Semk
A Seven Cities tribe of the Karas Hills, ash-daubed and undisciplined in battle, hating all who are not Semk, and drawing their sorcery from an ancient and vicious tribal god.
Centred on the Karas Hills and Steppes of Seven Cities, the Semk hold an avowed hatred for everyone who is not Semk. They have a reputation as ferocious fighters who keep captured enemies alive so that they can be tortured at leisure, and even the Tithansi fear them. Their tribal god is an ancient and vicious Ascendant, and it is from him that their sorcerers draw their power. Going into battle they cover themselves in ash and fight in a wild, undisciplined style; the warriors of the South Clan also cover their bodies in tattoos. When the Whirlwind rose, the Semk joined Kamist Reloe's assault on Fist Coltaine's column at the crossing of the Sekala River, taking the western bank of the ford while Reloe's army came at the Malazans from the east.
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