Dolorous Menhir;161108 said:
Death is messed up in Lether. Ghosts are widespread (the overrunning of the Tolls), the Andii wraiths linger, the Edur use magics not in evidence anywhere else (the living heads on the Silanda). These are all due to Gothos' Ritual, and I am in no doubt that the spells that keep Shurq & Harlest undead have the same origin.
Shurq was cursed by a victim of her thefts, I think.
Oh of course. I totally forgot about it being linked to Gothos' ritual. Wasn't it something to do with there not being a Hold of death too, as the Letherii are more associated with Holds? If so that won't last for long if that Azath became the Hold Of Death (it did do that, didn't it?).
The living heads on the Silanda are strange in that they don't appear to reflect the usual Edur sorcery; they seem more connected with Time magic, as time stands still on the ship doesn't it? Maybe the Eres'al has something to do with it (unlikely, yeah). It's funny how things overlap - the Ice element with things to do with Time, and such. I know, the Time is probably connected to Gothos' ritual, but unlike the other things like the ghosts, this has travelled away from Lether and yet has lasted. So I wonder if it is the object invested with this type of sorcery, which means Shurq and Harlest would actually be fine leaving Lether as the curse was directed at them specifically. That was a little garbled but I've had a long day. =P
The Cult of Dessembrae;161247 said:
I believe T'an Aros was referring to the technicality that all of the bridgeburners are supposedly 'dead', it's far from a foregone technicality, most know that fiddler is alive in the 14th army at least.
Exactly. They all "died" at Coral - on the military records.
Crump;161225 said:
If one of Mappo or Icarium dies, the way things are set up at the moment, they may well both go out in the same scene. Mappo's quest has really been to save the world from Icarium, after all, and from the way things went against Quick Ben and Trull, once Icarium's started hitting things he won't be talked down. I can't see the Jhag standing against him for long. I can see Icarium coming round after a fight to see Mappo's fallen body and realise what he's done.
I can definately see Cotillion biting it.
T'an Aros got exactly what I meant about Quick Ben and Fiddler. I think their presence lends a lot to the 14th in terms of ability and belief, but also to the narrative.
I had that in mind about Icarium too, that he would end up doing something like that to Mappo and then being unable to live with what he has done. And Mappo, I think, would be unable to live with himself if Icarium was killed one way or another - each of them has the other as their only true friend in the world, and after so long I doubt either would be able to live without the other. Either way, I hope Mappo gives the Nameless Ones a good kick up the arse before he goes out.
The 14th would be nothing without Quick Ben and Fiddler. Koryk, Bottle, Smiles and the like are okay, but they definitely couldn't hold it together by themselves.
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