Liand
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Liand
It's funny, because I just reread a Q&A in the GI where SRD talks about body count....
....and I just read where Kastnessen, through Anele, took Liand's head apart. NEVER saw that coming. Holy crap, he's really not pulling any punches.
I wasn't a huge fan of Liand - his worship of Linden was fairly annoying - but I'm sorta shocked.
Wow. And I thought the death of a character in the Lost Deep was something.
Damn. I'm almost afraid to keep reading.
....and I just read where Kastnessen, through Anele, took Liand's head apart. NEVER saw that coming. Holy crap, he's really not pulling any punches.
I wasn't a huge fan of Liand - his worship of Linden was fairly annoying - but I'm sorta shocked.
Wow. And I thought the death of a character in the Lost Deep was something.
Damn. I'm almost afraid to keep reading.
"There is nothing beautiful or sweet or great in life that is not mysterious."
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I found that quite amusing!Aranion wrote:Wow. And I thought the death of a character in the Lost Deep was something.
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Oh, I did, too - much as I hated laughing at something RC did, I LOVED that scene.Billy G. wrote:I found that quite amusing!Aranion wrote:Wow. And I thought the death of a character in the Lost Deep was something.
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Yeah, poor Liand. I liked him myself...kind of innocent and naive, which exuses his apparent worship of LA. I was under the impression, too, that he was destined for greater things at the end of the story...like being integral to the healing of Kevin's dirt, or something. That being said, how IS the Land going to heal with neither Liand or Anele being around?
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No way - he had "Sunder part deux" written all over him. I was a little disappointed in the Liand character through the first 2 and 1/2 books, b/c all along I've neatly fit him into the Sunder box - stonedowner, doesn't know the land's history, has some power (sunder's was partly known, liand's he found during the story, same-same), represents a "new" Lord for TC/LA to leave behind in the Land, blah blah blah. I even figgered Pahni for Hollian Redux, absent the power but with some serious baby-Lord-making hips (truth be told, I thought we'd 'discover' some latent earthpowerful ability in Pahni before the end to make the circle complete). I was already expecting an epilogue with a new council of Lords where several members directly trace their lineage to Liand/Pahni. [NOTE: we have no idea if L/P were knocking boots or not...there remains the possibility of Liand Jr]Revan wrote:Didn't suprise or bother me. He had red shirt written on him from the start.
SRD whacking Liand was awesome in the "shake up my expectations" sense, even if not in the "wow, tough break kid" sense.
I reallllly hope you're wrong.starkllr wrote: has me completely convinced that the Land is going to be destroyed for good in TLD.
I especially hope there isn't a Narnia-esque reboot of the Earth. Feels cheesy.
Is SRD a big fan of the happy ending? The conclusion of the Gap series was roughly "happy", in that the chars you care the most about end up reasonably content.
I cared about Holt; he didn't end up so happy. You just lied to me, I am grieved by this.CT wrote:I reallllly hope you're wrong.starkllr wrote: has me completely convinced that the Land is going to be destroyed for good in TLD.
I especially hope there isn't a Narnia-esque reboot of the Earth. Feels cheesy.
Is SRD a big fan of the happy ending? The conclusion of the Gap series was roughly "happy", in that the chars you care the most about end up reasonably content.
It will destroyed and remade, me thinks; without Foul.
Hey, I named my son Holt. Not b/c I love the character per se, but b/c it's an awesome name.Revan wrote:I cared about Holt; he didn't end up so happy. You just lied to me, I am grieved by this.CT wrote:I reallllly hope you're wrong.starkllr wrote: has me completely convinced that the Land is going to be destroyed for good in TLD.
I especially hope there isn't a Narnia-esque reboot of the Earth. Feels cheesy.
Is SRD a big fan of the happy ending? The conclusion of the Gap series was roughly "happy", in that the chars you care the most about end up reasonably content.
It will destroyed and remade, me thinks; without Foul.
Liand (and Pahni)
First time poster here, though I have been a lurker for years.
(1) Roger: "SUCK-er!" I had to laugh a bit, even though the situation was pretty dire.
(2) Pahni's reaction after Liand died -- I KNEW she would be pissed, but dayum! "Bring him back to life!" (sic). That cuts clear to Linden's core!
Lincoln F. Sternn
(1) Roger: "SUCK-er!" I had to laugh a bit, even though the situation was pretty dire.
(2) Pahni's reaction after Liand died -- I KNEW she would be pissed, but dayum! "Bring him back to life!" (sic). That cuts clear to Linden's core!
Lincoln F. Sternn