Kevin's Watch

Okay, first post . . . long time SRD fan, have read everything, am just starting our on Runes.

I apologise in advance because this question has, I am positive, been asked a hundred hundred times already. But.

Are we thinking Jeremiah is the Creator incarnated?

Some do, some don't; really we've not been given much information about him in this first book. We'll probably find out a lot more about him in Fatal Revenant. The non-appearance of the old beggar has been a hot topic around here. (Really, though, it's been twenty years since he first appeared, and last we saw he wasn't in very good condition...)

This has been one of the hottest of all debates around here - what's your opinion, alberich?

Well, being an impatient fool, I haven't yet even finished Runes, so I'm reluctant to start speculating!

But it seems the obvious 'idea' behind the Prologue is that the people or 'gods' of the Land are infiltrating the 'real world', either directly or via a sort of possession. Roger seems clearly (as Linden suspects) to be under the influence of Foul, while Jeremiah has all the characteristics I would think SRD might consider ideal in a Creator - a boundless tolerance and desire to make new things, and an inner peace that approaches Nirvana. To be honest, the idea just excites me - I think the invasion of the Land into reality is such a rich source for future story ideas. Parts of the early chapters reminded me of Stephen King's 'Dark Tower' series - though better written, of course. But I feel that same tension and excitement, almost like good horror writing, when Roger Covenant is on the scene.

This is where you all tell me that in Chapter Eleven Jeremiah goes postal and detonates Revelstone in a blast of fury, right?

Nope, not gonna spoil it for you. RAFO, my friend.

Welcome to the Watch Alberich! Welcome and Be True!!