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Mhorams summoning was technically a half-summons, he didnt bring TC all the way in, so that would be 4.5 with the SoL. Now, its well known Haruchai only work with integers, and never real numbers, so he implicitly rounded off the half summons. I think thats in the index somewheresCT wrote:I submitted this to the GI, but SRD seems to be on vaca (the nerve! get back to work!
When the Haruchai are describing to Linden Covenant's various 1st chron summonses, they mention all 4, and say only 1 was w/o the SoL - Triock and Foamfollower's summons. Unless I'm missing something, Mhoram's aborted summons also wasn't with the SoL.
Anyone else notice this?
I don't have my book with me right now, but I believe it was after Linden et. al. left Revelstone for Andelain. I'll try to look it up tonight. At some point Linden asks to know more about Covenant's summonses that happened before her experience with him. I think it's Stave that's answering her, and he says TC was summoned 4 times in all, and that one summons - by Triock and Foamfollower - was w/o the SoL b/c their need was so great. I think she was searching for ways to believe she would be able to summon him from the AoT.Romeo wrote:I was looking for this in the text - what chapter is it in?
Yes - it was a minor mistake. But I'm surprised we didn't catch it sooner - it's not as hidden as the Caer Caveral one (which I looked right at and didn't see).After a few steps, she asked, still indirectly, “How many times was Covenant summoned to the Land? I mean, before he and I came here together?”
“Four of which the Bloodguard had knowledge,” answered Stave.
“Who summoned him?”
Her companion had apparently accepted her fragmented state. He replied without hesitation, “The first summoning was performed by the Cavewight Drool Rockworm at Corruption’s bidding. The second, by High Lord Elena. The third, by High Lord Mhoram. In each such call, the necessary power was drawn from the Staff of Law. But the fourth was accomplished by the Giant Saltheart Foamfollower and the Stonedownor Triock, enabled only by their own desperation, and by a rod of lomillialor, of High Wood, gifted to Triock by High Lord Mhoram.”
This bears repeating - Romeo, you have a tough and thankless job.Romeo wrote:The only reference I could find is in Part 2, Chapter 10. Stave is explaining why people go back when their summoner dies - or why in some cases they remain in the Land. He says, "So it transpired three times for the ur-Lord, the Unbeliever." And he didn't mention the Staff in the previous text. Could this have been misinterpreted as all summons with the Staff?
Ah. I found it. It's when they are in the Hall of Gifts:
Yes - it was a minor mistake. But I'm surprised we didn't catch it sooner - it's not as hidden as the Caer Caveral one (which I looked right at and didn't see).After a few steps, she asked, still indirectly, “How many times was Covenant summoned to the Land? I mean, before he and I came here together?”
“Four of which the Bloodguard had knowledge,” answered Stave.
“Who summoned him?”
Her companion had apparently accepted her fragmented state. He replied without hesitation, “The first summoning was performed by the Cavewight Drool Rockworm at Corruption’s bidding. The second, by High Lord Elena. The third, by High Lord Mhoram. In each such call, the necessary power was drawn from the Staff of Law. But the fourth was accomplished by the Giant Saltheart Foamfollower and the Stonedownor Triock, enabled only by their own desperation, and by a rod of lomillialor, of High Wood, gifted to Triock by High Lord Mhoram.”
They said at the time that the test works as long as the tested does not exceed the testor. Foul would fall into this category - the Ravers might be tough, but still wouldn't "exceed" a heer.
