Notes.....on your notes. :) In a message dated 6/25/2002 4:49:03 PM Mountain Daylight Time, tyan at twcny.rr.com writes: > p25: the Nut and Raisin emblem of the grocer {unclear: > all grocers use this emblem vs this is the only grocer nearby} Actually, I think this means that it is the symbols all grocers used. Otherwise, I think the word "a" would have been used instead of "the." > p26: {fire? cf Moscow/Russia?} near palace, wood gives way to stone Don't forget the fire of Londond..... > p30: "story": Tsalmoth Emperor, Faarith I, "proceeded" Jamiss I > {preceeded?}; > Orb "was even then beginning to show its marvelous attributes" {!}; > engineer Jamiss took Palace & Orb since Orb failed to save Faarith So why -didn't- the Orb protect the Emperor??? Was it really a "sign?" or are there limitations as to what the Orb can do? > p32: "Cavalier Pel" {double meanings? offhand? aristrocratic? > Charles I of England? 17th century English Cavalier poets? > gallant = fashionable, lady's man?} It looks to me as if it were being specifically used as a title here - a cavalier is a gentleman traind in horsemanship and arms. It can also refer to a mounted soldier (aka knight). It does have the more esoteric meanings, but I don't think it would have been capitalized if it weren't meant as a title. > p33: Count Gant-Aerethia (G'aereth) > This is intriguing because we see lots of Dragaeran names that have been "apostrophied" :) If so, then there is a good chance that their names are being truncated even as G'aereth's. > p39: Aerich passes 3 weapon-smiths, stops at hostelry with fat partridge > sign, > basement door with a small sign of a simple longsword {why this one?} Yes, this bothered me. Either he knew of the place previously, or there was some small sign we didn't recognize somewhere that clued him in, or it was an implicit statement of his skill with the sword that he wasn't concerned about getting "the very best." > pp42-43: [G'aereth background] Lady Yaro e'Lanya {"e'" = abbrev for?} > p48: [Frai e'Terics] {"e'" = abbrev for? = same as e'Lanya?} > The e' stands for "of/from/descended from the line of <insert infamous Dragonlord name> I've only seen it used with Dragons, so it appears to be one of their little quirks. Can anyone remember any other Houses using it? Stacy