Sha'ik
The title borne by the Chosen One of the Whirlwind Goddess, also called the Hand of Dryjhna and the Seeress of the Apocalypse.
Sha'ik is the title borne by the Chosen One of the Whirlwind Goddess, and it enters the series in Deadhouse Gates, the second book of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Those who use the title also name her the Hand of Dryjhna and the Seeress of the Apocalypse.
The woman who holds it waits in the Holy Desert of Raraku with the Book of the Apocalypse, the sacred text whose opening is prophesied to raise the occupied Seven Cities against Malazan rule. Followers gather to her on the strength of that prophecy rather than any declaration, and the Whirlwind itself, a wall of sand and sorcery standing over the desert, answers to the title she carries.
How far into Malazan have you read?
Set your place and this page rewrites itself to exactly that point. Nothing ahead of you will show.