>>FRIEDA2133 wrote on 10/20/2005 11:15:55 PM: >> On Baritt, remember he said this when he met Aliera: >> >> "Baritt said, 'And you?' >> 'I am Aliera.' >> His eyes widened. 'Indeed? Well, this is indeed, droll. >> And you are trying to return to living lands, are you not? >> Well, then, I crave a favor. If you succeed, and I am still >> alive, don't visit me. I don't think I could stand it." >> Aliera said, 'My Lord, we are--' >> 'Yes, I know. I cannot help you. There is no way out >> except the one you know. Any purple robe can guide you back >> there. I am sorry.' >> And he did actually seem to be sorry, too, but he was >> looking at Aliera as he said it. >> Aliera scowled and her nostrils flared. She said, >> 'Very well, then,' and we left Baritt standing there." >> >> Could Baritt have been in love with Aliera too? Was he >> searching for her for years? Only to find her when he is >> dead and she alive again. Could he have been collecting >> Morganti weapons in an effort to find Pathfinder to find her. >> Could Baritt have been one of the others that helped in the >> search for Aliera's soul using Pathfinder without Sethra >> knowing how he did it. >> >> Then again, maybe Baritt or someone else hid Pathfinder in >> a Great Sword to keep it from actively searching for Aliera >> itself. Sort of like the idea that Spellbreaker would keep >> trying to find Dolivar and if it wasn't being blocked somehow. >> Remember Spellbreaker in Issola--"slithered over to you, and, >> uh, it kind of crawled up your arm". >> >Scott Schultz wrote on 10/21/2005 10:05:43 AM: > Y'know, that's interesting. In the past I'd always read that exchange as > Baritt being lecherous and sardonic at the same time. I'd never really > caught on to the fact that he recognized her name. If he knew that > Pathfinder was attempting to find Aliera, then it would indeed be "droll" to > encounter her as he did. Even his request "Don't visit me, I don't think my > heart could take it" looks more like "Don't come anywhere near where my > Great Weapon might find you." > > But then Vlad says "and he did actually seem to be sorry, too", which > doesn't really jibe with someone who would have been deliberately hiding > Pathfinder from the object of its desire. Curioser and curioser. > i so wish i had my books with me right now so i could look a few things up, but i always took this as an allusion to the whole norathar/dragon heir conspiracy that baritt was a part of before it got him killed. *please* correct me if i'm wrong, it's really been a while since i read the books so some details are fuzzy, but didn't they go through a lot of trouble to get a certain dragon heir out of the way? and might not aliera reappearing cause a problem with those plans? i always thought it would be the irony that would give him the heart attack - all that work for nothing. (and nobody yell at me if i used irony wrong, i've never quite the hang of the word)