>Ruhlen, Rachel Louise wrote:
>>Jot Powers wrote:
>>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")
Not to mention, (although I am AFB) I seem to remember Vlad saying somewhere
(I think it was in Issola though I am not sure)that Tukko was the only
servant he has ever seen Sethra have, and that he was present on his
(Vlad's) first trip to Dzur Mountain. I think in Taltos when Vlad first goes
to Dzur Mountain her servants name is Chaz, so that means in order for the
story to jive, the servant changes names...Then again Vlad may just be
lying... or, alternatively, I may be wrong (this is most likely)...my mind
plays tricks on me quite often...and I *usually* have a bad memory and have
to look everything up to be sure...
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