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I'm sure this must have been discussed before, but I dont seem to find it anywhere.. oh, either that or it's too obvious and I have just forgotten too much of the first book.
But anyway - how did Lasseen (and by extension Lorn and Paran) know it was Sorry they sought? As a matter of fact, how did they know they sought anyone? Lorn was supposed to investigate the matter of the mass slaughter in Itko Kan. Even if we assume Lasseen supposed it might have to do with Shadow realm's gods (as was hinted.. i think), how in the hell did they narrow their search on Genabackis and the Bridgeburners recruits? They only had a village full of dead people. Hardly a clue, methinks..
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Posted 26 April 2007 - 03:07 PM
From my memory of the first book, it went something like this: Lorn believed that the attack on the troops near the beginning of GotM was just a diversion. When she asked (I believe) Paran about locals near the attack he said that a fisherman had disappeared along with his daughter. She was suspicious of this. I then think that they probably either (a) found the fisherman or (
asked other locals for descriptions. Either way, later on when Sorry signs up to join Dujek's campaign, the officer there makes a note of her appearance and as I recall he thinks to himself that she fits the description the he was given (meaning that Lorn or Paran or a Claw agent had told him to look our for the particular girl). From there, I suppose, Lorn was tracking the movement of the Bridgeburners and keeping an extended eye on Sorry.
asked other locals for descriptions. Either way, later on when Sorry signs up to join Dujek's campaign, the officer there makes a note of her appearance and as I recall he thinks to himself that she fits the description the he was given (meaning that Lorn or Paran or a Claw agent had told him to look our for the particular girl). From there, I suppose, Lorn was tracking the movement of the Bridgeburners and keeping an extended eye on Sorry.
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Posted 26 April 2007 - 04:22 PM
TenAvis;179109 said:
From my memory of the first book, it went something like this: Lorn believed that the attack on the troops near the beginning of GotM was just a diversion. When she asked (I believe) Paran about locals near the attack he said that a fisherman had disappeared along with his daughter. She was suspicious of this. I then think that they probably either (a) found the fisherman or ( asked other locals for descriptions. Either way, later on when Sorry signs up to join Dujek's campaign, the officer there makes a note of her appearance and as I recall he thinks to himself that she fits the description the he was given (meaning that Lorn or Paran or a Claw agent had told him to look our for the particular girl). From there, I suppose, Lorn was tracking the movement of the Bridgeburners and keeping an extended eye on Sorry.
asked other locals for descriptions. Either way, later on when Sorry signs up to join Dujek's campaign, the officer there makes a note of her appearance and as I recall he thinks to himself that she fits the description the he was given (meaning that Lorn or Paran or a Claw agent had told him to look our for the particular girl). From there, I suppose, Lorn was tracking the movement of the Bridgeburners and keeping an extended eye on Sorry.Not quite. Regarding (a), includes DG spoiler
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Lorn would've tracked Apsalar through her appearance, yes, but she would've done so later in time. Sorry went to the recruiting station immediately, before a warning could be put out to look for her. The description the recruiter referenced was the minimum requirement for an acceptable recruit (two legs, two arms, a head). The Imperials knew the slaughter had been a diversion. Their inquiries revealed that only two people in the area had escaped the slaughter - Apsalar and her father - and those people were missing. Eventually they traced Sorry by looking at local recruiting records (Sorry signed up in an area distant from the slaughter, but the Malazans would've searched everywhere). And they followed Sorry to the Bridgeburners.
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Posted 26 April 2007 - 06:02 PM
Ah I see! Ya I went back and reread parts of the first book and sure enough the recruiter was referring to the hands, legs, head description now her actual description. I guess when I first read it I misinterpreted it. Thanks for clearing that up hehe!
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Posted 08 May 2007 - 03:54 PM
Yeah, it's pretty much a process of elimination (and some good, old-fashioned detective work, if you will).
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 11:20 PM
I referred to that fact in spoiler brackets for a reason, Mallet.
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