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Mallick Rel: A Man of Tongues RotCG Spoilers... kinda... maybe not quite.. just be careful generally

#1 Tatterdemalion

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Posted 08 June 2010 - 04:06 AM

So I'm re-reading Deadhouse Gates and read the introduction to Mallrick Rel in chapter, oh, 2 or so. What is up with his speech? In House of Chains and Bonehunters (was he in those? I expect but forget) and certainly in Return of the Crimson Guard he speaks very 'normally,' but at the start here he speaks in short, simple sentences, slithering his tongue around like a snake or something. Everything is slimy about him. Is it something where SE just decided not to write him that way anymore? Or are we to believe his Jhestal Priest-ness is responsible and the longer he's amid Malazan Command structures the more his accent disappeared?

I would Relish knowing the answer!

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Posted 08 June 2010 - 04:20 AM

i always wondered about that too. not sure how to explain it. maybe it comes out more when he's annoyed

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Posted 08 June 2010 - 06:44 AM

Simple answer would be that Erikson forgot

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Posted 08 June 2010 - 03:16 PM

Tatterdemalion, on 08 June 2010 - 04:06 AM, said:

I would Relish knowing the answer!

Oh God, shoot me. That was terrible.

#5 Tatterdemalion

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Posted 09 June 2010 - 04:29 AM

SalokinX, on 08 June 2010 - 03:16 PM, said:

Tatterdemalion, on 08 June 2010 - 04:06 AM, said:

I would Relish knowing the answer!

Oh God, shoot me. That was terrible.

Was it terriBellurdan?

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#6 rhulad

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Posted 10 June 2010 - 03:16 PM

I would say that Erikson did it on purpose, because he is infallible. Also, like the time line it probably isn't important. By the way Tatter, loving the puns.

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Posted 10 June 2010 - 04:17 PM

Tatterdemalion, on 09 June 2010 - 04:29 AM, said:

SalokinX, on 08 June 2010 - 03:16 PM, said:

Tatterdemalion, on 08 June 2010 - 04:06 AM, said:

I would Relish knowing the answer!

Oh God, shoot me. That was terrible.

Was it terriBellurdan?

I know you're just trying to Blend in, but I hope you're Sorry for that awful pun.

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Posted 10 June 2010 - 04:35 PM

These puns are starting to make me feel Antsy.

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Posted 10 June 2010 - 04:49 PM

These puns are just Sinnful, you should all be ashamed.

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Posted 10 June 2010 - 09:23 PM

#11 Ozymandiac

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Posted 10 June 2010 - 10:08 PM

SalokinX, on 10 June 2010 - 09:23 PM, said:

I guess this topic has left you...

/Sunglasses

...Brethless.

This post has been edited by Ozymandiac: 10 June 2010 - 10:09 PM

"Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."

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Posted 10 June 2010 - 11:41 PM

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

(with the Sunrise pic)

i want to see this world where T'lan imass kneels

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Posted 11 June 2010 - 06:35 AM

Ozymandiac, on 10 June 2010 - 10:08 PM, said:

SalokinX, on 10 June 2010 - 09:23 PM, said:

I guess this topic has left you...

/Sunglasses

...Brethless.

Yeah, there's no reason to be Touchy about it. Bad puns are just Paran for the course around here.

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Posted 11 June 2010 - 01:08 PM

The wit of this forum makes me want a strong shot of Whiskey, Jack, to settle the nerves. Quick, Ben, hand me that bottle!

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HiddenOne. You son of a bitch. You slimy, skulking, low-posting scumbag. You knew it would come to this. Roundabout, maybe. Tortuous, certainly. But here we are, you and me again. I started the train on you so many many hours ago, and now I'm going to finish it. Die HO. Die. This is for last time, and this is for this game too. This is for all the people who died to your backstabbing, treacherous, "I sure don't know what's going on around here" filthy lying, deceitful ways. You son of a bitch. Whatever happens, this is justice. For me, this is justice. Vote HiddenOne Finally, I am at peace.

#15 Tatterdemalion

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Posted 11 June 2010 - 08:18 PM

"Paran for the course" wins my seal of approval.

And rhulad: puns are nature's way of getting youRyllandaras going in Onracking Karsa of Vorcannot K'rul-Gruntle!

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