Hello all, I've just acquired the latest tomes and gone through them like a jug of Mexican water through a Swiss tourist. Thank you Mr. Brust, for writing them! :) S P O I L E R S A few neurons have flickered to life and generated these random observations in following random order: 1. LoCB [ch 37, pg 44-45] Lord Drien who lived in the Third Cycle. Is he Drien e'[someone] or is this the same transmorgifying Drien in Issola? That Paarfi simply names the gentleman as Lord Drien without a line suggests to me that he's *the* Drien. If so, does that imply (a) Kieron was also kicking it in the Third Cycle, (b) Drien, the shaman-turned-warrior, was exceptionally long lived? or (c) other. Note that Drien went over Deathgate Falls so presumably he's either reincarnated or playing sudden-death sherba with Kieron on alternate Endweeks. 2. PoTD [pb ch 7] Teldra was raised in the East, poor but obviously educated to some degree in the history, customs, and manners of Faerie. She's wearing her House colours when she shows up and recognizes Morrolan's Dragon-ish features. Is it ever explained what happened to her family or guardians? 3. PoTD [as above] Did Morrolan strike anyone as kind of on the dense side? I realize this is a probable combination of Paarfi looking for a humourous scene and Morrolan's lack of worldliness but his ability to synthesize information is really lacking. He's, what, two hundred and fifty something at this point? 4. PoTD [pb ch 3, p 28] '..typical Dragonlords, short rather than tall..' There. Aliera should feel better. Not ref'd: The Sword Eventually Called Blackwand: it's not awake but it's aware enough to give M the warm fuzzies. So, is it like Godslayer at the end of Issola? There's a soul inside but not fully interactive? Circle of Witches: Damn, there's a lot of free lance witches around. Don't any of them have resistance to telepathic suggestions? Who thinks the whole 'witches drawing supporters to M with dreams' was a romantic touch by Paarfi? If Arra was the focus, what happens when she's gone? Cliffhanger endings: Written by a mean, mean, man. Is it April yet? -Sabia, thinking it's high time to update SIL