On 6/30/06, Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net> wrote: > Davdi Silverrock wrote: > > On 6/30/06, Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net> wrote: > >> Well, Vlad's meals when captive on Greenaere are pretty accounted for > >> (he lists them) and involve no mention of potato soup. > > > > Hm. Well, perhaps I am reading > > > > "The latest one, the remains of which were on a wooden plate on the > > floor next to me, involved boiled vegetables and a bit of fish" > > > > and interpolating that the boiled vegetables were mostly potatoes. > ...wondering how one eats soup out of a wooden plate... > > Boiled Vegetables != Soup > > So even if they *were* potatoes, I'm not convinced. > Well, I suppose I have no further argument on this matter, really. Perhaps there may have been potato soup among the other bad food he describes, and simply declines to mention it at the time. Meh. However, I have been thinking about it, and it occurs to me that Vlad's ability to teleport raises a serious question about *how* Vlad might have possibly been held captive in the East, if indeed he was. We know that his ability to teleport was blocked by Phoenix Stone on Greenaere (and possibly in the Imperial Prisons as well - Morrolan gets a chunk from there, as I recall). What could have prevented him from teleporting away from any captors in the East? Even a poor sorcerer like Vlad is more than a match for anything the East has to offer. Hm. Unless the end of /Brokedown Palace/ is meant to imply that the Orb cuts off entirely in the East now.