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Haruchai questions
Odd sort of question really, but I can't help wondering how different people visualise 'The Haruchai' in thier minds eye as they are reading. I know Donaldson describes them as sort of flat faced, impassive,expressionless and dark skinned, but this really tells us very little. Are they essentially human in appearence (perhaps oriental in thier inscrutability), or, as I see them, sort of half way between human and (dare I say it) ape - somewhere between the gorrilas of planet of the apes and humans in appearence.
The Haruchai are way in front my favorite charachters of the books and remain as always (even in, I think, the poorer third series) true to themselves - somehat similar to Rorsarch in The Watchmen graphic novel - living life without compromise if not without regret.
Also - does anyone know for definate (as in how Donaldson would say it) how 'Haruchai' is supposed to be pronounced - I've always wondered? {Also Ranyhyn - you know, the great horses in case I've spelt it wrong.}
The Haruchai are way in front my favorite charachters of the books and remain as always (even in, I think, the poorer third series) true to themselves - somehat similar to Rorsarch in The Watchmen graphic novel - living life without compromise if not without regret.
Also - does anyone know for definate (as in how Donaldson would say it) how 'Haruchai' is supposed to be pronounced - I've always wondered? {Also Ranyhyn - you know, the great horses in case I've spelt it wrong.}
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Put me down for thinking of them as brown skinned African.
flat nose, brown skin, short cropped curly hair....
flat nose, brown skin, short cropped curly hair....
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Agreed.High Lord Tolkien wrote:Put me down for thinking of them as brown skinned African.
flat nose, brown skin, short cropped curly hair....
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For definitive pronunciations, I recommend the works of Scott Brick, who has created the audiobook versions of three volumes of the 1st Chronicles and of Fatal Revenant (with more planned for the future).
Brick has interviewed SRD and compliled an audio dictionary he uses as a reference to assure consistent pronunciation in his audiobook products.
A link to his website is at the bottom of the main KW Forums page.
Here's a link to one of Brick's blog entries where he discusses his work on Donaldson vocabulary, including links to audio of his reading of that blog -- a great introduction to many pronunciations!
Scott Brick on Reading Donaldson
Brick has interviewed SRD and compliled an audio dictionary he uses as a reference to assure consistent pronunciation in his audiobook products.
A link to his website is at the bottom of the main KW Forums page.
Here's a link to one of Brick's blog entries where he discusses his work on Donaldson vocabulary, including links to audio of his reading of that blog -- a great introduction to many pronunciations!
Scott Brick on Reading Donaldson
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I have a copy of Gilden-fire that includes illustrations, so my 'minds-eye' of the Haruchai has always been coloured by that. Solid, stocky folk that look like they could quite calmly walk through a brick wall. Think WWF without the hyperbole.
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On the analogy of habitats I usually imagine Haruchai as dark/reddish high-altitude Asians--looking rather like Tibetans or other Himalayan peoples, though with curlier hair.
However, the most Haruchai-looking young man I ever saw in person was from Malaysia: compact build for height, teak-toned skin, hair in black ringlets so dark their highlights were bluish.
However, the most Haruchai-looking young man I ever saw in person was from Malaysia: compact build for height, teak-toned skin, hair in black ringlets so dark their highlights were bluish.
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Given Durris's description
My mind pictures the Haruchi likethis personHowever, the most Haruchai-looking young man I ever saw in person was from Malaysia: compact build for height, teak-toned skin, hair in black ringlets so dark their highlights were bluish.
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iirc from an SRD talk about 3 years ago, ha-roo-chee with a slight emphasis on the oo.Also - does anyone know for definate (as in how Donaldson would say it) how 'Haruchai' is supposed to be pronounced - I've always wondered?
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Hm, I've always pronounced it har(soft h, more like 'ar')-EW-chai (rhymes with rye)
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