[ShadowRaven]

Hetan, on 10 February 2011 - 08:35 AM, said:

ansible, on 08 February 2011 - 08:21 PM, said:

What I meant was that it seems possible that Scabandari drank Sorrit's blood to become Soletaken, unless it's specifically said that he drank from Tiam a la Rake, Silchas, and co. That seems interesting to me because as of TtH we haven't seen or heard of any draconean Soletaken who drank the blood of a dragon other than Tiam... Correct me if I'm wrong.

Just trying to think about the timeline... Rake killed Tiam to unite the Andii and prepare for the coming of Light. This was the time when Tiam was killed "permanently", as far as we know, correct? So the death of Tiam predates the existence of Emurlahn? That would mean Scabandari couldn't possibly have drank from Tiam and therefore had to find a different dragon from which to drink down his dark destiny.

Rake killed Tiam after the coming of light, it was this final act that caused the break with Mother Dark.
It's never been written whose blood Scabandari drank to become Soletaken but all eleint are "the blood Tiam" because they are all her offspring.
That passage in BH with Mappo and Icarium indicates that Sorrit was killed in the realm of the Edur - for her blood. It also jives with Eloth's comment about spilling draconean blood in the heart of the warren which caused it to shatter - which makes perfect sense. Now was that blood used to open a gate or was it drunk to enable Scabandari to become Soletaken or both?
I guess we may find out in the Andii trilogy which I'm really looking forward to.
As for Sorrit/Serrat.. if it was Sorrit, then I think that would be another reason for Rake to go all apeshit on the Edur and far more fun to speculate on than if it were a typo, but that's just my view

Where did the Andii go while Rake was jauntering around with Brood etc.. Good question. Do we know how long ago it was when Rake found Moon's Spawn?

I have the 2009 Bantam paperback version and it's still Sorrit in there, although I'm fairly sure it is supposed to be Serrat. Also, maybe I understood something wrong, but I always thought it was Icarium's attempt to free Gothos that destroyed the azath house and also sundered Emurlahn (stated in HoC I think)? Or did it merely tear one fragment apart again?

[MTS]

From BH:

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‘After murdering the royal line of the Edur!’ Eloth said in a hiss. ‘After spilling draconean blood in the heart of Kurald Emurlahn! After opening the first, fatal wound upon that warren! What did he think gates were?’

So it was a cumulative effect.

As for Moon's Spawn, we know it was after the Morn debacle, at which point it drifted north and got trapped in the ice on Laederon Plateau for a long while. Other than that, I don't think we know anything timeline-wise about Rake and Brood's Brokeback trek across Wu.

This post has been edited by MTS: 10 February 2011 - 09:33 AM

[Cedz]

Not to get into TCG spoilers, MODGOD NOTICE OF NOT GETTING INTO TCG SPOILERS. THIS IS THE TTH FORUM.

But yeah I also think it would be really interesting if Sorrit actually was a part of Rakes court and that the Eleint's killing was what prompted Rake's cleansing of the Emurlahn realm.

This post has been edited by Abyss: 01 May 2012 - 05:21 AM