Mappo's Travelling Sack, on Apr 27 2009, 10:04 AM, said:
Yeah, hopefully Heboric isn't too wimpy in DoD, and he actually uses his hands to some effect. I have a feeling he's going to be very important in this book, if only as a catalyst for other events, like perhaps the discovery of Fener and the Jade Giants.
I've been worried for the last couple of books that Erikson was going to pull something silly like having a "SUPER SAYIAN SHIELD ANVIL" just soak up all the CGs pain and in that way crush the god. The fact that Itkovian turned into a god shield anvil and that Heboric is now returning, makes me worry this will actually happen.
Mappo's Travelling Sack, on Apr 27 2009, 10:04 AM, said:
Also, if the K'Chain Che'Malle/Nah'Ruk are out crucifying all these dragons, where are they getting all the Blackwood from? From what we've seen, they mainly use metal in their constructs, and the Edur and Teblor are the only ones we know with access to Blackwood. Blackwood in any sort of quantity anyway; I think Phyrlis may have been made of Blackwood, I'm not sure.
All these dragons? We know of two, of which one of them was more likely crucified by the Edur... that's not a lot
Anyway, Blackwood isn't necessarily as rare as you might think. The Tiste races spread all over Wu bringing with them their culture and, apparently, also some of their fauna. It's not like Blackwood only exists inside small enclosures closely guarded by crack teams of Edur gardeners. Hell, for all we know, the KCCM have their own forests.