Re: Syranthir

From: Kevin P. McDonald <paul_mcdonald_at_ncsu.edu>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 18:19:22 -0400


Peter continues:

> >What the Carmanians do *now* is a result of what they did *then*.
>
> Yes, but I do not see how you can conclude that Syranthir can not have been trying to imitate the Froalar/Seshna saga on the grounds that they were pagans and he was not.

I probably overstated the case a bit (a personal flaw, I admit). I was speculating, not asserting what I believed to be a concrete fact. I personally like the idea that he was trying to emulate Froalar, and it seemed to me that you were saying he wasn't. In my own round-about way I was asking for a clarification by restating in my own words what I believed to be your position. In the future I will try to be more direct.

> The comparison was made with respect to the religious beliefs of *Loskalm* then rather than Syranthir's actual beliefs, which is largely an enigma and will probably remain so.

Ah. I understand, and agree wholeheartedly with this and everything else you said in this post. Naturally, Syranthir's exact beliefs are unknowable short of further revalation from Greg on the subject - which would be atypical. I was mainly trying to figure out what was possible, not what was actual. When it is all said and done, its enough for me that Syranthir *might* have been emulating King Froalar. Whether he actually was or not is up to the individual Narrator - if an exact answer is needed, which is unlikely.

Anyway, it has been big-time fun thinking about this stuff so thanks to everyone for their input! I am working on the House Questionnaire now, and should give everyone an easy target to shoot at when I am ready for peer review. <laugh> To get an early start, if anyone has an opinion about the way modern Carmanians remember the Gbaji war I would be interested to hear it.

Any idea what Trotsky's target release window is for Sorcerer Knights?

~Kevin


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