Well said. SRD managed to give us a hard-earned victory that was simultaneously triumphant and sorrowful - our beloved hero won, but it was incredibly costly. SRD managed to combine Happy Ending and Tragic Ending.Avatar wrote:Personally, I like it when the hero dies, and I think that was a large part of what made the Chrons the masterpieces that they are.
Too often the "happily ever after" ending is a boringly predictable way of doing things.
It was the fact that it didn't happen, when I suspected it would, that made the 2nd Chrons have such an impact on me.
Will the Last Chronicles come full circle?
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Exactly. And combine them excellently at that. I so clearly remember my shock at his death, and I'd probably call it one of the most lasting "literary" impacts I've ever experienced. Especially when I think of the effort I went to to get hold of all the books, his death at the end was doubly effective. 
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Good morning, Worm, You Honour,Borillar wrote:Actually, I think the way it'll end is that Covenant will be put on trial for destroying the Arch of Time, and the Creator, the sur-jeherrin, Pietten, and other characters will stop by and remind us of the Chronicles' wackiest moments.
The crowd will plainly show
the prisoner who now stands before you
was caught red-handed showing feelings
showing feelings of an almost human nature!
This will not do...
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