Kevin's Watch

Skyweir wrote:i never thought Troy was particularly gifted navigationally ..

I was referring to this:

"...my only real skill was keeping track of spatial relationships in my head. For instance, I could play chess without a board. And if someone described a room to me, I could walk through it without bumping into anything. Basically I was good at that because it was how I kept myself alive.

"So I finally got a job in a think tank with the Department of Defense. They wanted people who could understand situations without being able to see them - people who could use language to deal with physical facts."

He goes on to say how he was also a tactical genius. Of course, that assertion has been discussed quite a bit here.

thats a point... they didn't have chess in the land did they?

Fist and Faith wrote:

Skyweir wrote:i never thought Troy was particularly gifted navigationally ..

I was referring to this:

"...my only real skill was keeping track of spatial relationships in my head. For instance, I could play chess without a board. And if someone described a room to me, I could walk through it without bumping into anything. Basically I was good at that because it was how I kept myself alive.

"So I finally got a job in a think tank with the Department of Defense. They wanted people who could understand situations without being able to see them - people who could use language to deal with physical facts."

He goes on to say how he was also a tactical genius. Of course, that assertion has been discussed quite a bit here.

i am well aware of Hile Troys claims .. and assertions .. lol .. i just dont concur

would have been interesting if the lords had tested that thing about the rooms...

i can just imagine him all, "yeah yeah, easy easy"

then walking str8 in2 the wall, lol!

Alright, I got some more questions. What was the name of the place where Vespers was held? Also was the big public hall where the Lords met the same place? If not, what was that one called?

wasn't that the forecourt?

memory fails me...

Vespers was held in the Sacred Enclosure. The Ampitheater was where the populace of Revelstone went to hear things like "Lord Kevin's Lament" and so forth...it later came to hold the banefire...

damn banefire...

Furls Fire wrote:Vespers was held in the Sacred Enclosure. The Ampitheater was where the populace of Revelstone went to hear things like "Lord Kevin's Lament" and so forth...it later came to hold the banefire...

So there were two places, one being the Sacred Enclosure, and another being the Amphitheatre.

I don't remember there being a place known as the Amphitheatre, and, for some reason, I do feel as though there was a place called the Close ... ?

the sacred enclosure was also called the close.

no..the Close was seperate from the Sacred Enclosure. the Close was where the Lords held council. The Amphitheater was part of the Sacred Enclouser. It was where the populace of Revelstone met. The Sacred Enclosure was kind of "in front" of the Amphitheater...from it's balconies people could look down on the Enclosure.

Uh-huh! That makes sense! Gotach now, thanks!

(I bet I'll still get it wrong)

Actually I just had a memory flash ... there was some place out in the open air above Revelstone, where something was held, too, right? Atiaran either gave or was moved by, something recited there.

the amphitheater was open to the air. There is also the Upland Plateau, above Glimmermere. Then there is the Courtyard, beyond the Tower, that was also open.

Ok, ok ... so let me get my head around this ...

Amphitheatre, open air, atop Revelstone (Inland Plateau).

Sacred Enclosure, tall round hole with balconies on heaps of levels. Vespers is held here.

Close, meeting room of Lords, down in the depths a bit, not too far from their quarters.

How's that sound?

well, the Amphitheater wasn't "atop Revelstone"...it rose up thru the Keep with many radiating passageways thru all levels of the Keep.

As you enter Revelstone thru the main gate, you go thru the tunnel by the tower. you then come to the Courtyard. Beyond the courtyard are the inner gates and the forehall. From the forehall you go down the passageway into the main keep...you go past the Lord's Quarters, to the Close. Beyond the Close is the Sacred Enclosure and the Amphitheater....off one of the passageways from the Amphitheater is the Hall of Gifts, down a few levels...

Fair enough ... well I've given it a burl, anyways ... not too far off.

This isn't a real site by any means, as I've used everybody else's photos, but here yer g, bit of fun for yers all : www.angelfire.com/oz/grouse/landtour/

In case I stepped on any toes, I do intend to replace 2nd-hand photos with more of my own discovering as I add to it.

Tough crowd

More info required please. What's the name of that bridge under Mount Thunder? The one with the Word on it?

Warren Bridge