> -----Original Message----- > From: Jot Powers [mailto:books at bofh.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 9:38 AM > To: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: Tukko > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:16:10AM -0600, Ruhlen, Rachel > Louise (UMC-Student) wrote: > > Here's something that's bothered me. Maybe someone can > explain it. In > > _Phoenix Guards_, the Jhereg who runs the shereba game Tazendra is > > playing when they have a big fight with all those > Dragonlords is named > > "Tukko". When Vlad first goes to Dzur Mountain, the servant is Chez > > (not sure on the spelling, don't have it in front of me.) > Later when > > he goes to Dzur Mountain, at least in _Issola_, and I think another > > time as well, the servant is named Tukko. The description of him is > > similar regardless of his name. Her servant is Tsalmoth, at > least Vlad > > thinks so. Not likely to be the same Tukko Khaavren knew. > > I'd been meaning to post on this. I think it's just a > limited number of names that Steve can keep track of. Now, > some of these may be the same person, but as you have pointed > out, some are unlikely. Also, consider writing 20 books and > coming up with enough names to populate them. :) It doesn't bother me that names are re-used. If anything that is to be expected, than otherwise. (Ie, Sethra the Younger.) What bothered me more is Sethra's servant changing names, and the fact that his name was changed to Tukko, once the name of a Jhereg. Now it could well be that this is something Mr. Brust failed to keep track of. But I was looking for a more interesting explanation. :) Something like...The first time Vlad met Sethra's servant, his name was Chez (or whatever). Then he had an adventure with Tukko the Jhereg and for some reason took his name ("I'll take everything...your life...your gold...your name") Rachel