Hopefully with the not-soon-enough release of SW we will at least get some more info on this damned continent (sub-continent??) but just wondered if anyone has any wild speculation with what's going on... Also putting together a couple of things we know about Assail...
I am mainly posting this because of two throw away comments I picked up whilst rereading RotCG
Stoop has just revealed himself to Kyle at the Sanctuary of Burn...
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Everyone shoved their weapons away, "With me?"
"I'll be taggin' along with you for a time. K'azz's dispensation."
"Really? Just as those other Brethren come to K'azz?"
"Yeah - for a while. Till the vow pulls me back, I s'pose."
"Just like back home," Badlands said aside to Coots, who glared for silence.
"So, why can we see and hear you then?" Stalker demanded, ever sceptical.
A translucent shrug. "I guess because you was Guardsmen for a time."
"So no one else would see or hear you?" Badlands asked.
"I dunno. I ain't no mage. Unless they're priests o' Hood or mages, I s'pose.
"Too much like back home," Badlands commented behind a raised hand.
"Shut it," Coots answered, and he shook himself, brushing dust from this thick mane of hair...
Got me thinking on Assail and my sum conclusion... what the hell?
The first underline threw me, at first I thought Assail may be like Lether and not have a Hold of Death and that's why spirits could be seen? That was quashed a couple of lines later as they're not exactly going to have priests of Hood and yet no Hold of Death...
So I was stumped as to what he could be referring to...A load of mages in Assail, well that would be obvious? Ghosts roaming freely? Someone will be better able to interpret them... hopefully?
We also know the T'lan Imass got dicked out there by a "Human Tyrant"
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Scary huh?
On top of that we have the loss of Cal-Brinn of the Crimson Guard and his company... With the lucky survival of Iron Bars and his blade...
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Couple other points picked up from RotCG - Stalkers musings...
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Hmmm... What else:
- We also know that magic is referred to as "Holds" on Assail, not "Warrens."
- Various competing factions on Assail
- Silverfox is heading that way
Sure there is loads more I've missed but at least it's a start...
So, has anyone got any wild theories on Assail, anymore facts to add?