First of all I want to apologize if the answers to what I amabout to ask are already present here, but I got through the MoI thread and didn'tfind a satisfactory answer to any of my questions. I know there is a thread aboutOnearms host not waiting for Caladan Brood´s part of the army, but it is 2years old, so I was not sure if I should post there.
So, first question– lets repeat that – Why didn't Dujek wait for Caladan and rushed the attack? Okay, there were some thoughts on that already addressed, so let me explain whyI am asking this again:
Pannions were setting up an ambush so someone had to go there first to ensure the trap will not work.
– well, I don't understand – since they actually discovered the trap before it was finished. We have been told that Bridgeburners act as a vanguard and in hiding (at least in the beginning), so why didn't they discover the trap, alert the rest of the forces somehow (magic, birds, riders on quick horses etc.) and tell them "hey guys, stop like 1 mile before the city, there is a trap, lets meet and decide how to handle that". Instead they decided to take those tunnels, alert enemy forces, which subsequently lead to the necessity of doing something so they wouldn't be slaughtered because of doing nothing. But it still doesn't seem very clever.
Paran and Quick Ben had a plan to deal with the Seer by themselves
- Of course they had. But this still doesn't explain why they to go there in such a rush. While trying to get directly to the Seer they didn't rely on a force of their numbers, but rather on magical prowess that QB can provide, so again, why didn't they wait till the whole army is in place,rallied and ready for the attack together (and during the army attack and all the mayhem gone loose just slip the couple inside the city)?
Dujek and Caladan competitiveness, Malazans trying to screw over Caladan
- this one I really don't believe. The whole impression we were getting through all the chapters dedicated to the army march was mutual respect between the former foes, and also none of the army commanders was pictured to be thirsty for wealth or glory or whatever could have he gained from getting there first and conquering the city by himself (would it be even possible). Noone ever said that they wanted Coral for any reason, the only reason stated was that the city need to fall so the Dominoins rule over the land would end.
Second question –What is the power relation between Imass, Jaghut and KCCM?
We have been told that KCCM to Jaghut were similar to Jaghut toward Imass in terms of power. So, KCCM toward Imass should be a total absolute level 9999 overkill . But, Onos Toolan was carving through Kell hunters quite easily while traversing through Coral in order to save Toc. Okay,Imass gained a tremendous amout of power and new abilities by making themselvesT´lan Imass, but weren't also those Kell hunters actually undead? How is it possible that a representant of a race that should way underpowered that KCCM can actually be able to defeat them with such ease?
Last question is not much of a question, maybe it is just my lack of imagination, but I cannot really grasp the whole Mhybe story arc, and the fact that the other story elements were somehow interconnected with it (like Tlan Ay hunting her, Togg being present caged in "her" dream world…is there a common ground on basis of which this can be explained? Something there is in common for all those entities involved? Or do I just need to read again and pay more attention?
Don't get wrong, I like the books very much, after a very longtime something made me really want to read and see whats coming…its just that Idon't understand many things, and I seems I am not able to figure all of them by myself.
So many thanks for any answer,
Tomas
This post has been edited by Haplo: 05 February 2018 - 03:55 PM