Jeff
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Sent: Sat Apr 10 16:35:49 2004 To: whitewall_at_yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: Kallyr arrives, departs, etc.> >OK, her departure at the start of winter *is* a bit odd. And a bit
> >1620: Early, middle: In Whitewall with Broyan
> >Winter: Returns to the Quivini.
> >1621: among the Quivini when Whitewall falls.
> >
True, but it looks to me as if Kallyr generally spends winter in Whitewall, not wandering around Dragon Pass (a bit chilly, impassable, etc, when you don't have a fixed home to go to.)
> We still need a reason for her not returning
> in the Spring though. Do we know what she was doing among the Quivini?
Not specifically, no. As a general rule, it's been "guerilla and commando activities" and "fostering resistance".
> >The other was as part of that myth-reenactment that establishes
> >Broyan as Vingkot. That involved "Orlanth" being outlawed from his
> >stead by his "brothers", and later being summoned back by "Vingkot"
> >Unfortunately, this doesn't give much time to build up all the plot
> >that must have been involved in getting the right number of brother-
> >representatives so annoyed with Kallyr that they kick her out of
> >Whitewall :(
>
> Another possibility is that she and Broyan intended to
> re-enact the myth but ran out of time part way though leaving
> Orlanth (Kallyr) outlawed and exiled from WW while Broyan
> fails to properly identify with Vingkot.
Hmm... Can't say I'm very keen on the idea, but it *does* fit.
> This could explain
> the lack of defenders when the city falls - they're all on
> the Hero plane and having to find a way out which doesn't
> involve returning to occupied WW.
I think we were considering a mundane-plane re-enactment, not going onto the HP, weren't we? Hence Kallyr really, in the mundane, leaving Whitewall?
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