David Silberstein wrote: > On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Mark A Mandel wrote: > > >>On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Philip Hart wrote: >> >>#Doesn't this refer to Tazendra, assuming she survives the end of the >>#Interregnum etc.? She might well not have been "ready" at the time of >>#POTD and may still not be by _I_. >> >>ISTR discussion on the earlier Brust list (on Yahoo?), suggesting that >>... OK, now, in _Teckla_ who's the Teckla whose lord was killed in some >>sorcerous war and who then learned sorcery from said lord's library? > > > Paresh, in pp 27-32, in the Aisse PB edition. > > >>That lord was a Dzur. That lord's own overlord came knocking at the door >>looking for gya*. The idea discussed was that the Dzurlord was Tazendra >>and the overlord was Aerich, and IIRC it seemed pretty plausible. *If* >>that's the case, Tazendra is dead by the time of _Issola_. I don't know if this helps, hinders or is irrelevant but I quote from 500 Years After (which I'm just re-reading which is why I spotted it): "While on the subject of friends, what of good Tazendra? I was pleased to learn that she was able to escape unscathed from the explosion at her home. I hope she has learned from this, and will temper her studies with care." P.43/44 (in softback version). Since her house is repaired by the time Aerich contacts her it seems unlikely that this is the occasion in question. Of course blowing up your house might be a regular occusence for Dzur lords rather than it just being Tazandra. ;-) Fides