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...

One I consider a well-done anti-war song is "Afro Lover" by James.

I could see Mhoram having the wisdom to "foresee" such a danger even without having an oracle's power anymore, but even if he could recognize it, there is really very little he could have done. It is human nature to forget over time. Even individual people will forget, for example, what it...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Is it explicitly stated somewhere that they are metal? I've always kinda wondered if they weren't stone, sort of like larger versions of the Stonedownor knife TC has for a while. Of course, stone swords could get heavy, so there's every chance I'm wrong here.....

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...

And is it actually harming a Tree to take one branch? Some trees are healthier if they are kept pruned. If you think of it more as "harvesting" rather than "maiming", I think it's not out of line with the spirit of the old Lords. A good point. Plus, if it's the One Tree, could i...

Hmmmm. Roger saw the nick in her hand during the summoning and was strongly convinced that it portended some important victory for him. (I beleive he crowed something to the effect of "aha! you're doomed, and you don't even know it yet!") And IIRC correctly, there were hints that Roger, th...

Haha, I'm so long-winded, looks like Savor Dam beat me to it. That's exactly what I'm referring to.

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 ...

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...

I've got a question here. When Linden is just waking up, she thinks she hears Covenant. He's calling her name repeatedly, she blames him for "shining a flashlight in her eyes" and she hears thumps. Now, that could simply be the sunlight and Liand's attempts to rouse her, but the flashlight...

Well, as the others so far have been Lords, I was guessing Elena, myself.

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...

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...

Good point. She'd be tall and thin. "Willowy", if you will. Haha. Yes, and I suspect it had to have a lot to do with her supposed physical frailty. Yeah, that's why I said "grown up" - I guess I didn't want to imply that she was anything other than intelligent and devoted. Ahh, ...