Seven Cities

Seven Cities is a subcontinent of the Malazan world, a land of deserts, odhans, and ancient holy cities held under Malazan occupation. It comes to the fore in Deadhouse Gates, where the whole subcontinent seethes toward the uprising its people call the Whirlwind. Its cities are old beyond easy reckoning, built layer upon layer on the ruins of earlier ages, and its faiths run deep; natives name their occupiers Mezla and await the prophesied Apocalypse of the goddess Dryjhna. Seas ring the landmass on every side, with Quon Tali, heart of the Malazan Empire, lying across the water to the south. Imperial rule runs through garrison cities such as Hissar and Ehrlitan and the great southern port of Aren.