RE: Whitewall

From: Peter Larsen <plarsen_at_...>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 06:27:03 -0400

At 6:24 AM +0100 5/25/04, Jane Williams wrote:
>LC:
> > Now, in 1621 Whitewall falls after a 2-year siege?
>> And at that point, all Orlanthi magic doesn't work anymore?
>
>According to OiD, yes. Quite what is meant by "all Orlanthi magic" is a
>complex question that OiD doesn't quite cover in enough detail to satisfy
>everyone. And why on earth/the Lozenge Ernaldan magic should also vanish is
>beyond me. (Ernalda, dependent on Orlanth? Yeah, right!)

        Sure Ernalda is dependent on Orlanth -- to the same degree that he is dependent on her. It's not like their marriage is one of those "year-long-see-you-later-it-was-fun" kind of things. If the DP Ernaldans had known it was coming, I'm sure they could have done big "Orlanth is leaving, Ernalda needs a new husband-protector" ritual that would have spared them the grief, but it was kind of a surprise. Of course, they could have still done the ritual afterwards, but, unfortunately, doing the necessary heroquest would be pretty hard with no magic. I'm sure Esrolian Ernaldans can find a useful lesson in this -- if you're going to go hitching yourself permanently to some man, be prepared to pay for it....

        I want to know why Helerites lost their magic, though.

Peter Larsen