The Hall of Gifts is appropriate for all works of art by Watchers, whether written or otherwise. However, as one of the mods of The Summonsing, I have no problem with this thread being here. My co-mod, LF, is also mod of the Hall of Gifts. If he should choose that this thread is more appropriate th...

Hey, that's pretty good, Chasmys. Anyone who can compose music, never mind a fugue, has a gift. It is pretty good, but I could be being partial. For some reason fugues just please me, always have. Same here, which helps explain why I like to write them. Regardless, I'm glad others can enjoy somethi...

Or I could just be stubborn. But thanks

I've posted now and then over the years, but one of the things I do besides read SRD is write music. Now and then, some of my music is inspired by works of SRD. So I thought I'd share: www.chasmys.com/ Last item on the page. It's a fugue for 3 electric guitars plus occasional bells. It also has a sl...

Considering my background, it's a bit peculiar that I have in some sense misused the "ur-". Among English majors--at least of my generation--"ur-" denotes "original," but it connotes "hypothetical." It refers to an original which we believe to exist, but whic...

What the heck does this prefix mean?

Is it "para-"? Or "that which surpasses"? Or maybe "vaguely connected to, in ways that defy understanding while evoking images of ancient sumerian cities?"

Or, maybe it's "(o)ur-", hehe.

so doesnt this invalidate your whole point? Quite possibly, except that I didn't really have a point, other than to point out an interesting real-world connection of some sort. Admittedly, when I woke up this morning, I found that my mind is working differently than yesterday. I probably could have...

To me, a subject like that would imply that that James Forrestal is Hile Troy. But that's clearly false. They simply share some interesting properties. They're in some degrees alike. Now, who else is like Hile Troy/Caer Caveral? Caerroil Wildwood. You state that Caerroil Wildwood was never mortal, b...

iQuestor wrote:Arent you thinking of the forrestal Caer Caraval, who was prevoiously Hile Troy?

No.

For one thing, Hile Troy's name was Hile Troy, not JF. For another, the timing is wrong. So these are clearly different people -- I'm just pointing out some intriguing parallels.

In addition to what everyone else has said, don't forget that a croyel is a Fetal Ravenant.

But seriously, thanks to Linden, TC is definitely a revenant at the end of the book. It's the method of creating the revenant that is fatal, not neccessarily TC himself.

Check this out: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Forrestal Worked for the military/government? Check. Died after falling (or maybe jumping) out of a window? Check. There's even a picture of the building. Dude's name was FORRESTAL? Check. Real world death occured 28 years before the original publication o...

Cast of characters:

Vacant omen host
Nervy denial
Aftermath: follow a loser
Valor maims honor
Maltreat a latrine

Edit -- almost forgot one:

Airhead ran a gauntlet

I'll posit a possible reason for the muted emotional impact that some have noted -- it's the Linden POV. Covenant feels deeply, and his POV reflects that. The early story is about his numbness, his fear of it, and his fear of losing it. The very nature of such a story calls for some very intense sce...

Shortly after Jurassic Park came out, a museum put in an animatronic dinosaur exhibit called "Dinosaurs Alive!". Thirteen people asked for their money back, because the dinosaurs were not, in fact, alive. That's not stupid -- in fact, it's downright brilliant. There's a non-zero chance th...

Gunslinger, thanks for those ideas -- in particular, showing Bannor's perspective, blaming himself. In that respect, Bannor really did begin to morph into Covenant on that journey to Melenkurion Skyweir. That explains a new aspect of Elena's marrowmeld sculpture.

Also, don't forget that TC himself played a role in corrupting the Vow by making Bannor speak the name of the seventh ward which indirectly caused High Lord Elena to fall. This too was part of the end of the vow. Bannor realized that the price associated with such service was too high. I can't reca...

If it was broken - if it was a consequence - it would have ended immediately upon Korik, Sill, and Doar taking up the Stone. But, instead, the three went all the way back to Revelstone, and then Bannor, Terrel, and Runnik went out and slew them. Not all consequences are immediate. For example, pois...

I don't fully understand why the Bloodguard broke the Vow. I know Bannor said something about no man should be deprived of a wife and children. What realization caused this turn from the Vow? The breaking of the Vow was not a decision. It was a consequence. In other words, the Bloodguard didn't cho...

Melekurion abatha! Duroc minas mill khabaal!

From context, this can only mean "Guess what! I'm going to Disneyland!" (This explains why the Ravers all wince when it is spoken -- wouldn't you?)

Doan' dutch meh.