polishgenius;130895 said:
Isn't one of Feather Witch's prophecies that someone, I can't remember the name she gave but it was blatantly Rake, is 'doomed to cross swords with his own grief' or something? Because if it is, he's blatantly going to get killed by Traveller.
I think it's "vengeance" rather than "grief", which lends even more weight to the "fights Traveller" theory since Vengeance was the sword Traveller took from Andarist in HoC. And that sword was forged and used by Anomander Rake, until he came into the possession of Dragnipur.
The .303 bookworm;130875 said:
An interesting theory, since freeing the various nasties inside Dragnipur would presumably doom Anomander Rake (Since your sword exploding and being gang-banged by former foes all at once is bad for anyone) removing one of his principle foes.
That would mean that he'd gain Draconis instead of Rake though, far from a far trade (But he might consider it worth it for the chaos wrecked)
I'm not sure what would happen to all the people in Dragnipur if the sword was broken. I doubt they would all appear in one place in their corporeal forms. They did die, after all. They're not just going to come back to life.
I'm thinking it will be similar to the "can't kill Scabby outright" argument that Kilmandaros & Gothos had in the RG prologue. The souls of the Dragnipur slain will be freed, like Scabby's would've been had they not stuck him in the Finnest. They would be without bodies, but not without power (they must mostly be very powerful creatures, though I suppose Rake might've wasted some beggars or old ladies at some point in his life).
Rake also seems to accept that the sword will have to be broken, I think within the timescale of the series, and he doesn't seem to think that will doom him or Mother Dark, at least not immediately. I think the main reason for the breaking was the need to free Draconus, but I'm not sure if there were other pressing reasons (like the sword not working very well and needing to be fixed?).