Dragaera

The Plot is Discussed *spoilers for PotD*

Tue Jan 7 09:04:55 PST 2003

>--- Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote:
>>  At 09:54 AM 12/31/2002 -0500, Jag wrote:
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>>  >PotD, bottom of page 114, top of page 115.
>>  Khaavren is talking to
>>  >Kytran.  Khaavren mentions that Sethra had
>>  contacted him and told him to
>>  >prepare his son for a journey.  And on page 88, we
>>  see that this
>>  >original message to Khaavren, from Sethra (making a
>>  small assumption,
>>  >but I see no reason to doubt it) came before Zivra
>>  left Adrilankha.  We
>>  >don't know if it came before or after Zivra's
>>  guardians had heard from
>>  >Sethra (it probablly came at the same time), but we
>>  do know that Piro
>>  >was on the guest list before Sethra had ever talked
>>  to Zivra.
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>>  Uh...did I put something in the book implying or
>>  stating that it was Zivra
>>  who requested that Piro be sent for?  If so, that
>>  was *major* screw-up, and
>>  I just can't figure out how I did that.  I can't
>>  remember ever, during the
>>  writing, thinking that was going on, and if I messed
>>  that one up, I'm awful
>>  curious about how I did it, and how I can fix it in
>>  future editions.
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>Personnally, I got it from Kytraan's assumption that
>they were all summoned by Zerika on p. 253:
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>"Well," said Kytraan, "this at least explains why you,
>of all people, should be summoned by this mysterious
>Phoenix."
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>"Yes, that is solved, but many other things are not."
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>"Zivra--or, as we should properly call her,
>Zerika--said, "It is true. <snip>"
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>You'll notice that Zerika did not correct Kytraan's
>assumption.
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thnk you, that is where I too got the impression that Zerika wanted a 
friend along.  I thought I was mis-remembering the timeline of 
sethra's requests to their parents.


JAA