Dragaera

Taltos: Inconsistencies and imponderables.

Fri Aug 15 12:26:13 PDT 2003

Too tired to write like Paarfi, so writing like that other guy today.

OK, everyone else probably knows this, but I didn't, so I thought I'd 
mention . . .

The first time Vlad teleports to Castle Black, he notices the Overcast 
beneath him, and above, more of the same.  OTOH, in Athyra, Rocza is 
able to fly through the Overcast in one breath.  Which she holds. 
 Because it's toxic.  Seems to me Morrolan is a smart enough fellow not 
to fly his castle in the middle of a toxic smog cloud.

Also, I remain unsatisfied about teleportation in and around Greymist 
Valley.  Morrolan teleported into the middle of the cat-centaurs' plain. 
 Couldn't he have gotten the closer coordinates from Sethra, instead of 
walking till he made them out himself?

When he *did* teleport to the edge of Blood River it was close enough to 
the different houses' launch-points that I am willing to concede 
teleportation to and from launches is possible, though probably 
difficult, what with corpses, boats, and whatnot.  However, it certainly 
wasn't during the Interregnum--I've already forgotten what it was like 
in PoTD for Zerika and her party . . .

Speaking of which, I *did* catch a major glitch.  Morrolan says he had 
Zerika's back when she jumped Deathgate Falls.  PoTD says that he was 
*not* with her party.

Hey, Steve, howsabout you let me see each new manuscript; I'll reread 
the entire oeuvre and check the 'script for consistency.  How 'bout it?

Mia