On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Jose Marquez wrote: > > 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, > > > 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. Z says she loves L for his soul (in _Phoenix_, I think). I had thought when I saw the name that the current L was the reincarnation of the old. We don't know how good a warlock Noish-pa is, but he seems more accomplished than Vlad, who seems to be very talented, and N-p doesn't seem to capable of entertaining an Empress at 70, rather less than 270...