Aug-02-2011, 04:42 PM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Aug-02-2011, 04:56 PM (UTC) by Farseer.)
^ Here is a discussion I will have to return to!
In the meantime, there are a couple of things I will be keeping an eye out for during a LST re-read, which I will hopefully begin not too far away:
* Ownership details of the Kendry so I can confirm or deny once and for all if his owners are actually mentioned (which I and others don't think they are, as we have outlined in a discussion with others a while back in this thread!).
* Until I came across the first conversation that Jani had with Ronica and Keffria regarding courtship between Reyn and Malta, I had not taken in the fact that Reyn's father was still alive at any time during the three books. I had always believed that he had died next to his blocks of memory stone prior to the beginning of SOM but it says that Jani talks of her husband as still being alive at the time she visited the Vestrits in Bingtown. I will watching very closely
for details of him/his death.
* History on the Three Ships folk. The books, as far as I recall, define the group as being made up of any number of folk who had made Bingtown their home after Bingtown had first been settled and the Bingtown Council initially established. They appeared to me to have come from all other parts of the realm, as fisher folk, and simply chose to stay, abiding by Trader Council/Bingtown laws and ways. In this, they differed from the New Traders. Sparse Kelter is an interesting fellow so I will keep my eye on him and any other evidence to suggest that his red hair and ruddish (I think) complexion is shared with any others besides Ekke.
* Passages on life in Chalced that may provide tips for future happenings in future books!
* Hints and tips on Ephron and his reasons for not continuing his trading up the Rain River. I know he was concerned about the magic, and the changes/harm coming into contact with it would bring etc, but I get the feeling that there's something else there. If it were only about the objects themselves or the magic, Ephron would never have brought Ronica her earrings from there, and Ronica and Keffria would have been far more cautious with regard to the gifts Reyn gave to Malta, I'd have thought...gifts all with origins in the Rain Wilds and some of Elderling make eg flame jewels.
He was the only liveship owner who refused to trade there. Whatever reason it was, it was significant. Significant enough to make Ronica choose slavery over trade with their Rain Wilder kin, despite knowing the side-effects that would be brought about by slave-trading eg what having slaves on board would do to Vivacia, their reputation etc
* The timeline and also the geography of changes, particularly beneath the ocean as seen from the serpents' perspective
* Carrion. He reminds me of Fool not only in colour but the way he speaks mockingly to the other serpents, and seems to know things...in a different way to the 'knowing' that Maulkin and She Who Remembers have.
* Cataclysmic history/Elderling insights
One other thing I also wonder about...will we come across Rache's husband in future books? The one who, as a slave, was taken to Chalced?
EDIT: Oh, and it's a given that I will be inspecting every piece of evidence that has anything to do with Others and oracles and legends surrounding Others' Island!!
An afterthought...
What are we to make of Amber's wanting to stay with Paragon? At one point she tells him that she couldn't think of anything better to wish for than to stay with him and let the world save itself (or something like that). At least one other time, far later in the books, I recall that she expressed the same wish....that she would gladly give everything up to be able to remain with him alone.
Of course, as WP, she knew she couldn't, even telling Paragon in the beginning that she didn't know how long she could spend time with him/remain in Bingtown. Stiil, as a WP who has a strong bond with a Catalyst, and knowing how much Fool loves Fitz (aside from, or in spite of, that WP/Catalyst relationship), it seems a surprising wish, in a way...? Or not?
In the meantime, there are a couple of things I will be keeping an eye out for during a LST re-read, which I will hopefully begin not too far away:
* Ownership details of the Kendry so I can confirm or deny once and for all if his owners are actually mentioned (which I and others don't think they are, as we have outlined in a discussion with others a while back in this thread!).
* Until I came across the first conversation that Jani had with Ronica and Keffria regarding courtship between Reyn and Malta, I had not taken in the fact that Reyn's father was still alive at any time during the three books. I had always believed that he had died next to his blocks of memory stone prior to the beginning of SOM but it says that Jani talks of her husband as still being alive at the time she visited the Vestrits in Bingtown. I will watching very closely
for details of him/his death.* History on the Three Ships folk. The books, as far as I recall, define the group as being made up of any number of folk who had made Bingtown their home after Bingtown had first been settled and the Bingtown Council initially established. They appeared to me to have come from all other parts of the realm, as fisher folk, and simply chose to stay, abiding by Trader Council/Bingtown laws and ways. In this, they differed from the New Traders. Sparse Kelter is an interesting fellow so I will keep my eye on him and any other evidence to suggest that his red hair and ruddish (I think) complexion is shared with any others besides Ekke.
* Passages on life in Chalced that may provide tips for future happenings in future books!
* Hints and tips on Ephron and his reasons for not continuing his trading up the Rain River. I know he was concerned about the magic, and the changes/harm coming into contact with it would bring etc, but I get the feeling that there's something else there. If it were only about the objects themselves or the magic, Ephron would never have brought Ronica her earrings from there, and Ronica and Keffria would have been far more cautious with regard to the gifts Reyn gave to Malta, I'd have thought...gifts all with origins in the Rain Wilds and some of Elderling make eg flame jewels.
He was the only liveship owner who refused to trade there. Whatever reason it was, it was significant. Significant enough to make Ronica choose slavery over trade with their Rain Wilder kin, despite knowing the side-effects that would be brought about by slave-trading eg what having slaves on board would do to Vivacia, their reputation etc
* The timeline and also the geography of changes, particularly beneath the ocean as seen from the serpents' perspective
* Carrion. He reminds me of Fool not only in colour but the way he speaks mockingly to the other serpents, and seems to know things...in a different way to the 'knowing' that Maulkin and She Who Remembers have.
* Cataclysmic history/Elderling insights
One other thing I also wonder about...will we come across Rache's husband in future books? The one who, as a slave, was taken to Chalced?
EDIT: Oh, and it's a given that I will be inspecting every piece of evidence that has anything to do with Others and oracles and legends surrounding Others' Island!!
An afterthought...
What are we to make of Amber's wanting to stay with Paragon? At one point she tells him that she couldn't think of anything better to wish for than to stay with him and let the world save itself (or something like that). At least one other time, far later in the books, I recall that she expressed the same wish....that she would gladly give everything up to be able to remain with him alone.
Of course, as WP, she knew she couldn't, even telling Paragon in the beginning that she didn't know how long she could spend time with him/remain in Bingtown. Stiil, as a WP who has a strong bond with a Catalyst, and knowing how much Fool loves Fitz (aside from, or in spite of, that WP/Catalyst relationship), it seems a surprising wish, in a way...? Or not?
"I am the Catalyst, and I came to change all things. Prophets become warriors, dragons hunt as wolves."
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