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Favorite "Caretaker" and why?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:35 pm
by danlo
We already have a topic and poll about "which Care in Mordant you would want to live in", but after the discussion we just had in Casting the Augury I thought it might be interesting to focus in on the lords or the "Caretakers" themselves.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:49 pm
by Myste
I gotta go with the Perdon on this one. I love the Domne and the Tor, without question...and the Termigan is a rock of strength (I don't want to be forgiven the pun, so don't feel like you have to).
But there's something about the Perdon that just draws me again and again. He's so fierce, so angry, so prepared to fight to the last man to defend both his Care and Mordant...and
his "annhilation" just wrings my heart every time I read it.
He's magnificent in a raging, doomed sort of way that I can't help but admire hugely.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:22 pm
by danlo
I wholeheartedly argee with you about the Perdon, the Tor and the Domne. The Tor is probably my second choice such a character, such a voice of reason in Orison.
such a hero, really
But I went with the Termigan. I'm little bit anti-Imager, but I really like his no-nonsense approach to things.
And, along with Darsint, he truly saves the day, in the end.
I think the Fayle is probably the coolest (I can't see anyone but Patrick Stewart playing him)--and I probably should have voted for the Tor overall--but, in accordance with my personality, if I were born in Mordant to be a "Caretaker" I would be the Termigan.
As Desi says to Lucy, if anyone votes for the Armigite, I think: "...you have a
whole lot of splaining to do."
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:32 am
by Revan
I'll have to go with the Armigite.... I mean he's so brave... so honorable...
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:38 pm
by danlo
Somehow I just knew you'd be the one...
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:45 pm
by Revan
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:29 pm
by Myste
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:32 pm
by Revan
danlo wrote:As Desi says to Lucy, if anyone votes for the Armigite, I think: "...you have a
whole lot of splaining to do."
I didn't actually read this until I voted and posted.
Yeah, it's all danlo's fault
heh, he rules!
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 3:36 pm
by danlo
Nothing for the Domne yet--odd
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 4:13 pm
by Myste
Maybe he's just too obvious a choice. Everyone takes it for granted that he's the #1 Favorite Care-taker of All Time, and to make the poll interesting, people list their 2nd favorite.
Maybe.
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:33 pm
by matrixman
Does this mean the Domne is the "leper outcast" of the Caretakers?
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 11:36 am
by Revan
Myste wrote:Maybe he's just too obvious a choice. Everyone takes it for granted that he's the #1 Favorite Care-taker of All Time, and to make the poll interesting, people list their 2nd favorite.
Maybe.
yeah, I think so too... i think all Caretakers... with the exception of the Armigite
have all good qualties.
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 1:31 pm
by Myste
Darth Revan wrote:yeah, I think so too... i think all Caretakers... with the exception of the Armigite
have all good qualties.
The Armigite, from what I understand, is a very snappy dresser. Could that be considered a good quality? At least he has taste...even if he is a snivelling , whiny, puling little coward with less backbone than a decomposing sea cucumber.
Boy, that felt good. I love ragging on the Armigite.
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 4:30 pm
by danlo
This I like!--------->
less backbone than a decomposing sea cucumber. 
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 5:43 pm
by duchess of malfi
I said the Tor. Not only is he my favorite Care Taker, but he is my favorite character in the two books.
As to why -- here is man who does not fit the stereotypical fantasyland hero whatsoever. He is older, overweight, often drunk, and deeply mourning the death of his son.
And yet, to me, he is the greatest hero in Mordant.
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:27 pm
by The Dreaming
I had to say the Tor simply because I cared so much about him. His character was one that I really felt was "alive" throughout the story. He is there for so much of it and he is always acting so.. like the Tor would act.
First read (in pre-adolescence) I would have probobly said Perdon or Termigan, but 2nd read on It was definately the Tor. I came to appreciate him and Lebbick MUCH more reading the books as an 18 year old. Lebbick especially astonished me. I went in with so much hate for him,
but his end made me want to cry this time. Anyway, the Tor's end was the only one that really got to me. The Perdon had been out of the story for so long I said to myself "oh yeah, the bald guy. Sucks for him".
Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 12:01 am
by Khat
the Domne only because he really helped with his sons while also being able to stand up to the king and become his friend in the past.
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:33 am
by shadowbinding shoe
It's definitely the Tor for me. The things he did for his land, his king, his people are simply beyond amazing. And I thought it was very telling that during the big battle the young Imager from his Care (who was translating that ravine) went insane with grief when he heard that the Tor died. Obviously the Tor doesn't only love he is also very greatly loved by his people as well.
While the Domne was a great guy and a great friend I don't really see him as a ruler. He seems more like the head farmer of the county.
Now the Perdon on the other hand... After the Armigite he was my least favorite among the Caretakers. Sure he was a great fighter and valiantly fought on against his foes to the bitter end. I don't question that, but from what little we saw of him during his visit to Orison, there's not much else to like in him.
Where to begin? He was a womanizer as we see from his interactions with Terisa and the king's daughters. He's not interested in having a family unlike most of the other Caretakers. Like Mater Eremis and Terisa's father he's into one-night stands. Leading to how smarmily swell he gets on with Master Eremis. It says something about a person if he likes Master Eremis.
I think he's a good example of the influence Alend and Cadwell have on the Cares that are directly on their border. There is a touch of the Cadwell in the Perdon.
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 7:35 pm
by Coercri
I had to go with the Fayle with the Domne & Tor close behind. I actually enjoyed the Domne & Tor's characters more but admired the Fayles stoic strength & level head.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 3:58 pm
by Mysteweave
The Tor. Though the Domne and the Fayle are close behind.
Really, danlo, what did you expect? You basically set yourself up for that one!