Do you think Trell ever forgave Covenant?
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Do you think Trell ever forgave Covenant?
Do you think Trell ever forgave Covenant? After Covenant raped his daughter, was responsible for the death of his granddaughter, and Trell's wife was killed trying to summon Covenant back to the land, then Trell tried to involk the Ritual of Desecration. After all that disaster could he forgive Covenant? I doubt that I could, even though he eventually saved the land. Trell was destroyed but what happened, it literally drove him insane. I
Neither Covenant, nor himself, nor anything or anybody else (that is my understanding of what makes Desecration possible!); and perhaps especially not Atiaran, because she did forgive Covenant.
Trell has perhaps the ultimate inverse of Tan-Haruchail that is seen anywhere in the mythos.
Trell has perhaps the ultimate inverse of Tan-Haruchail that is seen anywhere in the mythos.
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In Trell's eyes, it was Covenant who made him break his Oath of Peace, which he could never forgive himself for doing, and since he couldn't forgive himself he couldn't forgive Covenant. When Covenant meets dead Trell in Andelain in TWL, Trell never speaks to him. This always struck me, as though even in Death, Trell could not get past what the Unbeliever had done to him and his family.
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I don't think there was any way Trell could forgive Covenant or himself. What strikes me is the the image of the strong, loving father and husband that Trell was before TC entered his life.
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Then again, I don't think TC ever wanted Trell to forgive him. He wanted to make amendments, not to receive absolution.
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Broken Oath, Broken mind...
I've said it before, I liken Trell to Kevin...both succumbing to their despair...
*winks at Fist*
Broken Oath, Broken mind...
I've said it before, I liken Trell to Kevin...both succumbing to their despair...
*winks at Fist*
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.
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HOw could Atiaran forgive Cov, wouldn't that destroy the supposed reasoning for her trying to summon him? If that is true, then the reason she summonded him was because she also loved him and wanted him...Durris wrote:Neither Covenant, nor himself, nor anything or anybody else (that is my understanding of what makes Desecration possible!); and perhaps especially not Atiaran, because she did forgive Covenant.
Trell has perhaps the ultimate inverse of Tan-Haruchail that is seen anywhere in the mythos.
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Re: Do you think Trell ever forgave Covenant?
No, and neither could Trell forgive himself.JD wrote:Do you think Trell ever forgave Covenant?
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No I do not believe he could ever forgive TC. I wouldn't.
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