The Son of Darkness himself. Despite the title, he's actually one of the good guys
The Son of Darkness himself. Despite the title, he's actually one of the good guys


Name: Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness, Blacksword
Origin: Malazan Book of the Fallen
Gender: Male
Classification: Half Tiste Andii/Half dragon/7th Mask of the Seguleh
Age: 300,000+ years old
Powers and Abilities: Master magician - has mastery of two Elder Warrens (Darkness and Draconic), energy projection, likely invisibility through his mastery of the Warren of Darkness, super speed, durability, and strength, can shapeshift into an enormous black dragon with the capability of flight, possesses formidable combat skills with a sword, his sword allows him to imprison the souls of whomever it slays in the Realm of Darkness located within the sword (for most purposes, another dimension), forcefield creation
Weaknesses: None notable
Destructive Capacity: Was casually wiping out regiments of soldiers with his sorcery, small building busting in his draconian form by size alone. Continent level via powerscaling.
Range: Hundreds of meters (his sorcery easily reached the ground from his position on top of floating Moon's Spawn)
Speed: At least faster than the eye
Durability: Unknown (at a minimum, he was unfazed by the same spells that were shearing cliff - sized chunks off of Moon's Spawn), likely continent level via magical wards and barriers
Lifting Strength: Superhuman
Striking Strength: Class KJ+, though Dragnipur can carve through magical barriers that can tank far higher and is regarded a threat to most anyone in Malazan
Stamina: Most likely superhuman (his only stamina feat involves him taking on an entire city of master swordsmen in one on one combat and leaving after killing his way to the seventh strongest of them)
Standard Equipment: Dragnipur, a two handed bastard sword
Intelligence: Substantially above average
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Notable OBD Victories:

- Skivala the Series (Kannazuki no Miko verse, a page Imagine still has to do)

Notable OBD Losses:

Other: