> -----Original Message----- > From: Maximilian Wilson [mailto:wilson.max at gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 11:43 AM > To: Scott Schultz > Cc: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: City of Heroes and us > > Taltos, Ch. 9 pg. 96. > "As you approach Greymist Valley, sorcery becomes more > difficult. From the time you reach the Deathgate, it is impossible." > I said, "Why is that?" > "I don't know." > "Are you certain it's true, or is it just rumor?" > "I'm certain. I was at the top of the falls with Zerika, > holding off some local brigands while she made her descent. > If I could have used sorcery, I would have." > > Oddity #1: Paarfi says Piro, not Morrolan, was there. > Oddity #2: Paarfi says Morrolan was a witch, not a sorceror, > at the time. > Oddity #3: The Orb was still in the paths of the dead, so > sorcery wouldn't have worked anyway, except Elder Sorcery. > Does Elder Sorcery work in the paths of the dead? (What did > Baritt use to cut off Vlad's breathing momentarily? Taltos p. 132.) > > Much as I hate to give Morrolan to lie, it looks like his > statement here can be nothing else but an untruth to shut > Vlad up. Very odd because he sounds so matter-of-fact about it. > > Max Wilson > -- > something funny At the very least, leaving aside whether we should believe Paarfi or Morrolan regarding who was with Zerika, we seem to be able to doubt his statement that sorcery doesn't work at the Falls, since the only evidence he gives of experiencing (or knowing about) such difficulty happens before he becomes a sorceror or when sorcery itself doesn't function. Maybe it just is the case that sorcery is difficult that close to the Falls, but we shouldn't conclude it based on this testimony alone. But can he say that it "becomes more difficult", assuming the only time he's been there was with Zerika (if that is even true)? This is more than just saying he couldn't use sorcery at the falls, which might be believable given that there was no Orb and maybe he didn't try it until then. This implies that it was easier on the way, which implies that Morrolan was using sorcery (or was with someone who was using it); which, unless he's been there more than once, means that someone was using sorcery during the Interregnum. Which seems like crap. And it would be very, immature, for Morrolan to be trying to impress Vlad by making things up; 6 year-olds do that to impress their classmates. Then, Morrolan, for all his age, is still a very young Dragon, so maybe he's not immune from wanting to impress strangers in this way. Shawn