Re: Sartar: KoH - Kangharl questions!

From: Hal Bowman <hal_bowman1_at_ZSYgdDThU2RQUWmxzM5eY2EbkxbJYV7Y0C5GJXeANVN4KJq5tPIsl-hojKwXhPRn>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:19:46 -0800 (PST)


Peter Metcalfe: "Why would [Kangharl's Lunar sorcerors] want to [tip off folks in Boldhome to the heroes' plan to steal the Hands of Hofstaring]? Is the person who holds the Hands of Hofstaring important and respected?"

>From page 304 of Sartar: KoH

[Andrin’s Story
Before the meeting atop Larnste’s Table, the Lunar sorcerers told Fazzur that of all the Sartarite kings, Hofstaring was the most dangerous. Alive he would never submit to the Red Emperor, and even dead he would still aid his people. They told Fazzur he must make sure that Hofstaring would no longer be a danger to the Red Emperor.  Fazzur said, “If Hofstaring is such a danger to you, then this is how he must be defeated. I shall tell him that he must surrender, using words that shall enrage him. He will try to use his great Leap to escape and you must summon demons that will bind him instead. They must take him into the Red Hell, but first his hands must be removed, for with his hands Hofstaring would eventually escape the Red Hell. But Hofstaring’s magic is such that his Hands must be given to the Prince of Sartar, or else they would find their way back to him.”]

If I get this right (a big If), Fazzur believed that if the Hands get away from the Prince of Sartar, they would find their way back to Hofstaring. If Hofstaring got his hands, then he would eventually escape the Red Hell. And because Hofstaring was the most dangerous of all the Sarterite kings, having him escape the Red Hell - alive or dead - would be a Bad Thing. So if Lunar sorcerors heard that someone was planning to steal the hands, they'd take some action to prevent it.

I raised this issue before, but from the perspective of why is Fazzur's response to the theft was not energetic. Possible, explanations include:

1. The story is not true. Fazzur did not say these things, and the Hands are not really important to the Lunars.
2. The story is true, but Fazzur does not conside the Hands important now because the situation is different or because he believes that Hofstaring wouldn't be a threat after a few years of Red Hell treatment. 
3....?


      

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