[Osserc - Lord of the Sky]

I have a question about the scene with Simtal near the end of the book.
What happened to her? I didn't really understand. Did she die?

[Hinter]

Murillio slept with her, told her that her world was about to fall apart (as Rallick had just killed her lover) and left her with a knife. One can assume she killed herself, even though it was not explicitly described..

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Hinter, on 14 September 2009 - 11:31 PM, said:

Murillio slept with her, told her that her world was about to fall apart (as Rallick had just killed her lover) and left her with a knife. One can assume she killed herself, even though it was not explicitly described..

As Murillio walks out her room he thinks something about him being the last person to see her alive. She definitely kills herself.

[Osserc - Lord of the Sky]

Yeah. The thing is, with Erikson, is that he never gives you a straight answer to anything. That's what makes him a good author.

[Vengeance]

This is yet another thing that you must keep reading the books to find out the conclusive answer too... There is one I will tell you that... Were it is you must find out for yourself...

[Salt-Man Z]

Kruppe likes wine, on 16 September 2009 - 10:18 PM, said:

Yeah. The thing is, with Erikson, is that he never gives you a straight answer to anything. That's what makes him a good author.

I wouldn't say that SE never gives a straight answer. It's just that he's not going to hold the reader's hand, or waste print feeding them info they can figure out for themselves. In this instance, it's not explicitly stated that Simtal ends up killing herself, but it is made pretty danged obvious:

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He unsheathed his ornamental dagger and tossed it on the bed. Without another word or gesture, he left the room, knowing with certainty that he would have been the last man to see her alive.