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- Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:53 am
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: How's this for an idea ...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2168
In some ways, yes, Mhoram was pretty monk-ish. However, I think that had more to do with Mhoram's circumstances than his nature. During his service as a Lord, the Land lived under the shadow of Foul's original prophecy to TC for fifty years, and the majority of that time Mhoram was a Seer, which was...
- Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:45 am
- Forum: Vespers
- Topic: Anti-war songs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8968
- Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:35 pm
- Forum: Fatal Revenant
- Topic: What lead to the failure of the New Lords?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6084
- Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:48 pm
- Forum: Fatal Revenant
- Topic: What lead to the failure of the New Lords?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6084
True, the Oath of Peace held them back--and it IS interesting how the oath compares to the definition of Harad--but when the rise of the Clave is discussed, it is implied that the New Lords were ultimately victims of their own success. In the centuries following Mhoram, the Lords worked wonders, but...
- Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:16 am
- Forum: Casting the Augury
- Topic: TMOHD Prologue and Chapter 1: Calling
- Replies: 36
- Views: 23385
Alas, I am currently suffering from a severe case of Chronicles withdrawal after finishing FR. Requiring treatment, I quickly rushed to my local library for more SRD to read! :D Thus far, I'm really enjoying Mordant's Need. I also find myself sympathizing strongly with Terisa. For me, it's the way s...
- Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:09 pm
- Forum: Casting the Augury
- Topic: TMOHD Chapter 9: Master Eremis at Play
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6131
While there is a certain humor value in Geridan's interruptions--indeed, he managed it with an outward innocence nobody else could have pulled off--I was not at all amused by Eremis' behavior. Between her complete inexperience, and the fact that self-effacement is so ingrained in her that she barely...
- Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:59 pm
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: Staff of Law Harm Lord Foul??
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1689
My best guess is, it would be harmful to him because, for one thing, he'd be using it for un-Lawful purposes (like Drool), but perhaps moreso because Law is something that fundamentally belongs to the Land's world and he is NOT of that world. (Remember, he's of the same kind and possibly related in ...
- Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:13 pm
- Forum: Casting the Augury
- Topic: TMOHD Prologue and Chapter 1: Calling
- Replies: 36
- Views: 23385
Elements of Terisa's personality remind me of certain people I've known who are...I don't know what the proper diagnosis would be, but it's like they're spiritually codependent. They don't seem to have any core personality of their own. Instead, they pick someone around them and mold themselves enti...
- Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:42 pm
- Forum: The Runes of the Earth
- Topic: Fourth Ward
- Replies: 28
- Views: 17253
- Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:59 pm
- Forum: Fatal Revenant
- Topic: TC's last words
- Replies: 80
- Views: 26358
I agree with those who think that Covenant is speaking out of concern for Linden herself. Choices in the Land are troublesome things--some go wrong and a person must suffer the consequences, and sometimes choices that seem wrong to observers turn out to be right and vice-versa. My personal pet theor...
- Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:30 pm
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: The First Staff of Law
- Replies: 41
- Views: 11041
- Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:35 pm
- Forum: Fatal Revenant
- Topic: Linden getting stabbed in the hand
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5575
- Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:58 pm
- Forum: Last Chronicles
- Topic: Runes, Part 2, Chapter 11 - The Masters of the Land
- Replies: 47
- Views: 19356
- Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:56 pm
- Forum: Last Chronicles
- Topic: Runes, Part 2, Chapter 11 - The Masters of the Land
- Replies: 47
- Views: 19356
This is right at the beginning of this thread's chapter, towards the end of ROtE. It isn't in the Stonedown, it's in Revelstone. For context: The Demondium who drove the gang to Revelstone have mysteriously left after being spoken to by Anele's mysterious posessor, and things aren't going well with ...
- Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:44 pm
- Forum: Last Chronicles
- Topic: The Runes of the Earth; Part 2, Chapter 12: Find Me
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13889
I still feel like a lot of this has to do with being from Linden's POV. Now she and (as far as we know) she alone is responsible for playing Savior. To live up to her responsibilities--which she knows are too big for an ordinary mortal--she does what any of us would do: she goes back to what she con...
- Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:07 pm
- Forum: Last Chronicles
- Topic: Runes, Part 2, Chapter 11 - The Masters of the Land
- Replies: 47
- Views: 19356
- Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:23 pm
- Forum: The Chronicles Art Gallery
- Topic: Presenting? . . .
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9061
- Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:21 pm
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: The Creator
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5536
It depends. No matter how religious any of us are, people from our world do NOT expect a Creator/Diety to be walking around on our planet in person. Unbeliever that he is, I'd read that reference as Covenant dismissing the possibility of old-beggar-as-Creator as too ludicrous to be true, probably be...
- Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:46 pm
- Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Topic: Restarted the First Chronicles
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8882
I just finished rereading the First and Second Chronicles, some ten years after the first time I ever read them. I definitely agree that both the physical damage AND the social stigma that were associated with his condition (ie, Leprosy) were critical. I just don't think the Land would have had as u...
- Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:51 pm
- Forum: The Chronicles Art Gallery
- Topic: Presenting? . . .
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9061