Then I begin to think about how the Lords used what little they knew of the Wards and I realize that they constantly depended on the skills and strengths of the common people who had, somehow, maintained their own particular powers, from the Earthpower in stone to that found in wood. So I begin to s...

Hey all. I'd hazard to suggest that each of the Wards was quite different from the other six. We know, thanks to wayfriend's reminder, that the 2nd was some type of scroll (though what it contains, be it poems or music or diagrams or spells or recipes is not explained). We know that the 7th and fina...

Hey all. Agree with wayfriend on leprosy and would add that I feel it is a perfect choice because: -- it's not that common a dis-ease -- its numbing of the physical senses reflects a gradual numbing of the emotional senses -- it's a wonderful metaphor of self-care, OCD and a general incapacity to av...

I am, indeed, not a lady at all, but rather what some consider a gentleman and others simply a blackguard. New to the forum.

peace,
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Thanks, wayfriend, for pointing that out. Again, my memory of the books is dim despite a marathon reread over the past couple of months. So, there were scrolls; still, I kind of stand by what I was trying to say earlier, not much emphasis is placed upon the idea of translating the written word and t...

Hey all. @Vraith: exactly. There were, after all, only seven "words of power" and I'm not sure we were given all seven (my current reread is after three decades of not having reread any of the books, so memory may fail!) in any of the tomes. Actually, the written word didn't seem all that ...

Hey all (again!) Thanks for the warm welcomes. @Avatar: I meant that I've never read anything by Donaldson besides the rereading of the Covenant stuff. I get too caught up in rereading other stuff myself and Steven King just publishes too many books each year! ha. Again, thanks for the warm welcomes...

Okay, not a very Donaldsonesque greeting (do any of his characters greet with a "hey all"?) but well, it's my forum greeting in general. I first read the Covenant books as each of them came out (which, unfortunately, dates me!). My mum lent each to me after having read them herself. I'm a ...

Hey all. I'm not all that sure that the Wards were written works at all. For example, one of them was that odd character Amok (?) who led Elena and Covenant to the drinking of the Earth Blood and the breaking the Law of Death; he was not a written Ward. I think it's assuming much to think that the W...