Apsalar
Apsalar was also known as Sorry during her possession by Cotillion, the patron of assassins.

Her story begins in the Gardens of the Moon with her possession on Itko Kan, with the goal of assassinating the Malazan Empress Laseen. Following her possession the Nineteenth Regiment of the Itko Kanese Eighth Cavalry was massacred by the Hounds of Shadow, thus bringing in the young Lieutenant Ganoes Paran.

On Genabackis, Anomander Rake confronts Shadowthrone, which ends with Shadowthrone ordering Cotillion to release her. Wandering lost on the plains, she has forgotten her real name. She meets Crokus Younghand, a young Daru thief, who gifts her with the name Apsalar from the patron Goddess of thieves. The two fall in love. In Deadhouse Gates, Apsalar rediscovers the God's mortal memories as Dancer, right-hand man to the departed Emperor Kellanved, and all the deadly assassin's tricks that come from him. In order to protect Crokus, Apsalar decides to leave him and work for the Shadow gods. In The Bonehunters, Apsalar is depressed and upset for leaving Crokus. She is working on a list of assassinations for the Shadow gods which brings her back into the fold of the 14th Army. In the ensuing events, Crokus (now called Cutter) is thought dead by Apsalar and Cotillion, which causes her to break down en route to Malaz City. In Malaz, she unleashes her shadow dancing talents, enabling her to obliterate a full gauntlet of Claw assassins (the Empire's Assassin cult) without getting a scratch, this is at the same time of Adjunct Tavore Paran, Kalam, and T'amber's retreat from Mock's Hold.