foolio, on Jan 21 2009, 07:43 PM, said:
I was horribly confused with the part of the book when Traveller and Ereko meet up with the Edur. I understand that the Edur were the Raiding party that Traveller and ZEreko wanted to protect the villagers from. I had to read the section several times and I still dont really know what happened. I assumed Traveller killed the war party on shore. Then the Edur woman on the boat comes into play...
Why didnt she want her war party to fight Ereko? Traveller did make quick work of the war party, right? What was going on in the other boat that had her distracted? Why did she wig out? Did she want to become a desciple of Traveller and he sent her away?
Sorry, lots of question.
Were they on Stratem at the time? Stratem is south of Fist(Korel) and North of Lether, right?
I too, have troubles understanding this passage. What are the "lies" she now sees revealed, after Traveller's performance? What is this "message" Traveller brings to the world?
Admittedly, I've only reached this scene, so maybe some of this stuff is revealed later in the book, but told from Ereko's perspective, who clearly doesn't know any more about Traveller than the reader does, the whole passage seems, at the very least, strange.
I don't really buy the "Edur were supposed to be a superior race" stuff, I'm sorry. That's not enough a reason for the girl to go all crazy about Trav. Besides, all those mentionings of "that which goes with him" are also rather weird.