May-21-2010, 06:53 PM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: May-21-2010, 06:59 PM (UTC) by Farseer.)
What is special about glamour?
Many times throughout the Rain Wild Chronicles we were able to experience the effects of different levels of dragon glamour through the eyes of the keepers.
This dragon glamour is also introduced and used, to a lesser extent, by Tintaglia during the Liveship Traders books.
The Others were able to change their appearance, smell etc through the use of a glamour over visitors to Others Island (Fitz saw through it, Dutiful was mesmerised by it and Kennit was a bit of both on different occasions, though his charm eventually allowed him to recognise it for what it was).
Fool even spoke of himself as having a glamour and it was this that enabled him to successfully maintain his role as Lord Golden (I thought this was particularly interesting!). At one point, Fitz asked him how it was that he had suddenly become so popular at court. To this, Fool complained that everyone was taken in by his 'glamour' except Fitz...it was only Fitz who could see through it and so saw him as he was.
Are there any other instances of glamour?
Also, is glamour related to Skill?
I seem to recall a particular moment in the RWC between either Thymara and Sintara, or even Sedric and his dragon, where a glamour had worn off and Thymara/Sedric was left not remembering ever wanting to do something in the first place (that sounds a bit vague but hopefully you get my meaning?!).
To me, it sounded identical to the sort of feeling Fitz used to experience when Verity would use the Skill to direct him to his tower. Fitz would simply turn up to Verity without ever having remembered he wanted to go there.
With this in mind, I wonder if a Skill suggestion or even a Skill command (as was placed on Galen, Dutiful and Thick) is the same as a use of glamour?
Many times throughout the Rain Wild Chronicles we were able to experience the effects of different levels of dragon glamour through the eyes of the keepers.
This dragon glamour is also introduced and used, to a lesser extent, by Tintaglia during the Liveship Traders books.
The Others were able to change their appearance, smell etc through the use of a glamour over visitors to Others Island (Fitz saw through it, Dutiful was mesmerised by it and Kennit was a bit of both on different occasions, though his charm eventually allowed him to recognise it for what it was).
Fool even spoke of himself as having a glamour and it was this that enabled him to successfully maintain his role as Lord Golden (I thought this was particularly interesting!). At one point, Fitz asked him how it was that he had suddenly become so popular at court. To this, Fool complained that everyone was taken in by his 'glamour' except Fitz...it was only Fitz who could see through it and so saw him as he was.
Are there any other instances of glamour?
Also, is glamour related to Skill?
I seem to recall a particular moment in the RWC between either Thymara and Sintara, or even Sedric and his dragon, where a glamour had worn off and Thymara/Sedric was left not remembering ever wanting to do something in the first place (that sounds a bit vague but hopefully you get my meaning?!).
To me, it sounded identical to the sort of feeling Fitz used to experience when Verity would use the Skill to direct him to his tower. Fitz would simply turn up to Verity without ever having remembered he wanted to go there.
With this in mind, I wonder if a Skill suggestion or even a Skill command (as was placed on Galen, Dutiful and Thick) is the same as a use of glamour?
"I am the Catalyst, and I came to change all things. Prophets become warriors, dragons hunt as wolves."
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