The One Tree, Chapter 4: The Nicor of the Deep

[Krazy Kat]

Saltheart Foamfollower sings -

Stone and Sea are deep in life,
Two unalterable symbols of the world...

- taking Covenant to Revelstone.

I can't see why the Giants would lose there craftsmanship with stone. But I do see what you mean by the right sort of granite for 'wiving'. I can't recall Saltheart using anything made from stone.
Maybe I daydream my way through the chronicles too much. I've always believed that Revelstone is the Home that the Giants lost.
Starfares Gem and Loric's Krill, for instance, are like 'Two unalterable symbols of the world'.

Why did the Giants need to summon the Nicor, anyway?
I seem to remember something about Linden Avery becoming depressed, which spread through the ship like a contagion, even infecting the weather.
There's are great line Foamfollower speaks while travelling the Soulsease River with Covenant -

'Praise the Creator! Old Damelon Giantfriend knew the value of a good laugh.'

[JIkj fjds j]

I thought might press on with Chapter 4: Nicor of the Deep, and my read through of The One Tree with the dissections.
Alas I only managed five pages before my concentration was broken by a very strange and curious occurance.

It all began when I made a note of the words "clewed up" and was just about to go and get the dictionary, when ... it will be easier to post pictures rather than explain in words:



after making a note, I notice a triangular shape at the bottom right of the page. On closer inspection I turned back the page, and ... well well well, lo and behold, would you believe it - an actual clew!
I hadn't seen that before. How amazing is that!

[wayfriend]

Heh. I get it. Took a minute.