[center][h3]The Free Cities[/h3][/center]
The Free Cities were originally a trade alliance of twelve (according to Baruk) to fourteen (based on maps and glossaries) cities located on the continent of Genabackis. Itkovian claimed the independent city-states had been forced into a confederacy of sorts in response to the invasion of the Malazan Empire. At the start of Gardens of the Moon ten of the cities had been conquered by the Malazans with only Pale and Darujhistan left free. With the fall of Pale the alliance effectively ceased to exist.

[b]Apple[/b] – Situated along the north east coast north of Tulips - Apple is listed on the UK paperback edition map of Genabackis in 'Gardens of the Moon' but not marked as a Free City
[b]Cajale[/b] – To the east of Owndos Sea (Lake Blued)
[b]Darujhistan[/b] - Inland, on the southern shores of Lake Azur along the Rhivi Trail
[b]Evinor[/b] – Northeast of the Free City Plain - called Evine on the coloured version of the map
[b]Ganiss[/b] – Northwest of the Free City Plain
[b]Genalle[/b] – Southwest of the Free City Plain
[b]Garalt[/b] – is not listed on the map of Genabackis
[b]Hoop[/b] – North of the Free City Plain
[b]Nisst[/b] – is not listed on the map of Genabackis
[b]One Eye Cat[/b] – Inland, east of Yend and north of the One Eye Mountains
[b]Pale[/b] – Inland, north of the Tahlyn Mountains and Lake Azur. It was also along the Rhivi Trail
[b]Porule[/b] - not listed on the maps of Genabackis but a Porule River is mentioned as being located north of mountains, fifteen hundred leagues to the east of Pale
[b]Sogena[/b] – Inland, on the River Sogen - appears as Suyema on the coloured version of the map
[b]Tulips[/b] – On the eastern coast, north of Crest Bay and Harbinger Peninsula - there seems to be a discrepancy between map and text within books as to the location. This may be why Tulips was omitted from the amended map published in Memories of Ice.