'Gallows Howe': place of execution in Garroting Deep.

HT had lost! His only hope was Mhoram!

Mhoram, bargained, safe passage by offering the life of the giant-raver moksha.

I've always regarded 'The Oath' as a form of self control, no one can banish hatred from their life. Verement was filled with self doubt and self loathing. The loss of Shetra, on a quest that Verement was unable to accompany her, was the final straw. (See what I did there?). Broken and bereft, and, ...

Thanks all.

The death of Lena.

If Verenent accompanied his wife to The Grieve, Hyrim would have been with Mhoram.

Perhaps his knowledge of lore would have sufficed.

I just like the idea of husband/wife fighting together.

Re reading the FC. First read, I discarded the violation of Lena, just took it as a plot device. (Nice guy, huh?) Went to night school, did a dissertation on a novel. Yep LFB. Understood that, although TC thought the Land was a dream, his guilt, regarding Lena, was real! At college we had to present...

I always thought that the Ranyhyn judged Verement wrongly. If he was Ranyhyn bourne he would have accompanied his wife on the mission to The Grieve. Perhaps, and I say perhaps, together they would have survived and returned to Revelstone. I know the Ranyhyn refusal of Verement was center fugal to hi...

Lords Shetra and Verement walk into a bar

Shetra orders a pint of diamonddraught and a glass of water as she's Ranyhyn riding tomorrow.

Verement sleeps on the couch that night....

To be truthful, it's easier teaching my son chess! Sample conversation; Me - Bannor was, the Bloodguard, assigned to guard Thomas. Son - What's the 'Bloodguard'? Me - Well the Bloodguard were an army who came to attack Revelstone but were 'persuaded' by Kevin to change their minds. Son - Ah........ ...

Or I'm just an ancient goth who named himself after the singer in The Sisters of Mercy....

In 1984 my, high school, library did a celebration of sci fi/fantasy authors. I picked up LFB, mostly because of the cover art, and devoured it over the weekend. Had to wait a week for TIW to be returned. And that, as they say, was that! Currently doing a re read as I'm telling a, censored, version ...