I decided to pick up on this idea when I read some posts on this from last month. Earthpowr is benevolent from the point of view of health, life, etc. I don't think it is intrinsically good in any moral sense; it seems to me that the goodness of the people of the Land is a response to the experience...

Spinning off here from another post. Covenant's sins are both active and passive. There is the obvious issue of raping Lena, (and I concur that this is unforgivable.) He was responsible for Elena, in part at least, because the act of rape that conceived her tainted her spirit. She inherited her pass...

I'm sure that someone has asked this question before, but does anyone know why SRD used the word Runes in the title. It does not seem to match up, unless perhaps we are being figurative and speaking of the secrets of the Earth. Just an idle thought; I recall that one of the main differences with the...

Rowan, I don't usually post in this forum, so I just now read the post you made about the effect the Chronicles had on you when you re-read them. All I can say is that I am glad that someone else mentioned this so I don't feel like I am alone in the depth of reponse that these books evoked for me. I...

Well, I think that almost all of charcters are well conceived, so there are not many that I dislike in terms of thinking that they were not right for the story. But, thee ones that I hate the most, in terms just of their nature, it would probably be the Elohim. They are so insufferabley arrogant and...

I have been posting in the Runes section ever since I got onto this site. Honestly, I think that it is absolutely impossible that they will make a good adaptation of any of the Covenant stories anytime soon. First, in order to do them justice, they would have to make them on the scale of the Lord of...

I am a bit puzzled by the next to last post on this.I never said anything about Foul even being capable of "ethical" conduct. If you were were referring to the fallen angel idea, I only brought it up because of certain intimations in the Foul/Creation story about Foul being responsible for...

Spinning off here from a discussion about the above; I posted it as a new topic because I would like some feedback from you all. The last post on this discussion went in the direction of saying that besides his intellect, and what he draws from Banes of the Earth, Foul has no power. Actually, I don'...

I am far more inclined to approve of Linden now, than when I read the 2nd chronicles. Honestly, I have not heard a good criticism of her on this site. I mean, some of you have mentioned her being too intropsective, or being a coward, but I think both of these are way off. The comment about here &quo...

Yes, I saw that a number of people replied to my posting about this topic, but no offense intended, they really were not able to tell me anything new. I was familiar with the ideas put forward in the first series, but again these are not explanations, merely statements of fact. It's like when the pe...

This is a reply to JemCheeta's observation about Foul's final viturpations in the first series. Indeed, when Foul was bested he commented that Covenant's Unbelief, and his resolution to combat Despite were only a stage in his development. Of course, this could be typical "Foulian" prophecy...

Greetings to you all. I am back in the office today, and was very pleased with all the responses to my rather extensive posts this last weekend. As alway I am impressed by the calibre of thought I encounter here. The Covenant books were, and are, so much more to me than escapist fantasy. Some of you...

I thought about posting this question in the gradual interview section, but decided to check with the others on this site first. In Runes of the Earth does SRD explain how it was possible for Foul to deceive the old Lords about his nature? This theme has been touched on a few times;it was said that ...

This post is, in part, a reply to a reply posted by Steve Hurtloam. he made the simple statment, "What kind of power does Foul have in the Land anyway?" This is something that I have always wondered about. It seems that each time Foul returns, en force, he defines his power in the context ...

I am spinning off from the another post here; subject was the intimation from SRD about the Creator. Someone had broached the idea that Foul might be the "good guy" of the real story between he and the Creator. One of the replies sought to show that this could not be true, based on Foul's ...

Just a moment of open contemplation here. As SRD often receives inspiration from actual existing myths and religion I have often wondered if the rukhs of the Clave might be connected to the Gnostic and Qabalistic concept of the Ruach, which is, among other things, the feminine aspect of the Creative...

Yes!!!! This was exactly what I was thinking when they brought up the subject of the Seven Hells. In the second chronicles we get the impression that the Seven Hells and the story of a-Jeroth was simply a distorted history or cosmology; but what if there is some kind of truth to all this? It may be ...

It is interesting to consider the possibilities here. I am probaly being a bit simplistic, but what if Foul's danger to the Creator is that he is an aspect of him, that by binding him beneath the Arch of Time, the Creator was simply trying to exorcise a part of himself, and that if Foul breaks free,...

Okay, well I have finally gotten a copy of "Runes..." I am amazed. It is so great to see that SRD is still in top form. I found that the story has lured me in just like all the previous installments. I am particularly taken with the way that he has begun to flesh out so many things about t...

It is interesting that you made the observation about you getting the impression that Foul chose his Despite. When I read that passage, all those years ago, I got very much the same idea. And by the way, the Tao argument does not neccasarily contradict this. The Tao of Despite may be something that ...