Emancipor Reese is a fictional

Fiction

Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...

 character in the fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 series the Malazan Book of the Fallen

Malazan Book of the Fallen

The Malazan Book of the Fallen is an epic fantasy series written by Canadian author Steven Erikson, published in ten volumes beginning with the novel Gardens of the Moon, published in 1999. The series was completed with the publication of The Crippled God in February 2011...

by Steven Erikson

Steven Erikson

Steven Erikson is the pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin, a Canadian novelist, who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist....

. He is a minor character in the mainstream plot, but plays a major role in several novellas.

Description

Emancipor "Mancy" Reese or "Mancy the Luckless" is of average height and slight build. He is a white haired, weathered man, in his late 60's or even early 70's. He is prone to fits of drunkenness and depression

Clinical depression

Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities...

, mostly brought on by his distasteful, sometimes horrific employment in the services of travelling necromancers

Necromancy

Necromancy is a claimed form of magic that involves communication with the deceased, either by summoning their spirit in the form of an apparition or raising them bodily, for the purpose of divination, imparting the ability to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge...

 Bauchelain and Korbal Broach. He detests his job but must keep it to feed his wife and children. He is married to Subly Reese, a large, loud and abusive woman, so he chose a terrifying and dangerous job that took him far away from her for long periods rather than a safe job close to home.

History

Mancy was hired in the town of Lamentable Moll by Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, two necromancers with a habit of killing people to experiment on their bodies, raising the dead, and summoning demons. His employers are continuously forced to flee from city to city due to the ongoing 'unexplained disappearance' of citizens in the city. It is Mancy's job to drive their wagon, dispose of the leftover parts and attend to the other mundane duties that accompany being in the employ of two serial killers. To Mancy's often terrified disgust, people always seem content to warn or drive off his employers rather than killing them outright. Since his hire by the necromancer duo, Mancy lives his life in a continuous state of fear and near-panic eased only by his consumption of his employers poppyseed

Opium

Opium is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy . Opium contains up to 12% morphine, an alkaloid, which is frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade. The latex also includes codeine and non-narcotic alkaloids such as papaverine, thebaine and noscapine...

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Novellas

• Blood Follows

• The Healthy Dead
  The Healthy Dead
  The Healthy Dead is a novella by Canadian author Steven Erikson, set in the world of his Malazan Book of the Fallen epic fantasy series...
  
  

• The Lees of Laughter's End
  The Lees of Laughter's End
  The Lees Of Laughter's End is a novella by Canadian author Steven Erikson, set in the world of his Malazan Book of the Fallen epic fantasy series...