Kenneth Stone writes: >--- Kenneth Gorelick <pulmon at comcast.net> wrote: > >- >- >- >- >- >- >- >- >- >- > >I have not received SL yet, so this is speculation: >As far as I can recall, of the _four_ Vlad only meets >Khaavren, which demonstrates that he (K) survives >the formation of the new Empire. I have often >wondered what became of Pel, Aerich, and Tazendra... No comment. Though it's worth noting that Dumas inserted fictional characters into an historical narrative, and it's entirely possible that Paarfi did the same, mixing, say, a fictional Aerich, Pel, and Piro with the historical Tazendra (who it's been speculated as showing up in absentia in the Vlad books), Morollan, Sethra, and Khaavren. >Particularly Tazendra, considering the amount of >time the point of view has been fixed on Dzur Mtn >and we only see Tukko, who is probably not the >"Lavode that is not ready yet." >From previous discussions on-list, it's been established that Tukko is -very- old, and that his full name is something like "Tukko .. Trask Dzur", which probably translates out to "Tukko, something, Dzur Mountain". >From this, one can assume he is -not- a Lavode in training (he may be older than Sethra), but probably -is- more significant than he appears. >Pel is probably just hangin' with the candlestick. Er...huh? What does this mean? -- Joshua Kronengold (mneme at io.com) "I've been teaching |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) --^--him...to live, to breathe, to walk, to sample the /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' /\\joy on each road, and the sorrow at each turning. |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ /-\\\I'm sorry if I kept him out too late"--Vlad Taltos '---''(_/--' (_/-'