Knife
"Knife of Many Hands" The Knife of Many Hands is an Atrocity Tale published by R. Scott Bakker in Grimdark magazine issues #2 & #3 . The issues were released in December 31, 2014 and March 24, 2015.

Fan Summary

The Holca Champion , Thurror Eryelk , the newest champion in the Sranc Pits , survives on the streets of Carythusal by spreading blood. In one of his unfortunate bloody encounters he meets an Schoolman of the Scarlet Spires , and this encounter could prove fatal.

Plot summary

The story is set in Carythusal , some three hundred years before the events described in The Darkness That Comes Before . It follows Thurror Eryelk, a roving Holca barbarian and current champion of the Sranc Pits, who becomes embroiled in a Scarlet Spires coup. Breaking the main plotline are flashbacks to Eryelk's early life, glimpses of his ongoing attempts to cling to his savage heritage as his world gradually expands. Part One After a recent triumph in the Sranc Pits, Eryelk has been declared Sacred Hewer and invited to visit Blessed Queen Sumilaom in her pleasure garden. Seemingly disinterested in the prospect, he spends his time drinking in the Worm, the slum district of Carythusal. When approached by a Scarlet Spires sorcerer called Nagamezer in the Third Sun tavern, Eryelk refuses to deal with the man and gives in to the violent urges of his Incarnal, entering a trance-like state of frenzy that typically seizes him during battle. He kills the sorcerer, but somehow ends up paralyzed by poison. It becomes obvious that Eryelk does not fully recall the events that occur while his Incarnal manifests - he thinks of his raging self as a separate entity. Delivered into the custody of the Scarlet Spires, Eryelk is interrogated by Grandmaster Shinurta, a sorcerer feared and loathed in Carythusal for his experiments with the Daimos . The old man needles the barbarian, claiming that he is a traitor to the Holca people, a man of intellect born to a warrior race. Once the captive Eryelk is provoked to frenzy, his Incarnal manifesting and demanding to be killed, Shinurta resorts to Sorcery and the barbarian loses consciousness once more. Part Two Awakening in an alleyway and plagued by infernal dreams, Eryelk wonders in vain why the Scarlet Spires would release him after he'd slain one of their own. He is seized by a sudden desire in perusing the invitation of Queen Sumiloam and moves toward the Palaparrais royal complex where she resides. Before being granted access, he is questioned by the Shrial Emissary Ȗsulares who suspects him being a pawn of the Scarlet Spires. Ultimately, since the Collegian priest does not discern a sorcerous Mark on the barbarian, he is allowed through. In the palatial pleasure gardens, Eryelk meets Queen Sumiloam and her young stepson, Crown-Prince Horziah, both of whom appear interested in his gladiator's prowess. The prince has even had Eryelk's sword, Vampire, delivered to the gardens for this encounter. Ultimately Horziah is sent away, leaving his stepmother alone in the company of Eryelk and several slaves. As the queen seduces the barbarian, he notices that one of the slaves is her husband in disguise, King Sarothesser IX, a willing cuckold. As he copulates with Queen Sumiloam, Eryelk gradually gives in to his Incarnal once more, this time experiencing what look like memories of Grandmaster Shinurta, screaming at someone to, "Ravish him! Sack his flesh! Blast him with shame! Rape! Rape!" Eryelk awakens on the riverbank as Carythusal burns, clothed in filth and blood, sword in hand. Realizing that he has been become a knife in another's hand, he departs High Ainon , intent on returning to wreak his vengeance when the time is right.

Trivia

The artist of the covers are: - Cover GdM #2: Pit Fighter by Julian De Lio
- Cover GdM #3: Despondency – Part III by Austen Mengler

The Knife of Many Hands

Series: Atrocity Tales
Author: R. Scott Bakker
Publisher: Grimdark Magazine
Released: GdM #2 December 31, 2014 GdM #3 March 24, 2015
ISBN: GdM #2 ISBN 9780994165923 GdM #3 ISBN 9780994165954

The Knife of Many Hands

Knife of Many Hands
The Knife of Many Hands is an Atrocity Tale published by R. Scott Bakker in Grimdark magazine issues #2 & #3 . The issues were released in December 31, 2014 and March 24, 2015.

Fan Summary

Plot summary

Trivia

The artist of the covers are: - Cover GdM #2: Pit Fighter by Julian De Lio
- Cover GdM #3: Despondency – Part III by Austen Mengler

The Knife of Many Hands

Knights
"Shrial Knights" Shrial Knights , also known as Knights of the Tusk . The monastic military order founded by Shriah Ekyannus III the Golden in 2511, charged with prosecuting the will of the Shriah.

knavishness
-the quality or state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty.

knab
-to seize with the teeth; to gnaw.
-to nab. see nab, v. t.

knabbed
-of knab

knabbing
-of knab

knabble
-to bite or nibble.

knack
-to crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.
-to speak affectedly.
-a petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
-a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.
-something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.

knack
-kneed
-see knock
-kneed.

knacker
-one who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.
-one of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand;
-- called also clapper.
-a harness maker.
-one who slaughters worn
-out horses and sells their flesh for dog's meat.

knackish
-trickish; artful.

knacky
-having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish.

knag
-a knot in wood; a protuberance.
-a wooden peg for hanging things on.
-the prong of an antler.
-the rugged top of a hill.

knagged
-full of knots; knaggy.

knaggy
-knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper.

knap
-a protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. see knob, and knop.
-to bite; to bite off; to break short.
-to strike smartly; to rap; to snap.
-to make a sound of snapping.
-a sharp blow or slap.

knapbottle
-the bladder campion (silene inflata).

knapped
-of knap

knapping
-of knap

knappish
-snappish; peevish.

knapple
-to break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble.

knappy
-having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby.

knapsack
-a case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the back a soldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler.

knapweed
-the black centaury (centaurea nigra);
-- so called from the knoblike heads of flowers. called also bullweed.

knar
-see gnar.

knarl
-a knot in wood. see gnarl.

knarled
-knotted. see gnarled.

knarred
-knotty; gnarled.

knarry
-knotty; gnarled.

knave
-a boy; especially, a boy servant.
-any male servant; a menial.
-a tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain.
-a playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.

knaveries
-of knavery

knavery
-the practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.
-roguish or mischievous tricks.

knaveship
-a small due, in meal, established by usage, which is paid to the under miller.

knavess
-a knavish woman.

knavish
-like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick.
-mischievous; roguish; waggish.

knavishly
-in a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently.
-mischievously; waggishly; roguishly.

knaw
-see gnaw.

knawel
-a low, spreading weed (scleranthus annuus), common in sandy soil.

knead
-to work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead dough.
-fig.: to treat or form as by kneading; to beat.

kneadable
-that may be kneaded; capable of being worked into a mass.

kneaded
-of knead

kneader
-one who kneads.

kneading
-of knead

kneadingly
-in the manner of one kneading.

knebelite
-a mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. it is a silicate of iron and manganese.

kneck
-the twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out.

knee
-in man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
-the joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.
-in the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.
-a piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
-a bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
-to supplicate by kneeling.

knee
-crooking
-obsequious; fawning; cringing.

knee
-deep
-rising to the knees; knee
-high; as, water or snow knee
-deep.
-sunk to the knees; as, men knee
-deep in water.

knee
-high
-rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee
-high.

kneebrush
-a tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals;
-- chiefly used in the plural.
-a thick mass or collection of hairs on the legs of bees, by aid of which they carry the collected pollen to the hive or nest;
-- usually in the plural.

kneecap
-the kneepan.
-a cap or protection for the knee.

kneed
-having knees;
- used chiefly in composition; as, in
-kneed; out
-kneed; weak
-kneed.
-geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass.

kneejoint
-the joint of the knee.
-a toggle joint;
-- so called because consisting of two pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee when bent.

kneejointed
-geniculate; kneed. see kneed, a., 2.

kneel
-to bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees;
-- sometimes with down.

kneeled
-of kneel

kneeler
-one who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.
-a cushion or stool to kneel on.
-a name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.

kneeling
-of kneel

kneelingly
-in a kneeling position.

kneepan
-a roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.

kneepiece
-a piece shaped like a knee; as, the kneepieces or ears of a boat.

knell
-the stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything.
-to sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.
-to summon, as by a knell.

knelled
-of knell

knelling
-of knell

knelt
-of kneel
-of kneel.

knew
-of know.
-of know

knicker
-a small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing.

knickerbockers
-the name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.

knickknack
-a trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.

knickknackatory
-a collection of knickknacks.

knickknackery
-knickknacks.

knife
-an instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc..
-a sword or dagger.
-to prune with the knife.
-to cut or stab with a knife.

knife
-edge
-a piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction.

knifeboard
-a board on which knives are cleaned or polished.

knifed
-of knife

knifing
-of knife

knight
-a young servant or follower; a military attendant.
-in feudal times, a man
-at
-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.
-one on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as sir; as, sir john.
-a champion; a partisan; a lover.
-a piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
-a playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
-to dub or create (one) a knight;
-- done in england by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: rise, sir
---.

knight templar
-see commandery, n., 3, and also templar, n., 1 and 3.

knight bachelor
-a knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of english knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. see bachelor, 4.

knight banneret
-a knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. the dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle.

knight baro
-net
-see baronet.

knight marshal
-an officer in the household of the british sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties.

knight service
-a tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. see chivalry, n., 4.

knight
-er
-ratic
-pertaining to a knight
-errant or to knight
-errantry.

knight
-errant
-a wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.

knight
-errantries
-of knight
-errantry

knight
-errantry
-the character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.

knight
-errants
-of knight
-errant

knightage
-to body of knights, taken collectively.

knighted
-of knight

knighthead
-a bollard timber. see under bollard.

knighthood
-the character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry.
-the whole body of knights.

knighting
-of knight

knightless
-unbecoming a knight.

knightliness
-the character or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry.

knightly
-of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.
-in a manner becoming a knight.

knights templars
-of knight templar

knights bachelors
-of knight bachelor

knights bannerets
-of knight banneret

knights
-errant
-of knight
-errant

knit
-of knit
-to form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
-to form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings.
-to join; to cause to grow together.
-to unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love.
-to draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
-to form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
-to be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.
-union knitting; texture.

knitback
-the plant comfrey;
-- so called from its use as a restorative.

knitch
-alt. of knitchet

knitchet
-a number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot.

knits
-small particles of ore.

knitster
-a woman who knits.

knitted
-of knit

knitter
-one who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine.

knitting
-of knit
-the work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.
-union formed by knitting, as of bones.

knittle
-a string that draws together a purse or bag.
-see nettles.

knives
-of knife
-of knife. see knife.

knob
-a hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.
-a knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer.
-a rounded hill or mountain; as, the pilot knob.
-see knop.
-to grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.

knobbed
-containing knobs; full of knobs; ending in a nob. see illust of antenna.

knobber
-see knobbler.

knobbing
-rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.

knobbler
-the hart in its second year; a young deer.

knobbling fire
-a bloomery fire. see bloomery.

knobby
-full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances.
-irregular; stubborn in particulars.
-abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly.

knobstick
-one who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union.

knock
-to drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.
-to strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
-to strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table.
-to strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
-a blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
-a stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.

knock
-knee
-a condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.

knock
-kneed
-having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking.

knockdown
-a felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.
-of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument.

knocked
-of knock

knocker
-one who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.

knocking
-of knock
-a beating; a rap; a series of raps.

knockings
-large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore.

knockstone
-a block upon which ore is broken up.

knoll
-a little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.
-to ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing.
-to sound, as a bell; to knell.
-the tolling of a bell; a knell.

knolled
-of knoll

knoller
-one who tolls a bell.

knolling
-of knoll

knop
-a knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
-any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial;
-- called also knob, and knosp.

knopped
-having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.

knoppern
-a kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn,
-- used in tanning and dyeing.

knopweed
-same as knapweed.

knor
-see knur.

knosp
-same as knop,2.

knot
-a fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.
-a lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself.
-an ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.
-a bond of union; a connection; a tie.
-something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem.
-a figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc.
-a cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians.
-a portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. a loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.
-a knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
-a protuberant joint in a plant.
-the point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
-see node.
-a division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. the number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour.
-a nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.
-a kind of epaulet. see shoulder knot.
-a sandpiper (tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. it is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. the lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. when fat it is prized by epicures. called also dunne.
-to tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle.
-to unite closely; to knit together.
-to entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
-to form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled.
-to knit knots for fringe or trimming.
-to copulate;
-- said of toads.

knotberry
-the cloudberry (rudus chamaemorus);
-- so called from its knotted stems.

knotgrass
-a common weed with jointed stems (polygonum aviculare); knotweed.
-the dog grass. see under dog.

knotless
-free from knots; without knots.

knotted
-of knot
-full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak.
-interwoven; matted; entangled.
-having intersecting lines or figures.
-characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks.
-entangled; puzzling; knotty.

knottiness
-the quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.
-difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication.

knotting
-of knot

knotty
-full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.
-hard; rugged; as, a knotty head.
-difficult; intricate; perplexed.

knotweed
-see knot/rass.

knotwort
-a small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus illecebrum (i. verticillatum).

knout
-a kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in russia. the last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
-to punish with the knout.

know
-knee.
-to perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.
-to be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.
-to be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.
-to recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.
-to have sexual commerce with.
-to have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information;
-- often with of.
-to be assured; to feel confident.

know
-all
-one who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre;
-- usually ironical.

know
-nothing
-a member of a secret political organization in the united states, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native americans for office.

know
-nothingism
-the doctrines, principles, or practices, of the know
-nothings.

knowa bleness
-the state or quality of being knowable.

knowable
-that may be known; capable of being discovered, understood, or ascertained.

knower
-one who knows.

knowing
-of know
-skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog.
-artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal.
-knowledge; hence, experience.

knowingly
-with knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend.
-by experience.

knowingness
-the state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.

knowleche
-see knowl, edge.

knowleching
-knowledge.

knowledge
-the act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.
-that which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition;
-- chiefly used in the plural.
-that which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.
-that familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life.
-scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge.
-sexual intercourse;
-- usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge.
-to acknowledge.

known
-of know
-of know.

knubs
-waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.

knuckle
-the joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.
-the kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf;
-- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
-the joint of a plant.
-the joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.
-a convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
-a contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; as, brass knuckles;
-- called also knuckle duster.
-to yield; to submit;
-- used with down, to, or under.
-to beat with the knuckles; to pommel.

knuckled
-of knuckle
-jointed.

knuckling
-of knuckle

knuff
-a lout; a clown.

knur
-a knurl.

knurl
-a contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
-one who, or that which, is crossgrained.
-to provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill.

knurled
-full of knots; gnarled.
-milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin.

knurly
-full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much.

knurry
-full of knots.