The saddest part of the Chronicles
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The saddest part of the Chronicles
What parts of the book upset you the most? Seeing Joan in the Secong Chronicles? The fact that the Land was destroyed? Thomas' death?
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The failure of the quest to Seareach, when Shetar then Hyrim die. 
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In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
For me it's either the breaking of the Vow or the massacre of the Giants.
Tull's tale--and especially his faltering attempts to begin telling it, the narrative equivalent of "hesitation marks"--proved right gut-wrenching. He needed a caamora and couldn't have it.
A close second is Foamfollower's apparent self-immolation in Hotash Slay--though it is soon followed by one of the great eucatastrophes of the mythos when Covenant meets him again (now the Pure One, emerging from the mother of all caamoras.)
Tull's tale--and especially his faltering attempts to begin telling it, the narrative equivalent of "hesitation marks"--proved right gut-wrenching. He needed a caamora and couldn't have it.
A close second is Foamfollower's apparent self-immolation in Hotash Slay--though it is soon followed by one of the great eucatastrophes of the mythos when Covenant meets him again (now the Pure One, emerging from the mother of all caamoras.)
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Flinch! In a way Hergrom and Ceer's demise is sadder than some of the higher-profile tragic moments, precisely because they are minor characters--just two more dead soldiers, as it were--and yet no less brave and self-sacrificing than any one of their countrymen for 6000 years.
Ceer had a particularly unspeakable fate because of what Linden had tried to do to him earlier. Granted, she was out of her mind at the time and not fully responsible for her acts. Yet I wonder if he's the only Haruchai in history to nearly be killed on purpose by the person he was trying to protect.
And Hergrom didn't even rate a decent burial..."He failed." I admire the heck out of the Haruchai most of the time, but this judgment of Brinn's made me want to shake him.
Ceer had a particularly unspeakable fate because of what Linden had tried to do to him earlier. Granted, she was out of her mind at the time and not fully responsible for her acts. Yet I wonder if he's the only Haruchai in history to nearly be killed on purpose by the person he was trying to protect.
And Hergrom didn't even rate a decent burial..."He failed." I admire the heck out of the Haruchai most of the time, but this judgment of Brinn's made me want to shake him.
For me, the single most tragic, gut-wrenching part of any of the books had to be the fall of High Lord Elena in The Illearth War. Her death left me reeling; I remember being in a kind of depressed state for several days after reading the book. I was like Hile Troy, willing Elena to somehow win against Dead Kevin. Didn't work.
The slaughter of the Unhomed. The Giants appeared to be peace-loving beings, and yet slayed by their kin (though possesed by Ravers) had to be the toughest way to Death. Some even stayed in their homes and just waited to be killed. 
The other saddest part for me was closing the last book (WGW) after finishing reading it. (But on a glad note... the 3rd Chronicles in in the works!
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The other saddest part for me was closing the last book (WGW) after finishing reading it. (But on a glad note... the 3rd Chronicles in in the works!
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"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
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If PRO and CON are opposites,
then the opposite of PROgress must be...
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It's 4:19...
gotta minute?
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"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
________________________________________
If PRO and CON are opposites,
then the opposite of PROgress must be...
_______________________________________
It's 4:19...
gotta minute?
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For me WGW bears the saddest moments. Sunder's miserable journey with Hollian's dead body, Caer-Caveral's death, TC's recital of Honninscrave's poem at the end, all brought tears into my eyes.
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I agree with cheval, the slaughter at coercri was the saddest moment fo me. Especially the way that none of them fought it; all of those giants should have been able to overcome Kinslaughterer, if they'd tried.
I also remember finding the point where Lady Elif leaves the quest to return to the city surprisingly poignant.
I also remember finding the point where Lady Elif leaves the quest to return to the city surprisingly poignant.
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The Wounded Land...that whole book made me cry. The devastation of the Land nearly broke me. I remember thinking.."How COULD he!!!"
Single events...
LFB:
The slaughter of the Wraiths
The burning of Soaring Woodhelven
The Ranyhyn rearing to Covenant
TIW:
When Covenant tells the story of the woman in the leprosarium at the Rock Gardens of Mearle
The death of Lord Verement
Tull's Tale, Runnik's Tale the deaths of Shetra and Hyrim
The slaughter of the Giants
The death of Elena's Ranyhyn
The death of Elena at the hand of Dead Kevin
Hile Troy becoming Caer-Cavaral
TPTP:
The burning of Revelwood
Trell's ROD
"Lord Mhoram's Victory" (this brought tears of triumph to my eyes)
Foamfollower's tale of the Giants' deaths
The death of Lena
The deaths of Quirrel, Yerquin and the Unfettered at the hands of the Raver
The Healer
Elena's "second" death, Triock's death and the destruction of the SoL
The Jheherrin
Foamfollower's emergence from Hotash Slay, "The Pure One"
The confrontation between Foul and Covenant... Thomas Covenant, Ur-Lord and Unbeliever, brave white gold wielder--I desire no other end. Do whatever you must. I am at Peace. I have beheld a marvelous story
The people of the Land gathering around Glimmermere as High Lord Mhoram throws the krill, and they sing praise to our hero... (grabs her kleenix box )
TWL:
I started crying at the beginning of this book and never stopped.
The sunbane
The aliantha scene when Covenant kneels and the seeds dribble from his mouth "by God, there is Earthpower yet..."
Andelain and the Dead..and all about and in me beauties die
The perversion of Revelstone
The discovery of the Haruchai
Finding the Giants of the Search
And, oh...oh oh oh...Coercri Those that know me, know what this chapter did to me, I can't even think about it without the eyes starting to leak... "Come! This is the caamora! Come and be healed!"... And they came...
TOT:
Not much here made me cry...the death of Seadreamer and the failure at The One Tree. I was mostly angry during this book. Nothing went right....
WGW:
The Soulbiter, the vision of Seadreamer
The reunions with Hamako, Sunder and Hollian
Honniscrave's death at the hands of Nom to free him of the Raver
Covenant's caamora in the banefire (tears of joy)
The quenching of the banefire by the waters of Glimmermere (tears of joy)
Covenant and Linden in Glimmermere..."Glimmermer recognizes me!" (tears of joy)
The death of Hollian, Sunder carrying her dead body.."come on, Love, you must eat.."
Hollian's "rebirth", the death of Caer-Caveral in Andelain
Covenant's ultimate sacrifice to Foul and Foul's second "defeat"
Linden's embrace of wild magic, Vain and Findail, forging the new SoL..."It is not death, it is purpose."
The healing of the Land. (tears of joy)
I probably left some out.. sigh
Single events...
LFB:
The slaughter of the Wraiths
The burning of Soaring Woodhelven
The Ranyhyn rearing to Covenant
TIW:
When Covenant tells the story of the woman in the leprosarium at the Rock Gardens of Mearle
The death of Lord Verement
Tull's Tale, Runnik's Tale the deaths of Shetra and Hyrim
The slaughter of the Giants
The death of Elena's Ranyhyn
The death of Elena at the hand of Dead Kevin
Hile Troy becoming Caer-Cavaral
TPTP:
The burning of Revelwood
Trell's ROD
"Lord Mhoram's Victory" (this brought tears of triumph to my eyes)
Foamfollower's tale of the Giants' deaths
The death of Lena
The deaths of Quirrel, Yerquin and the Unfettered at the hands of the Raver
The Healer
Elena's "second" death, Triock's death and the destruction of the SoL
The Jheherrin
Foamfollower's emergence from Hotash Slay, "The Pure One"
The confrontation between Foul and Covenant... Thomas Covenant, Ur-Lord and Unbeliever, brave white gold wielder--I desire no other end. Do whatever you must. I am at Peace. I have beheld a marvelous story
The people of the Land gathering around Glimmermere as High Lord Mhoram throws the krill, and they sing praise to our hero... (grabs her kleenix box
)TWL:
I started crying at the beginning of this book and never stopped.
The sunbane
The aliantha scene when Covenant kneels and the seeds dribble from his mouth "by God, there is Earthpower yet..."
Andelain and the Dead..and all about and in me beauties die
The perversion of Revelstone
The discovery of the Haruchai
Finding the Giants of the Search
And, oh...oh oh oh...Coercri Those that know me, know what this chapter did to me, I can't even think about it without the eyes starting to leak... "Come! This is the caamora! Come and be healed!"... And they came...
TOT:
Not much here made me cry...the death of Seadreamer and the failure at The One Tree. I was mostly angry during this book. Nothing went right....
WGW:
The Soulbiter, the vision of Seadreamer
The reunions with Hamako, Sunder and Hollian
Honniscrave's death at the hands of Nom to free him of the Raver
Covenant's caamora in the banefire (tears of joy)
The quenching of the banefire by the waters of Glimmermere (tears of joy)
Covenant and Linden in Glimmermere..."Glimmermer recognizes me!" (tears of joy)
The death of Hollian, Sunder carrying her dead body.."come on, Love, you must eat.."
Hollian's "rebirth", the death of Caer-Caveral in Andelain
Covenant's ultimate sacrifice to Foul and Foul's second "defeat"
Linden's embrace of wild magic, Vain and Findail, forging the new SoL..."It is not death, it is purpose."
The healing of the Land. (tears of joy)
I probably left some out.. sigh
And I believe in you
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~
...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.
Nice one Furls.Oh yeah.... the Sunbane in general. I kind of see it as a Raver of the Land itself.
Have you hugged your arghule today?
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"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
________________________________________
If PRO and CON are opposites,
then the opposite of PROgress must be...
_______________________________________
It's 4:19...
gotta minute?
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"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
________________________________________
If PRO and CON are opposites,
then the opposite of PROgress must be...
_______________________________________
It's 4:19...
gotta minute?
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Re: The saddest part of the Chronicles
Perhaps a spoiler warning on this thread would be a good idea for those of us that have not yet read the 2nd Chrons?Darth Foul wrote:What parts of the book upset you the most? Seeing Joan in the Secong Chronicles? The fact that the Land was destroyed? Thomas' death?
(once again if anyone has the ebook version of the Wounded Land, please email it to me, or PM me or whatever. thanks)
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