On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 04:56 PM, Jon Carey wrote: > From: "Jon Carey" <greyw01f at hotmail.com> > Date: Fri Aug 29, 2003 4:56:27 PM US/Eastern > To: Dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Reading FHYA (possible spoilers) > > > > sorry about the possible double post, but hey, I think you guys can > handle it. :) > > SPOI > > > > > > LERS > > > > > > PACE > > > > So, there I was, reading FHYA, when I come across two interesting > comments, and both on the same page! First was the comment that > Kathana e'Marish'chala wedded a Dragonlord of the e'Lanya line > sometime between TPG and FHYA. Of course bells went off in my > head--could this e'Lanya possibly be father to a certain > Dragonlord-turned-Dragon Heir in the Vladiad? Steve seems to really > like loose ends to be tied up, something I mildly disagree with, > because it seems inconsistent with the many and varied people who live > in the Empire. But then, there are only so many nobles, and it is the > nobles that all the books are concerned with, so maybe the > coincidences aren't so unlikely and convenient as they seem. > > Second of all, it is mentioned (all this in Khaavren's letter to > Aerich, I think) that Tazendra was involved in an explosion at her > mansion. She got out unscathed, but it creates a precedent which may > have had a more pronounced effect after the orb returns from the > Paths, to such end that a certain Teckla named Paresh might find an > abandoned, burnt-out manor house in the Duchy of Arylle... > > Thirdly, I have a suspicion about Mario. I'm still reading (to refresh > my memory) FHYA again, so I can't say for certain what behaviour I > will see regarding this subject, but I was interested to recall > Aliera's behaviour towards Mario. Was she warm, or was she in debt, > or what? why did she act so nicely towards him, a Jhereg Assassin? > It would hardly be honourable to develop a relationship with a JHEREG > ASSASSIN! But then, we know that Dragonlords can find it within > acceptable limits to lower themselves to becoming assassins--going > back to that e'Lanya dragonlord mentioned above. We also know, from > the same example, that dragonlords make extremely competent assassins, > to boot. So is it possible that Mario is a Dragonlord in a situation > like Norathar's? Unjustly expelled from the house, and forced to > survive as an assassin? He certainly can be said to possess greater > abilities and resources than your standard Jhereg assassin--something > an accomplished dragonlord wizard might have to hand... > > We also know that naming conventions among dragonlords (ahem, > Rollondar, Morrolan) aren't quite so strict as other houses may have, > so is an Easterner name for a powerful Dragonlord all that absurd? I > have *very* strong doubts that he would be so careless as to be called > by his real name--especially if he *is* a dragonlord. > > But I have not yet re-read the descriptions of him in FHYA, so perhaps > this third speculation is based on whimsy :P > > Jon No, Wimsey would never stoop to speculate about this. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >