Jun-06-2010, 10:00 AM (UTC)
Ok, I have so many other theories and mysteries I'm still thinking about from this thread BUT I need to get this question out there..!
We know that wizardwood takes on the memories and/or anma of the lives ended or blood spilt in contact with it eg on-board etc. We also know, through our experiences with the liveships and the Tarman, that the wizardwood retains the ancestral memories of the dragon from which it came.
Could we also say that wizardwood is able to take on the qualities of a person/being and/or the personality traits of a particular person/being in whose shape the wizardwood has been carved? If this made you go
, hopefully this example will enlighten you!
Remember when Paragon fought the Chalcedean warships with his battle-axe? Remember, too, that all on-board were frightened at his unusual display of violence and anger that could not be stopped until Etta screamed at him about the baby?
Well, my question is...when Paragon was carved in the shape of Fitz, did he somehow take on some of Fitz's personality traits? His actions with the battle-axe most definitely put me in mind of Fitz when he was in the middle of a berserker episode (like on Antler Island or when the Forged ones attacked the little girl in Buck).
Added to this, it was intriguing that Paragon himself acknowledged that he was made of himself (Paragon, which included Kennit and members of the Vestrit family etc), his two dragons and he who Amber carved him in the shape of (Fitz).
As well as the example of Paragon, we have all of the liveships who took on traits to suit the gender etc of the shape in which they were carved...eg Vivacia was carved as a female and exhibited more feminine traits; Kendry was carved as a male and exhibited masculine traits, despite both having been quickened via the anmas of both male and female humans OR, is it because Vivacia would have been a queen dragon that she was feminine, and Kendry a drake and therefore masculine?
As an aside, the background on the word 'berserker' is interesting in that it apparently arose from the habit of Norsemen wearing pelts into battle eg that of a bear or even a wolf etc...isn't it an amazing connection that Fitz almost literally wore the pelt of a wolf into his battles
?! I wonder if Robin knew of this possible background?!
We know that wizardwood takes on the memories and/or anma of the lives ended or blood spilt in contact with it eg on-board etc. We also know, through our experiences with the liveships and the Tarman, that the wizardwood retains the ancestral memories of the dragon from which it came.
Could we also say that wizardwood is able to take on the qualities of a person/being and/or the personality traits of a particular person/being in whose shape the wizardwood has been carved? If this made you go
, hopefully this example will enlighten you!Remember when Paragon fought the Chalcedean warships with his battle-axe? Remember, too, that all on-board were frightened at his unusual display of violence and anger that could not be stopped until Etta screamed at him about the baby?
Well, my question is...when Paragon was carved in the shape of Fitz, did he somehow take on some of Fitz's personality traits? His actions with the battle-axe most definitely put me in mind of Fitz when he was in the middle of a berserker episode (like on Antler Island or when the Forged ones attacked the little girl in Buck).
Added to this, it was intriguing that Paragon himself acknowledged that he was made of himself (Paragon, which included Kennit and members of the Vestrit family etc), his two dragons and he who Amber carved him in the shape of (Fitz).
As well as the example of Paragon, we have all of the liveships who took on traits to suit the gender etc of the shape in which they were carved...eg Vivacia was carved as a female and exhibited more feminine traits; Kendry was carved as a male and exhibited masculine traits, despite both having been quickened via the anmas of both male and female humans OR, is it because Vivacia would have been a queen dragon that she was feminine, and Kendry a drake and therefore masculine?
As an aside, the background on the word 'berserker' is interesting in that it apparently arose from the habit of Norsemen wearing pelts into battle eg that of a bear or even a wolf etc...isn't it an amazing connection that Fitz almost literally wore the pelt of a wolf into his battles
?! I wonder if Robin knew of this possible background?!
"I am the Catalyst, and I came to change all things. Prophets become warriors, dragons hunt as wolves."
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