What do you guys think the power is? And what is it preserving?
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In [u]Lord Foul's Bane[/u] was wrote:As the echo of their voices faded, High Lord Prothall spoke again. "We are the new preservers of the Land - votaries and handservants of the Earthpower; sworn and dedicated to the retrieval of Kevin's Lore, and to the healing of the Earth from all that is barren or unnatural, ravaged, foundationless, or perverse. ..."
The power that preserves is the power of the Lords, all the people of the Land, and Covenant himself, in the service of preserving the Land.In [u]The Illearth War[/u] was wrote:Slowly, she looked around the table, meeting the eyes of each of the Lords. Then in a clear, stately voice, she said, ... "The time of preparation is ended. No longer do we build or plan against the future. Now we go to war. If our might is not potent to preserve the Land, then we fall, and whatever world is to come will be of the Despiser's making, not ours.... We are the proud preservers of the Land!"
Also Foamfollower's love for damn near everything; Covenant's love for Foamfollower, Bannor, and the Land in general; etc.; etc.; etc...He was alone against them.
He retreated to the center of the hollow, hunted swiftly around the rim for some gap or weakness in the surrounding horde. He found none. And though he sent his perceptions ranging as far as he could through the air, he discovered no sign of the Warward; if the warriors were still alive, still fighting, they were blocked from his senses by the solid force of the trap.
As he grasped the utterness of his plight, he turned inward, retreated into himself as if he were fleeing. There he looked the end of all his hopes and all his Landservice in the face, and found that its scarred, terrible visage no longer appalled him. He was a fighter, a man born to fight for the Land. As long as something for which he could fight remained, he was impervious to terror. And something did remain; while he lived, at least one flame of love for the Land still burned. He could fight for that.
So that would mean the Land is a metaphor for fridge supplies? And Foul is a metaphor for mold?Loremaster wrote:[Humour]I always assumed it was a reference to TC's power supply; the electricity powering the fridge that preserves the food. Which is a link in itself because he has to go to town to pay the bills. Therefore the land's struggles are a metaphor for his difficulty in paying the bills. If he cant pay the electricity bill the power that preserves the food in the fridge is wasted; hence the land is under threat.[/Humour]
Well, if Mhoram is part of Covenant's psyche . . . nevermindWayfriend wrote:This is why I say, it's Coventant's power, and the Lord's power, and everyone else who served the Land. It's not Covenant alone. There would be no chapter called Lord Mhoram's Victory if Donaldson wanted it to be Covenant alone preserving the Land.
is a metaphor for the rates the power and gas companies are chargingXar wrote:So that would mean the Land is a metaphor for fridge supplies? And Foul is a metaphor for mold?Loremaster wrote:[Humour]I always assumed it was a reference to TC's power supply; the electricity powering the fridge that preserves the food. Which is a link in itself because he has to go to town to pay the bills. Therefore the land's struggles are a metaphor for his difficulty in paying the bills. If he cant pay the electricity bill the power that preserves the food in the fridge is wasted; hence the land is under threat.[/Humour]
And Lena's rape...
In the GI, SRD wrote:I've always assumed that "the power that preserves" is love for and commitment to the Land; love and commitment which can only be found (as both Covenant and Mhoram find them) in "the eye of the paradox".
(10/11/2006)