In a message dated 2/29/2004 2:34:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Bryan Newell" <bryann at bryann.net> writes: > But don't read this email unless you've read all the > Dragaeran novels, as there are spoilers for most of them > below. > > > > > > > > 1. Why hasn't any action been taken against Paarfi by the > Empire for publishing to the masses how to defeat the Orb? Do you really believe that it's trivially easy to summon unimaginable amounts of sorcerous power without using the Orb or purple stones or anything? And I'm sure it's just coincidence that this happened at the same time Adron lost control of his huge Elder Sorcery spell. > 2. Should Vlad be insulted that the Imperial Title he was > granted in "Phoenix" was for Szurke, which means > "commonplace" or "drab" in Hungar--err, I mean, Fenarian? He probably considers it yet another inside joke. > 5. Maybe you all can help me out with my mapping project. > On page 290 of the paperback "The Paths of the Death", the > following exchange occurs: > > Morrolan: ... we are bound for my ancestral homelands, a > county called Southmoor. > Miska: Southmoor? Well, but that is near Adrilankha, is > it not? > Teldra: Perhaps fifty leagues from Covered Springs, in the > southwest corner. > > In the southwest corner? What the heck does that mean? Is > this just Paarfi getting tired of saying "to the > southwest", so he mixes it up by saying "in the southwest > corner," using "corner" the way we might use "quadrant"? > If not, then in the southwest corner of _what_? The Empire? Are there any other references to Covered Springs? > 7. Who is Sethra referring to on page 198 of "Issola": "I > am the only Lavode left. Well, there's one other, but he > isn't ready yet." First guess: VN. Of course, Sethra is trying to conceal this person's identity, so she may have said "gya" instead of "he" which allows other possibilities (T, SiG). --KG