How's this for an idea ...

[hyarmion]

How's this for an idea ... Once the Illearth War was finally over and done with, i.e after TC had defeated the Despiser and destroyed the Illearth Stone, High Lord Mhoram and Lord Amatin settled down to become Mr. & Mrs. Mhoram.

[Krazy Kat]

: and then what...

[Thorhammerhand]

They had three kids named
Co
In
Wist

[wayfriend]

Not sure if there are any hints of Mhoram and Amatin having a thing for each other. But once all that nasty Foul business was put aside, it's certainly possible. Mhoram's parents were, after all, both Lords: it's a family business.

[Krazy Kat]

What if they swapped staff's as part of the wedding ceremony.
If so then...

I liked the relationship between Verement and Shetra.
Verement could even have been Findail, he certainly looked like him.
Wouldn't that make a grand tale!

Just a thought!

[Orlion]

I do like speculating on things from time to time... gives the novels a bit more of life, IMO.

[Thorhammerhand]

Something has to have happened in the time between the end of TPTP and the advent of the sunbane.

Viva the speculative posts

[SGuilfoyle1966]

I'm glad we don't see things like that. By all accounts, she was kind of cute, right?
And he was a bit, umm, older than she.

I wouldn't want to see this exchange -- "Umm, gee Mhoram. I really like you ... as a friend. But not like ... that. You know what I mean."
"We can still be friends, right?"

Or maybe it happens the other way around. They have a go at it, but, after a couple of months, Mhoram calls her aside and says, "It's not you, it's me."

I just don't want to see any of that.

[Rocksister]

Sorry, I think of Mhoram as a bit monk-ish, dedicated only to the lore of the Land and its protection and health. I don't see him as having any interest whatsoever in the carnal side of things, or even just emotional attachment to someone in that way. Of course, I see ALL the Lords in that way, even the ones that were married and had children together, so I guess the point is irrelevant here. Yea, once things got settled down a bit, who knows what might have happened? Maybe they built a mighty golden mead hall and threw a party for the next hundred years. It would be nice to have a fill-in book; "What Went Between," or something. It has been a long wait for the next book. If SRD does that thing where nothing major/significant happens until the very last sentence again, I'm going to shoot someone.

[Loresraat]

In some ways, yes, Mhoram was pretty monk-ish. However, I think that had more to do with Mhoram's circumstances than his nature. During his service as a Lord, the Land lived under the shadow of Foul's original prophecy to TC for fifty years, and the majority of that time Mhoram was a Seer, which was NOT a pleasant experience. A person in that situation could easily decide that it's not a good time to think about starting a family--or just not think of it at all since they have bigger fish to fry.

I happen to agree with others who see the possibility of Mhoram and Amatin winding up together. It's not that there was necessarily something between them while we saw them during the time of the novels, but there are several passages that definitlely made me suspect there's the potential for something later on. For one, Mhoram was practically sick with worry when Amatin ran back into the enemy-infested guard-tower to help evacuate everyone. Mhoram also made a point to be there for her when she pushed herself past her limits clearing the gates, and afterwords badgered the healers until they *promised* she'd be okay.

Granted, there are other ways to interpret these scenes, but it struck me pretty forcefully when last I re-read the Chronicles that there was the possibility of something between the two.

Oh, and @ Krazy Kat--great minds think alike! Trading staffs would make a perfect ceremony for a pair of Lords.

[SGuilfoyle1966]

We all know Covenant is VERY perceptive.
Doesn't he say something, either to Mhoram or in his presence about, "Does he love her too?" About Elena in Illearth War.
Possibly said about someone else, but again, in Mhoram's presence to make the point that they might all be.
But it was probalby in lust with Elena
I don't think Mhoram is a monkish at all.