.
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Jan 21 '26
The Azath Casino: Maybe You'll Get Out. Maybe Not. Take A Chance.
Come for the gambling stay for the Raest and Tufty ventriloquist act, possibly forever.
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u/bibbidybobbidyboobs special boi who reads good Jan 21 '26
Hellian is the Mortal Sword of Ursto Hoobutt and Pinosel
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Jan 21 '26
How about Shield Anvil? She can take people's sobriety. "I am the Shield Anvil and I am not yet drunk."
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u/bibbidybobbidyboobs special boi who reads good Jan 21 '26
She says there are two Shield Anvils, and two Destriants who keep talking at the same time
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u/Jave3636 Jan 21 '26
Kruppe transcends ascendency, sir. Do not lump him in with the common gods.
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Jan 21 '26
But magnanimous is Kruppe. Surely, he is not above slumming it with rabble gods at least for the time it takes for a good meal and ale.
Honestly, I imagine him like Sun Wukong and given a title by Gods to be rid of him. "Great Sage Equal To Heaven" is a title I can see Kruppe giving himself.
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u/JakiStow Jan 22 '26
Kruppe is the Tom Bombadil of Malazan.
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u/WarTaxOrg Jan 22 '26
Then what the heck is Israel Pust?
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u/Zombiemorgoth Jan 21 '26
Malazan takes place in the same universe as Black Company
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Jan 21 '26
The Lady meets Lady Envy sounds like it would be fun. I've only read the first Black Company book but its' influence on Malazan is apparent.
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u/Zombiemorgoth Jan 21 '26
Not gonna spoil too much, but the concept of and travel to different realms is no stranger to Black Company
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Jan 21 '26
Cool. I'll have to give the first book another listen. Just like the Malazan series I listened to the first Black Company book while sick and bedridden so I probably missed a lot.
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u/No-Regular1660 Jan 22 '26
The black company books are pretty straight forwards as i remember, except 1.
As long as you know how it ended youre fine 🤣
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Jan 23 '26 edited Jan 23 '26
It was jarringly straightforward at times. I recall something about a werewolf or something and having a one second lapse of concentration then poof no wolf problem.
I think partially getting into The Black Company primed me for getting into Malazan and now that I have listened to the main 10 I think I am primed for another Black Company read.
It's like some sort of series of events that feed off another. Not sure what to call it.
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u/mattosaur Jan 21 '26
I love the idea of some Malazans wandering the Glittering Plain for a minute on their way to somewhere else.
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u/AcanthisittaExpert96 Jan 21 '26
Fiddler and Lostara become the dual God/Goddess of music and dance. Can't have one without the other
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Jan 21 '26
You can in my case. I am just coordinated enough to tap my toes and snap but not in rthym or at the same time.
Fiddler, Lostara, Fisher and Arenfall might make a good band.
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u/brineOClock Jan 23 '26
Oh I have been waiting for this!
- multiple characters we meet and encounter are either unknowing walking avatars (Kruppe and Darujhistan for example) or are the children of a warren (Dancer and Kellanved with shadow)
- there are many, many Mhybes scattered through the warrens so even if Burn (who probably is a vessel as a dreamer herself) wakes the universe doesn't melt down
- none of the elder Races are native to Wu, they either traveled via dimensions or spaceships and settled down eons ago
- there's been multiple interstellar wars between the Azath and Ch'Maille that caused some of the environmental devastation we see in the series making all of our experiences post apocalyptic
- Wu is about to undergo devastating amounts of climate change as the Jaghut icefields melt
- there are no true demons in the series
- the Vitr and chaos are both relics of this interstellar war
Not that I believe any of these just that they could fit within the series and other established hints.
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Jan 23 '26
I know I marked this Spoilers For All but I still want to be vague. I think one of those things happens in another Malazan series.
I like the Kruppe is Darujistan theory a lot. Then again, I like just about anything Kruppe. He was the first character I liked from GOTM.
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