(Oct-31-2011, 12:14 AM (UTC))Farseer Wrote: As for the spear/polearm...I will have to look back over the recent, previous discussions in more depth (and apologise if I have already said this somewhere else!) but I must admit that I can't help but think of *Farseer, LST, Tawny Man and Homecoming spoilers*

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something Fitz noted somewhere along the way. I think it was while he was in the Kelsingra Map Tower when he was there in the latter stages of AQ, where he noted the stained-glass window of the woman and dragon (the one which has captured my imagination for years!!) . I think the dragon wore a jewelled collar but, other than that, there was nothing to suggest any kind of subjugation to the woman. In the woman's hand, or behind her, was something but Fitz couldn't quite determine if it was a weapon or a wand of office. This is what I think of when I look at the spear/polearm. Though it must surely be Rapscal who wields it on the cover, given the figure is atop Heeby, and not a 'female', it is possible that the object is either similar or the very same...after all, the window is within the map tower of Kelsingra and it is in Kelsingra where the events will take place in CoD and BoD, and discoveries made. Possibly Rapscal or someone finds the actual object that is depicted in the window and thus uses it.

I often believed that the stained-glass window in the Kelsingra Map Tower to be a portrayal of both past and future, though more future, a little like Wintrow's window that he made of the tree that beheld both a dragon and a serpent. While both were part of the realm's past, Wintrow also proved to be a contributor and a connection to their future (just as he, by virtue of his blood, was a connection to their past). I did have thoughts that the woman depicted in the Kelsingra Map Tower window could have been Nettle, given her 'Queenly' attitude, relationship with Tintaglia, and her connection to both Fitz as the Catalyst and also as the daughter of Fitz who is the foundation of the House Farseer. I also thought it could have been a depiction of the female Judge of old (similar to the female depicted with the dragon in statue form in the ruins of ancient Frengong in Homecoming), but that there was a blood connection between she and Fitz/Nettle anyway.

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The dragons and their dedicated band of keepers have at last found the lost city of Kelsingra. The magical creatures have learned to use their wings and are growing into their regal inheritance. Their humans, too, are changing. As the mystical bonds with their dragons deepen, Thymara, Tats, Rapskal, and even Cedric, the unlikeliest of keepers, have begun transforming into beautiful Elderlings marked with exquisite features that complement and reflect the dragons they serve.

But while the humans have scoured the empty streets and enormous buildings of Kelsingra, they cannot find the mythical silver wells the dragons need to stay healthy and survive. With enemies encroaching, the keepers must risk “memory walking”—immersing themselves in the dangerously addictive memories of long-deceased Elderlings—to uncover clues necessary to their survival.

And time is of the essence, for the legendary Tintaglia, long feared dead, has returned, wounded in a battle with humans hunting dragon blood and scales. She is weakening and only the hidden silver can revive her. If Tintaglia dies, so too will the ancient memories she carries—a devastating loss that will ensure the dragons’ extinction.

(Jul-26-2012, 08:52 PM (UTC))thul Wrote: *stares mesmerizingly at fool-ish*

There is no elderling there. You see only a strange blurry shape. Move along. Bring food to the lords of the three realms.