D, on 11 March 2013 - 09:40 PM, said:
Abyss, on 11 March 2013 - 09:10 PM, said:
I think we've seen all we're going to about the Stormriders.
I agree. We'll never learn what their "origin" is because not a single character in the books knows either.
Tho there have been hints.
It may also be one of those classic SE/ICE mysteries like the Boles, that's revealed in passing by a series of separate hints and comments , along the lines of Osserc mentioning 'Oh yeah, the Stormriders... human/Jaghut crossbreed thing, didn't work out, bummer, moving on...' and then two books later Ruthan Gudd looks at his sword and says 'Poor bastards.' and then a book later Karsa has sex with a Stormrider...
Cause, on 11 March 2013 - 10:22 PM, said:
Abyss, on 11 March 2013 - 08:57 PM, said:
In OST the Miner Imass had no trouble telling that the Tyrant was human, not Jaghut....
I got the impression that the Miner was confused. I thought it was agreed that the Tyrant Soul was Jhagut that inhabited whatever wore its mask. It had a finnest!
I read it as a Jaghut technique being used by a human.
And any being of power can have a finnest... Gothos jammed Scabby into one
worrywort, on 11 March 2013 - 10:25 PM, said:
Unless Osserc or another Ascendant knows. It's possible they were Tiste who were set a task once upon a time.
NoK says they're human (or at least the one in the epilogue in that book was), tho that doesn't remove the possibility of a crossbreed.
Can someone with Map Skillz tell me how close Assail is to the Stormrider territory, because to my uncertain recall they're on opposite sides of the world, which doesn't really suggest an appearance.
Otoh, if there is another stray CG chunk there, the Riders may pursue their vendetta from SW and send someone...