FWD to list ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Maximilian Wilson <wilson.max at gmail.com> Date: Nov 18, 2005 6:18 PM Subject: Re: New Dramatis Personae page To: Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net> The Dramatis Personae page, on Lady Teldra: "She was described as being beautiful and slender, with light brown hair and green eyes (typical for an Issola). Also typically for her house, she was a born and trained diplomatist, a master of many protocols and languages (including the language of the Jenoine), and almost impossible not to like." I know this is true of Teldra, but is it true of Issola in general? The only other Issola we have aren't really (Illista and her brother, posing as Issola) but they don't seem to have Teldra's personal charm. Of course, we might also be dealing with a biased narrator (Vlad). We really don't know if Teldra's magic was as universally effective (esp. on Dragaerans) as he thinks it is/was. Vlad's a little bit... love-starved isn't the right word, but--we already know he's a lot fonder of people than he likes to admit. ("For an assassin, Vlad, you're a real sweetheart.) He may have been uniquely predisposed to like Teldra in a way that Morrolan--who doesn't appear to have strong personal ties to anyone in his foster family, or even any of the villagers of Blackchapel among whom he lived for several generations without even noticing that he wasn't human--was not. Max Max -- Be pretty if you are, Be witty if you can, But be cheerful if it kills you. -- Be pretty if you are, Be witty if you can, But be cheerful if it kills you.