Steve Hubbell wrote: > >> From: "Rachel L. Ruhlen" <melalvai at kemenel.org on Tue, 12 Aug 2003 >> 18:31:38 -0500 >> >> Just finished reading _The Lord of Castle Black_. I'm way behind on >> messages, because I've been avoiding reading them until I was finished. >> Here's my initial thoughts and then I'll go read the other messages >> and find >> out 10 other people have already pointed this out. > > Snip to a different question... > >> Zerika's Easterner lover named Laszlo rang a bell. Sure enough, >> there's a >> Laszlo in _Brokedown Palace_. I concluded he can't be the same guy. That >> Laszlo is King Laszlo who was crazy. I was willing to overlook the age >> issue, because assuming her Easterner lover is the same we hear >> rumors about >> from Vlad (not necessarily a safe assumption, I am aware), he's lived >> a long >> time, and we have some hints that Easterner witches can live as long as >> Dragaerans. Maybe longer. So, I speculate that her lover may be a >> descendant >> of Miklos. > > Miklos and Brigitte are almost current with Vlad, i.e. Cawti is > Brigitte's daughter (IIRC, SKZB has admitted to this previously), so > this would put Zerika's Laszlo close to two hundred years before > Miklos and his brother Laszlo. S Zerika's Laszlo may be an ancestor, > may be the same guy (would explain why he went a little nuts), but > can't be a descendent. Then again, maybe Laszlo is the John Smith of > Fenario? The interesting thing is that Zerika refers to Laszlo in the present tense in Phoenix. He is a warlock, which may give him some extended lifespan benefit (and if he has a pact with a god a la Arra...), but possibly the Orb has a hand in that itself. And if I recall correctly, Laszlo is indeed a common name. Jose -- Jose Marquez jhereg69 at earthlink.net