On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 08:42:32PM -0500, Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/6/2002 5:06:47 PM Eastern Standard > Time, Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes: > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 04:03:25PM -0600, Gametech > > <voltronalpha at hotmail.com> wrote: > >> ? ? Excellent! > >> > >> *spoilers to follow* > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Premenitions (of which it would take no genius to > >> conclude) and feelings: > >> > >> 1. I felt teased when reading about Morrolan (becuase this > >> story only lightly involved him), Bravo, gimmie more. > > > > Ditto. ?I liked the Excaliber reference for Blackwand, too. > Did you notice the eyes on the fish? Remember that > Dragonlords show their lineage with a dragonhead emblem with > eyes of certain color[s]. I'm betting that fish's eyes were > the e'Drien colors (can anyone remember if we've seen the > e'Drien emblem?). Not at the time, but probably a reasonable interpertation. > >> 3. I seemed to think that the pyrologist was *sent* to > >> Whitegrest Manor more than arrived there because of what > >> he said had made him come, I can't seem to remember what > >> caused me to think this, but Pel and our Lyorn friend come > >> to mind. Khaavren will of course stop wallowing (I should > >> hope that if I have made any other assumptions, that this > >> one not be one I am incorrect about), Good. Gimmie more. > > Pel was the one who paid a witch to give someone an idea. > > That "idea" was that the pyrologist go to Khaavren (witness > > his false vision). > This is bugging me a bit because it *wasn't* a false vision. > He had a vision of a corpse in Adrilankha that seemed to have > died from the plague. Because of that vision, he left home > and traveled to Adrilankha, and found an actual corpse that > matched his vision (but not his interpretation). So what was > the idea that Pel gave him? And how long had that fellow > been a corpse? Could Pel have known of his death? I think you're reading too much into this. The pyrologist doubtlessly found a corpse he wanted to believe matched his vision. > >> 5. What month is it coming!? August 1 2003?, good, gimmie > >> more. > > Whine. > At least we know the remaining volumes are already finished, > so we don't have to worry about "unexpected delays" from the > author. That just makes it worse. Tor, end the torment! -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org) Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/index.jsp Politics: http://www.triggerfinger.org/index.jsp