On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Nancy Thuleen wrote: > > S > P > O > I > L > S > P > O > R > T > > > At 21:51 -0400 12.8.2003, Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > > > A quick question for Mr. Brust: Is the Tri'nagore/Moranthe > > confusion at the very end a mistake? Or is this HoJ time > > wierdness and Moranthe was the failed first attempt? > > Gods, am I glad someone asked that! :) I've been trying to figure out that > scene since finishing the book yesterday, and my head is starting to hurt. > But I keep thinking that it's supposed to be something of a mystery, to be > revealed in the next volume. Either that, or I'm very dense? > > - Nancy. Hi, I don't understand the problem. On pg 383, Habil says that they had tried reaching a god before, but it hadn't worked - they tried the wrong god. They decide to try Tri'nagore, something of an enemy of Verra, given the attack on Blackchapel by his followers, as described in _Issola_. The gods present (or conversing) at the end of _TLoCB_ don't include T.