Dragaera

Flying Dragons

Joy Jennifer Nicholson jjnichol at MIT.EDU
Tue Feb 24 19:13:37 PST 2004

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> There is one piece of Issola that I thought I understood, but if it is 
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> p.233
> ...and there was a tremendous flash of light from directly overhead 
> that left me seeing spots just as I was wondering if I should get 
> involved somehow... The air had that queer tang it gets after a heavy 
> thunderstorm.
> "What was that Loiosh?"
> "Something from that guy overhead, I think, Boss."
> "Good. Did it accomplish anything?"
> "I don't know. But one of them is down."
> I saw it then--one of the Jenoine was down indeed, and wouldn't be 
> getting up again, and there was no mystery about what had taken it out: 
> the dragon was holding it down with two paws and tearing chunks out  of 
> the thing with its teeth...
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> So, what was overhead if not the dragon? There is no mention of any 
> other entity flying around.
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> Also, as to the identity of the Dragon as Devera (and I am aware of 
> certain ex cathedra comments): Since "Mommy isn't allowed to know" 
> about Devera's existence, what explains Sethra's comment to Aliera that 
> she should know who the dragon was?
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> Ken Gorelick
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I read and re-read the end fight in Issola, but I never managed to figure
out to my satisfaction:   How many Jenoine were there?  We hear about
When I read something like this, I try to picture where everyone is, what
they're doing, who's threatening them, but in this fight I just can't keep
track of how many Jenoine there are and what they're all doing.  Does anyone
have it figured out?

also, as a side question, how is Jenoine pronounced, anyway?  It's not on
the pronunciation list at the beginning of Jhereg.....