Hi guys, new one here. Greets
I'm not able to prove it but I think Withal was a very competent man when it comes to the CG.
He was close to him, I guess for not only a few days, he was some kind of servant and at first did whatever tasks he was forced/asked to take care of.
It was not his single deed to forge this ominous sword. And why should he be the only one able to destroy it?
Are we with Tolkien here (can only be destroyed where it was forged, in this case by whom it was forged, and all is good again)? I doubt it.
No, Withal was necessary as being a source of intelligence, could give proof of events, analyses how/who/where the CG is/could be. Maybe from him Tavore has so much knowledge after all. Somehow a very big piece of a puzzle.
To invade Lether was necessary for so many reasons but I'll not go into detail here.
But of course finding and destroying the wielder/the sword was of immense scope. This was a keypoint, almost a milestone to know more about the CG and what his intensions could be.
And just another addition:
I've read many threads now in this DoD forum, but somehow Karsa Orlong as a possible foe/friend to the CG/Malazans/Gods/EG is forgotten?
In my eyes he is the most powerful of all characters in the whole plot, withstanding gods and magical assaults. He was the one to indirectly win over the CG in the first place, being the one to deny the sword.
And he is off now to gather his army, to ... destroy the world .. am I right?
After all he has seen and experienced this is his viewpoint also after DoD, where he is not really mentioned (I think one time).
Don't hit me. I've read every book of the series just once so far. Recently finished DoD, now starting all over again.
Really worth reading more than two times, just as with Gene Wolfes Sun-Books
So I have a questions to all the parttakers here:
Do you make notes, lists, gather details in an excel sheet and such to know so much or do you just recollect all of those details you mention out of your mind?
Sure, there is the wiki for that, but that is by far not complete. Is anyone of you also working in that wiki-project?
Last evening I wanted to start with a list. After the first 40 pages of GotM I came to realize that it would take years to collect all those fine filaments scattered over kilograms of words.
I mean, how can one remember after 8000 pages where someone mentioned what is where in the book, which detail makes someone being this or that, knowing, guessing, revealing some secret in some coded phrase or sentence?
Yes, there is the possibility using digital search, but that is not the Holy Grail.
The conclusion was: Lad, read it several times and you'll find out or find new things that make you wonder/ponder. Is that it easy?
This post has been edited by darkul: 22 September 2010 - 10:13 AM