
To never abandon or turn away from such opposition. What we here swear is unrelenting and unending opposition to the Malazan Empire for so long as it shall endure. " We gather here on this day in the sight of one another to swear a binding oath. The T'lan Imass claimed it would be wrong to oppose such a vow as the one the Guard had taken. Emperor Kellanved had once tried to set his undead legions against the Guard but was refused.

The vow was often compared to the ritual of the T'lan Imass as both the ritual and vow were inspired by a desire to reach a goal. These Avowed gained unnaturally long life, strength, speed, and regenerative attributes in return for their oath. The Crimson Guard was created by a vow sworn in the 1066th year of Burn's Sleep by six hundred of K'azz' original followers. Who is good and who is evil? Who can he trust and who will kill him? Ronan has to figure it out fast, because his enemies are multiplying, and soon he will have to pass the ultimate test: facing his father again and standing up to those who threaten not only him and his friends, but the world.'Civil War', a book cover simulation by Corporal Nobbs Nothing and no one are what they seem to be. For the Glass Gauntlet turns out to be dangerous head-to-head competitions against ruthless opponents.


Paper and pencils and nerdy scholarship - where's the life-or-death challenge in that? Boring. Now, he's determined to become one of the Blood Guard, a sword-wielding secret society sworn to protect thirty-six pure souls crucial to the world's survival.Įager to prove he's got what it takes to become a Guard, Ronan can't believe that the first mission he, Greta, and Sammy are sent on is to visit a weird-sounding school and take a series of tests called the Glass Gauntlet. Ronan Truelove barely survived his first encounter with his father and the Bend Sinister.
