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This is a very small thing, but who on earth (WU) is Beru? Beru Fend is a curse word that even i have been using, but really has little more meaning than say cursing our earthly 'false' gods who i have an equally small understanding of.
People curse Hood all the time but we have a pretty good idea who he is. Anyway, any thoughts on this would be welcome.
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Posted 08 January 2007 - 02:21 PM
It occurs to me that Beru could be a 'modern' aspect of Mael, along the lines of Oponn being the modern version of the aspect of luck that the Errant previously was.
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Posted 08 January 2007 - 05:50 PM
Not really Abyss cuz there's also Nerruse..the Mistress of calm seas, or some such thing. I think Mael's still pretty much the absentee monarch. Now should he establish a House/Hold...wouldn't that be nice!
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Posted 08 January 2007 - 06:08 PM
Tho curiously, when the Jade Chunks were falling and Paran thought to call on a god of the sea for whatever he intended, before he ended up chatting with Hood, he intended to call Mael - NOT Beru or Nerruse.
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Posted 08 January 2007 - 07:18 PM
Maybe because the MoD is aware of Mael's 'recent' activity (beating up the CG), and therefore knows (or thinks he knows) what side Mael is on?
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Posted 08 January 2007 - 07:46 PM
personally don't think of beru as lord of stormy seas, but more stormy weather. a thor like figure perhaps without mjollnir as its wu counterpart is already in caladan's hands
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Posted 18 January 2007 - 06:26 PM
furthermore, he is one of the most frequently cited characters we haven't met. perhaps he will be one of the staple ascendents in ice's novels?
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Posted 18 January 2007 - 07:01 PM
We don't have to meet every Ascendant people curse by. I don't think there's space in the books for us to get introduced to Nerruse, Gedderone and all the others in the Glossary, unless there is some kind of Ascendant get-together and we get to see it happen...maybe another Chaining?
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Posted 18 January 2007 - 07:06 PM
Father Light;149494 said:
personally don't think of beru as lord of stormy seas, but more stormy weather. a thor like figure perhaps without mjollnir as its wu counterpart is already in caladan's hands
Now that's a thought.
Big beard, a big hammer, known for his furious and earth-shattering rage. Maybe Caladan Brood's similarity to the Thor archetype is a clue that, sometime in the past, Brood (Beruuuuud) was a native of Darujhistan who achieved ascendancy, and was worshipped by the locals as a Storm God.
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Posted 18 January 2007 - 07:13 PM
Brood is a lot older than Darujistan. A lot older.
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Posted 18 January 2007 - 07:42 PM
Couldnt Beru just be a name that has nothing to do with gods or godlings what so ever? A safe word that will not bring about any unexpected attention.
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Posted 18 January 2007 - 07:58 PM
Except it's the name of a god. Silly Trem.
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Posted 18 January 2007 - 08:19 PM
I do think it's an ICE angle. We know they've got their shared parts and split up parts, and so far we know some of the lands, character sets (do we know species? I was assuming Forkrul Assail are ICEs explaining why we haven't seen much of them) assigned to each, but every god we've seen so far seems to play into Erikson's story. So that could explain it.
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Posted 14 March 2007 - 10:15 AM
I could easily see ICE dealing with this, as in Night of Knives, there is significant mention of powerful beings known as Stormriders, thought little is revealed about them. It is likely he will follow up on this angle.
But we've also had SE introduce the defenders on the Storm Wall so who knows.
It's such a commonly used phrase in the books that I'd be very surprised if we don't find out more specifics about BERU at some point.
But we've also had SE introduce the defenders on the Storm Wall so who knows.
It's such a commonly used phrase in the books that I'd be very surprised if we don't find out more specifics about BERU at some point.
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Posted 14 April 2014 - 09:24 AM
There is one point in the book where Anaster Toc (Toc the younger) mentions a few things about a couple of the gods and their relations with mortals in an explanation to Redmask. For Beru specifically, he mentions the saying "Beru's mercy" saying "she has no mercy." I was actually looking for this quote when I stumbled upon this forum, so I thought I would throw it in.
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