Sethra Lavode Spoilers. If you haven't read it, stop now. Standard 17-space warning gap starts now. kieronthecontent at gmail.com wrote: Dri'Chazik a Tukknaro Dzur = Enchantress of Mountain Dzur? Could Tukko ... I hadn't actually been thinking at all about Tukko; for me, he is who (or what) he is to Vlad, which is Sethra's servant. (I, for one, count Paarfi as being as much of a historian as, well, Dumas -- certainly there are characters in his books who are actual historical/living figures, but he fictionalizes and sensationalizes virtually everything they do; his 'histories' are historical fiction, with little useful relation to the 'real world'.) However, presuming Paarfi has -any- notion of the truth of Tukko, i.e. his bit to Sethra in 'Lord of Castle Black' to nudge her to give Blackwand to Morrolan as well as what he was doing during Sethra's most active portion of battle in 'Sethra Lavode', then your semi-translation above might bear some fruit. How about ... Dri'Chazik a Tukknaro Dzur == Embodiment of the Mountain Dzur, or perhaps something similar? Thus, naturally, he would in more ways than one be her 'servant'. That Tukko's memory might be better than Sethra's would then make sense -- if he is the passive/monitoring embodiment, as she is the active user of its power, then he of course would have greater 'file storage'. Then he monitors the Dzur Mountain innards while Sethra's powered up, watching lightning zap and things spin etc. etc. -- just as a good techie would, making sure all the machines are working while the Boss lays the smack down. Sethra Lavode is connected to the power that lies under Dzur Mountain; Iceflame embodies that power, and serves as a conduit and transformer between Dzur Mountain and her, letting Sethra direct the massive amount of energies it contains/directs/represents without, basically, burning her out like a 20-watt bulb connected to a 15,000 watt line. For proper balancing, there needs to be a third leg to that triangle, and Tukko might as well be it. And it -would- explain his crack about being older than she is. Now to figure out who the hell built the crap under Dzur Mountain... --------------------------------- Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2¢/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.