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Okay seriously though (and proper, real, don't read if you're not done spoilers): I have to assume, by Neffarias Bredd's appearance in the text of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, that:

-Kaminsod is being extremely faithful to a wackass hallucination Fiddler had.

-or, Neffarias Bredd actually does exist but either has magical powers to keep him hidden or is the subject of an extremely elaborate inside joke amongst the marines.

-or, the Bonehunters (and probably therefore the Bridgeburners) have some kind of magical abilities as a collective that are some way connected to ascendancy. I think this one is honestly the most plausible in my mind which is a bit absurd

I overheard the heavies talking about Neffarias Bredd... They say Neffarias Bredd has an 8 pack... That Neffarias Bredd is shredded...

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There are few, if any, works I have read that I have found more worthwhile. This series ranks among the most profound works of literature I have experienced, and Erikson among the greatest english-language writers. Words fail me right now to capture its essence, and I truly believe there are none that suffice apart from the text. Remember them.

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"I never thought Hood would eat MY face" sobs woman who summoned Hood

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Forgive me if unwarranted but in response to your tags, a Soletaken is simply a shapeshifter, one that can change from a "human" form (Imass and Tiste can be Soletaken as well so "human" is a relative term here) into a singular animal form. Known methods for achieving this state include alchemical processes (Buke's transformation in Memories of Ice) and consuming the "blood of T'iam" (Anomander Rake and his progeny) though I am unsure if this is a literal consumption. Historically speaking, Soletaken were an attempt by Desimbalakis to bring his First Empire "closer to nature", so far as I remember. Again, massive apologies if this is an unwanted explanation

I don't want to be too pedantic, because honestly I assume it's a typo, but it's the D'ivers which are a curse brought upon his people by Dessimbalackis. Soletaken, as far as I can tell, is actually just a descriptive words for a wide variety of phenomenon which act the same but are unrelated in origin. There's the scores of Soletaken Eleint, but Gruntle is also described as Soletaken, and yeah there is whatever Buke had going on. It's like half a dozen other things in Malazan where they might well work in similar manners but their actual cause is vastly different. See: everything that might be described as magic.

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A furry is just a soletaken with a whimsical heart

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Found this on Facebook, labeled: "This is what it feels like to read the Malazan Book of the Fallen."

I'm only on book eight, but damn it, it's true. NB: I feel like the quote below the image might have originated on Tumblr, but with no attribution.