On Sat, 28 Aug 2004, Henrik Jonsson wrote: >From: "David Silberstein" <davids at Kithrup.COM> > >> Note that the following contains a huge spoiler for /Sethra >> Lavode/. > > >Spoiler space...for Sethra Lavode. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> However, I was thinking about that scene in the context of my >> earlier idea, namely, that Morrolan bears Tazendra's staff, and has >> access to Tazendra's memories. So what he might have been about to >> say was "Sethra had a friend and student named Tazendra Lavode, who >> was given to the Falls here", > >Hmm..How did Tazendra's memories of her own funeral end up in the >staff? Even with a friendly bend-and-half-twist of the imagination, >one is hard pressed to admit that a dead person's memories of ones >own funeral are somewhat hazy, to say the least. ;-) In being brief, I gave an impression which I did not intend; I do not mean to suggest that the staff has memories of events at which it was not present. I merely meant that Morrolan knew that Tazendra had been given to the Falls by hearing of this event from either those who performed the ritual, or secondhand from a friend of one of those friends. It still would have made the moment emotionally fraught, given that he was bearing a remnant of the woman who had died and been given a funeral with full honors due her at that exact spot. And in addition, there may very well have been a memory of that statue in the staff, since she *had* seen the dzur statue while she was still very much alive, and he was presumably accessing those memories when he talked about fighting off bandits at that place. See, it all fits. Although now that I think about it, one could further hypothesize that the link to a staff is continuous despite distance ... but that would still not explain a memory of events that took place after the wizard's death (which would presumably sever the link). >Nice idea, though, with Tazendra's staff in Morollan's possession. > <*bows*>