Random lightbulbs that went off over my head while re-reading Liveships (spoilers!)

[Nuytsia]

Hmm I found this interesting.......
A few pages into Chapter 1, Gankis and Kennit are talking about the legends of the Others and talking about Bards visiting the Others 'in ancient times' and gaining magical voices...
They mention the story of "Kaven Ravenlock who visited the Others for half a hundred years and returned as if but a day had passed for him, but with hair the colour of gold and eyes like red coals and true songs that told of the future in twisted rhymes"

Is is just me or does this remind you of the White Prophets? Probably just a coincidence.......

Also, this is just one of those cool moments where something that is significant later on is mentioned and you have no idea what it is! (until you do a re-read)..........

On the same page as the Bard tales, Kennit spies a 'toothy tower of shale' (already mentioned as black) which 'stood independent of the island'...

I'm assuming this is the Skill Pillar that features in the TM trilogy.... how cool to find it already mentioned!