Hail to all the Servants of the Land, The name is Andre Gardella and the age is a bit over half a century. Half Corsican, a quarter French and a quarter Japanese, born in Vietnam, raised in Corsica and living now 60 km south-west of Tokyo. Two grown-up children: a daughter, horse riding teacher and ...

Ur-bane,

Sorry but I did not see your post welcoming me to the Watch.
I thank you for it.
I do enjoy Lord Foul "new ring" in your avatar.

And to imitate Avatar, many humble bows to my elder in this Land.

Thanks for the welcome, Avatar.

The one you are using surely belongs to the top ten of those used in this site.

Simple and elegant. Simple and yet sophisticated.

Farewell until we meet again .

" Lord Fouls Bane " , before all. Where else did we get the immense pleasure of discovering a brand new world? Such a beautiful land? An unknown door was opened. A door that could not be closed again. " The One Tree " has also the same function: an opened door on new horizons.

Ah we have a sage! (are you sure you're not Fist in a disguise? ) Danlo, would I be considered presumptuous to believe those words were addressed to my little self? :oops: For even though I have some knowledge of the buddhistic pantheon, my quest for sageness as yet to begin. When I will start on t...

Yes, Furls Fire, I am also a Earthsea fan. But for me the not very intellectual Vain and Nom will always come before Orm Embar. For a lot of reasons. The first one being: "A walking moron goes always farther than a seated intellectual". Unless, of course, the seated ones are SRD and ULG.

To Variol Son, onewyteduck, Furls Fire and Myste,
Many thanks for your welcome.
Even though I gladly meet a dragon as intellectual as Orm Embar of the Farthest shore,
I shall try, Myste, not to meddle in the affairs of his kind,
and try to be true to the Land that has allowed us to meet.

Dennisrwood, Duchess of malfi, thanks for the welcome. It's nice to know that so many people are enjoying the work and the world of S.R. Donaldson. I've been a big fan of his writing since I discovered the First trilogy, when was it? 15, 16 years ago? Then came his Second trilogy. And now his Last C...

Thanks for the welcome, dlbpharmd.

To all the Servants of the Land: Hail!
From a French newcomer living in Japan.
And with his heart in Andelain.