--- Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > spoilers for TEoDM > > > > > > > > > > Apologies if these points have been noted/answered > already: ditto, I've been away. > The witchcraft forbidding seems to be rather ad hoc. > Brimsford can't > operate and Arra can't See but Castle Black doesn't > fall, Morollan > and A can communicate psychically, and A can cast > spells. I agree with the Castle Black issue, but I assumed once Morollan distracted What's His Face that his influence was decreased, but a valid point. > > I don't understand why the Athyra don't recognize > Zerika straight off - > don't they have to internally acknowledge her in > order to access the Orb? > I assume the Hawks asked for the counties north of > Southmoor at the > suggestion of Kana - would this come out, and did > Morrolan profit? Perhaps they are going at it old school. I think with the Athyra it's more about academic-type respect (like winning chess or proving a theory) than power, and are simply tring to negotiate for a better position. Or perhaps they knew the odds on the Empire/Orb winning better than anyone else. We will have to wait and see about the Kana/Hawk connection. > I think Kana's control of the "western third" of the > Empire suggests > horizontality - it would be odd to say "the army > controlled the northern > third of Tennessee." I don't however understand > Khaavren's assertion that > the post can carry a message to anywhere in the > Empire in three or four > days. One thousand five hundred miles (only the > height of the Empire?) > would be a long way to drive in three days, and > that's as the crow flies. > And a post station every 30 miles say would work out > to 1k stations in the > Empire, ignoring deserts and jungles, so 3k horses? > Seems like a lot so > soon after the Interregnum. Just quibbling. I thought the estimate was for the new telepathic EmpEx system. Ken __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover