[teacherman]

Hi,

I have just bought the new duct of dreams. I have forgotten how some things happened though. Can anyone tell me:

how did Tehol beddict come to be king?
How did brys come back from the dead?
Who are the Shake again?
were the Elan a tribe mentioned before?
were the grey helms in the series before now too?

Cheers

TM

[WhiskeyJackDaniels]

teacherman, on 09 January 2010 - 10:31 PM, said:

Hi,

I have just bought the new duct of dreams. I have forgotten how some things happened though. Can anyone tell me:

how did Tehol beddict come to be king?
How did brys come back from the dead?
Who are the Shake again?
were the Elan a tribe mentioned before?
were the grey helms in the series before now too?

Cheers

TM

1. At the end of RG the Rat Catchers guild spent a fortune on yellers in the streets following the collapse of the Letherii empire and ruling Edur championing Tehol as the savior of the city. So basically by popular decree.

2. I think Feather Witch took his finger and was able to bring him back because she wanted him as the Errant's Mortal Sword to go along with her as Destriant.

3. Aren't mentioned before RG but basically they are a group of people who live on the shore and are descended from the Andii someway. You really know nothing about them before DoD tho so just rafo.

4. Not sure...

5. Yes, the Bonehunters meet up with them in The Bonehunters and the Grey Helms do this large ritual to open a warren to help them get back to Malaz City quickly and relatively safely. They were not in RG because they did not land with the Malazans, instead staying in their ships and traveling along the coast to where you see them in DoD.

Edit: Welcome to the Boards teacherman

This post has been edited by WhiskeyJackDaniels: 09 January 2010 - 10:39 PM

[HoosierDaddy]

teacherman, on 09 January 2010 - 10:31 PM, said:

Hi,

I have just bought the new duct of dreams. I have forgotten how some things happened though. Can anyone tell me:

how did Tehol beddict come to be king?

Well, when he was captured as the "mastermind" behind the destruction of the Letheri economy by the Patriotists, he wasn't well thought of by the common citizen. But, then again, neither were the powers in charge or the Patriotists as well. When the Patriotists started heaving money into the hands of the people who had gathered there, it became obvious that Tehol wasn't the only one hoarding wealth. Finally, the Rat Catcher's Guild effectively changed the anti-Tehol outrage into outrage against the powers that be, by sneaking into the masses and leading the mob. No one was in charge, so they then simply convinced that masses that Tehol was the best person to take the throne.

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How did brys come back from the dead?

Good question, I'll have to think about it.

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Who are the Shake again?

Well, we know they have Andii blood in them, and once ruled a small Kingdom on the western shore of the Letheri continent. They were, like other groupss, effectively destroyed by Letheras. Most well known is Yan Tovis, Queen of the Shake.

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were the Elan a tribe mentioned before?

Who? Refresher please.

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were the grey helms in the series before now too?

Cheers

TM

The ones from Perish? They were introduced in The Bonehunters. If you are talking about Toc's group, yes they defended Capustan in Memories of Ice, and were nearly destroyed. They reconsecrated under the Wolf Gods in MoI.

[D'rek]

Brys was dead but his soul and body were taken underwater by the Guardian from MT, so he never passed through Hood's Gate. That made it possible for him to be summoned back, as was attempted by Hannan Mosag (so he would be the champion of Kurald Emurlahn or something like that?) and by Feather Witch (who wanted him as Mortal Sword of the Errant). They used his fingers (severed by Rhulad in MT and collected afterwards) to do so, but the Rat Catchers got a hold of one of the fingers and used it to get him out at the lake instead of in the temple when Feather Witch succeeded in summoning him (Hannan Mosag might have been planning to meet him at the lake, knowing this, since he was headed that way). Mosag and FW both died so Brys was free to do his own thing.

[Sinisdar Toste]

the elan were never mentioned before and probably won't be again except in relation to a certain character

This post has been edited by Sinisdar Toste: 10 January 2010 - 04:19 AM

[HoosierDaddy]

Just a reminder...: Toll the Hounds section, Toste.

[Sinisdar Toste]

wow didn't even realize we were in the TtH forum, he was talking DoD so i just figured i wouldn't need to spoiler. my bad, fix'd

This post has been edited by Sinisdar Toste: 10 January 2010 - 04:20 AM

[HoosierDaddy]

He could be... at first I thought he posted RG stuff. Evidently he doesn't want to read the spoilers in the DoD forum. Actually, a pretty smart move to put it here.