paul wrote on August 25, 2004
>Vlad and wondered if anyone cared to weigh-in on the style of a 16
>year old human who has prepared for a hike through the jungle. I figured
>that the dress of these books is based on the 3 musketeers to some degree.
>It seems to be a common interest to Brust. Also, at that point in Vlad's
>life, he was poor and without his trusty rapier yet. I thought something
>with a little gypsy-ish fashion might add an interesting look to him.
Hi,
Don't leave out the rapier and a grey half cloak. Steven Brust likes rapiers
and cloaks. See Paths of the Dead paperback page 396.
Vlad had a (not very good rapier) before he sold the restaurant and
before he got the egg. I think it may have been a gift from his grandfather
so Vlad could practice fencing years before. I do not think he would have
gone into the jungle without it. See Book of Taltos, Taltos page 58 for
a description of this rapier that Vlad started wearing in public when he
was almost 16. The blade Vlad had made on page 9 Jhereg was bought with
proceeds from the sale of the restaurant.
Paul, do you have to reconstruct your animation of Loiosh? Can't you
have two versions? 1. Loiosh Cover Art Version. 2. The real Loiosh
with snake head, snake body, two bat wings and two legs.
On Paul's wonderful animation of Loiosh (cover art version)
Mark A. Mandel wrote on August 25, 2004
#Which I haven't been able to get to work for me. :-(
Mark, I think Paul would like to know more detail about how it did
not work in order to try to figure out why. You might want to
email back and forth to Paul. And then tell us if it ever started
working.
Back to Vlad's clothes:
Vlad's father was dead for two years before Vlad went into the jungle.
Vlad's grandfather could have given him some gypsy-ish clothes for his
birthdays. After his father died, Vlad could have decided to dress
as an Easterner in honor of his grandfather, but if he did it is not
mentioned in the text. See Book of Taltos, Phoenix page 386 for a
description of Vlad "For the first time in my adult life, I was looking
like an Easterner." Therefore, he did look like an Easterner sometime
when he was young, but that could have just been before his father got
him the Jhereg outfits. Since Vlad and his family were poor, it
does not seem like he would have two whole sets of clothes-one Jhereg
grey and black and another Easterner set. I am thinking mostly grey
and black Jhereg outfit for the spell in the jungle. With the idea of
birthday gifts from Vlad's grandfather accounting for a little more color.
We know somewhat what type of clothes he had around the time of
the spell in the jungle.
Page Taltos 72 for a description of Vlad's old half-cloak
Jhereg-grey and boots. Page 10 Vlad was 5 and was beaten up by Orca
for having boots of Eastern style. His father page 20 gave Vlad an
Jhereg outfit when he was 8. Vlad's father probably kept getting
Vlad grey and black outfits until he died when Vlad was 14. No mention
of what came with an outfit (like boots or not).
In The Book of the Jhereg, Jhereg page 5. Vlad "ignored the
scratches on my face and arms from the foliage." I think no hat and
no full length sleeves when Vlad went into the jungle.
After Loiosh hatched and Vlad first worked for the Jhereg, he
ordered a new jerkin and a full length cloak, Taltos page 92. Vlad
also "lusted after a hat with a tall plume, but didn't get it".
Therefore he had a jerkin before. Dictionary says a jerkin is a
sleeveless jacket. He had a half cloak before. No mention of
replacing or wanting a new hat and no hat bought on page 92.
Vlad wears pants not hose. I thought Vlad had a backpack on page 5
of Jhereg, but it says "I hitched the pack on my back". I do not
think he wore a backpack until Dragon.
Bye.
Linda G.