Dragaera

Morrolan, ells and history

David Silberstein davids at Kithrup.COM
Wed Jun 23 09:58:38 PDT 2004

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Juliette Torres wrote:


>The other case of mysterious numbers of ells in Yendi
>is Wellok. Or is it Welok? It depends upon if you look
>at the map or the text. In all of the text, Welok is
>spelled with one ell, even outside Yendi [...]
>But the map says Wellok.
>

>Or, in another reality, it might be a result of
>someone else drawing the maps for the book. The
>signature, as best I can make it out, is "Marschall."

Yes; Lady Kathana e'Marish'Chala.  I can easily see the
esteemed Mr. Brust using a form of the name from an
early draft when he requested the art to be made, then
finalized on the one-"l" form of the name for publication.

Such things happen in the writing biz.  So it goes.