There are still croyel in the world, as well as the Lurker (I doubt he's really a good guy now.) The Worm destroyed the world. Covenant/Linden/Jeremiah rebuilt/restored it. But there was no exposition of how they did it. Is it possible that they recreated the world without croyel (and other things)?

Krilly wrote:Are there any parts of TLD that struck you as funny, even considering the tone or setting?

I'll have to think about it, but on a related note: as someone who watched a lot of movies in the 80's, I kept thinking of The Worm of The World's End as a giant Sta-Puft marshmallow man.

Without going back to the chrons to look for supporting material, I somehow had the impression that it was their telepathic link, and not so much the Vow, that allowed the Haruchai to get by with little or no sleep. I disagree. Bannor clealy pointed out that he could no longer do without sleep in T...

Without going back to the chrons to look for supporting material, I somehow had the impression that it was their telepathic link, and not so much the Vow, that allowed the Haruchai to get by with little or no sleep.

Zarathustra wrote:If Covenant can only speak their language by an act of magical intervention, who gave him this gift?

Lord Foul? Foul was a major player in bringing Covenant to the land, and sent Covenant to Revelstone with a message. So Foul had a need for Covenant to be able to communicate in The Land.

Well, there we are. 1026 pages down to 932, doesn't seem so "draconian" to me. And, knowing Donaldson's prolixity, it's probably indeed a good thing. But, shortest book of the series? Yeeks. How's this gonna end, with so few words to do it? More comprehensively, 1176 pages (first draft) t...

Doc Vader wrote:... I wouldn't expect Land inhabitants to make blatant real world references, like talking about "platonic love", "going postal" or making Chuck Norris jokes.

I'm pretty sure that the first Insequent that the Haruchai met was Chuck Norris.

Yoiks! Or did Charlie Brown's kite-eating tree *come from* Garroting Deep?

When Foul is talking to Covenant about Kevin, he says "When his armies faltered and his power waned, he lost himself in despair..." Do you think "his power waned" is a general statement about Foul gaining the upper hand in the war, or is it a statement about Kevin specifically? C...

However, I just can't see the council telling someone "You've passed the tests of Staff & Sword, but you can't be a Lord, because we're out of rooms."

Maybe one of the wards is buried under Andelain and it helped Andelain recover from the ROD faster than the rest of the land.

The 8th ward, hmmm? Now it comes out - if the previous seven wards had been discovered and deciphered in order, then they would have known to use the Power of Command to ask "Where is the secret 8th ward?"

Maybe you should call your Ranyhyn. Can a Ranyhyn outrun a sandgorgon? And for how long?

Good topic Seeker. I've also wondered if the Forestals had any advance warning of the Ritual. If not, they did a great job of scrambling to save Garroting Deep, Morinmoss, etc.

Interesting to think that there may be a colony of folk somewhere outside the land that have at least some of the old lore.

I was brief in my last post because I hadn't coalesced my thoughts about this... so let me give it another go. Kevin had everything, and his responsibility for it all led him to the Ritual. By offering to give up everything, Covenant is expressing that he has nothing. By having nothing, Covenant is ...

Hmmm... seems to me that maybe the old man was making sure that Covenant was at a stage where he was ready to give up everything.

I did a quick search for Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy at abebooks.com and found 54 copies for sale.

Don't forget the taunting that Flesharrower received. He was mad. He was furious. He was raving. At that point, all he wanted was to destroy the fools in front of him. The question is, why didn't Foul stop him?

At some point after Findail was appointed, he turns to Vain and says something along the lines of "that fate I will not suffer." He is going to do whatever he can to avoid the outcome that Vain represents.