Upon the travertine catafalque, he--the cynosure of all gathered--asserevated his leal devoir with febrile puissance and hieratic orisons. 8O theland.antgear.com/use.html Words that constantly require one to grab the nearest dictionary interrupt the flow of the story and should only be used if there...

I have not felt a compassion or closeness with any of the new characters the way I did 20 years ago. I think you've hit it on the head. In reading, I never really identified with any of the characters. SPOILERS! The evil of Lord Foul and Roger seems a bit mundane--as if they're evil because they ha...

Too much puissance, definitely.