A one-handed male Taken fell into a fatal trap at sea laid by the Black Company during " Cranky Bitch" a young and beautiful female Taken was killed by Leta in " Leta of the Thousand Sorrows or, The Triumph of Ruin", and two others were killed by the sorceress Blind Emon during " Shaggy Dog Bridge".Ī sorceress called Mischievous Rain, who resembled the Lady, was ostensibly one of the new Taken. They appeared in – and were killed during – the short stories of the On The Long Run story arc. Whisper proved to be the only unique one among them, and was the most characterized of the group by far.įour other new Taken were also known to exist, but were never identified by name. Except for Whisper, they all dressed identically.
They were instrumental in key battles, including: cleansing the Ghost Country of forgotten evils in Port of Shadows the Battle of Juniper against the castle creatures in Shadows Linger and the choreographed slaying of the Dominator's ancient demon "pets" at the Battle of the Barrowland in The White Rose.ĭespite their power, the new Taken were never considered to be as strong or threatening as the original Ten. Like the Ten, the Lady's new Taken were not automatons – they were free to scheme against each other and even the Lady – but the Lady had the power to completely strip them of all their magical talent at will.Įach of the new Taken was skilled with flying carpets and a wide variety of devastating sorcery.
However, the Limper, the last of the Ten still in the Lady's service in the north, ranked higher than the new Taken.
The Lady's new Taken were subjected to her Eye and placed utterly and irrevocably under her power, just as the Ten Who Were Taken were originally controlled by the Dominator.
The extremely powerful and sophisticated domination spells which the new Taken were subjected to constituted a ritual that takes hours, possibly days, during which the victim appears to be "broken, slain, and resurrected" as a devoted slave.
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