--- Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com> wrote: > > >Paarfi obviously knows something about Tukko--he knows Tukko's full > > If we take his writing at face value then Paarfi knows rather a lot about > the inner workings of Dzur Mountain. More than he ought to, in fact. When > describing the conversations of the Gods, he admits that he's making some > things up simply because a mortal has no way of knowing what was actually > said. He doesn't make any such excuses regarding Sethra and Dzur Mountain. Paarfi is really a romancer, though he claims to be a historian. He makes up a hell of a lot more than he says he does. That's my opinion, and I think it is supported by stuff Steve has said, though I can't give a citation. Dumas certainly played fast and loose with the history and dates. If you try to track the dates and durations in the Musketeers trilogy/pentalogy, they fall apart all over the place. I'm taking my information here from the front matter of the translations I have, which I believe are the ones that Steve recommended, which my family gave to me for my last birthday, or maybe Chanukah. :-) -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com