MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1726 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) lots of stuff, some fluff by "Brynn/Jennifer Ireland" 2) RE: lots of stuff, some fluff by "Eleonora Scoseria" 3) Hi, y'all! by "Darcy Backes" 4) Re: Stuff by "Kristjan Wager" 5) Re: lots of stuff, some fluff by Halibut steaks wrapped in bacon 6) Braid of stuph by "Judy L. Wood" 7) Re: Braid of stuph by "Ambersong" 8) I'm Back!!! by "Kathryn Kuebler" 9) Re: ancient heartstone & mage storms by "Thea Bergermann" 10) Welsh stuff -- not at all on topic by "Skysinger" 11) Stupid question time by "Skysinger" 12) Re: Stupid question time by Dancekbg-+AT+-aol.com 13) Re: Stupid question time by Peter Allen 14) Re: Stupid question time by Stasia 15) Re: Braid of stuph by "Darcy Backes" 16) Happy Little Bits Of Stuff. by Joanna Lee 17) Re: Braid of stuph by Joanna Lee 18) Re: Happy Little Bits Of Stuff. by Dainestar-+AT+-aol.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 19:56:54 PDT From: "Brynn/Jennifer Ireland" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: lots of stuff, some fluff Message-ID: <19980918025656.27729.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com> Heyla, listsibs! i'm back. there is so much mail duing school... i had no idea it would be like this :) Ember wrote: >I also think that Tantris (Kris's Companion) was once a Herald. As for any others, I too would love to know.> Personally, i endorse the idea that Tantras was Van's friend Tantras, aka Tran or somethin'. i've convinced my friends of it . i also believe that Sayvil is Savil, thogh i have been less able to convince others. Raven Darkblade wrote: I *LOVED* Bedlam's Bard!!! my 2 friends and i are gonna be Eric, Beth, and Kory for halloween. i *do* play flute, and live near SF, but... i thought the way she developed the characters was superb. i even got my mom to take me to Brodrick off Geary to look at the houses... that area is called Pacific Heights and is soooo nice... and expensive as all hell. anyway, i saw lots a houses that matched the discriptions. call me obsesed now, as for the mindspeaking after Choosing thing... i think that she meant that many Heralds were not strong enough Mindspeakers to MS their Companions, but that at the Choosing, the Companions sorta made a *ton* of effort and MSed with 'em cause it was soo important. ****************FLUFFISH THINGS**************** about the Personal Info... i'm 5'5, 13 years, located in CA (bay area), with red-orange hair to the beginning of my butt, and obsesed with Misty and Fantasy in general. i consider myself Christian, though don't really go to church regularly of nothin'. my mom is shay'a'chern, and i am hated for it :( fair? no. The truth? yes. you don't even want to know... GREAT NEWS (for me)!!!!! my old science teacher, Mr. Brown, as stared a D&D RPG club at lunch!!! WOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!! i never even suspected that he RPed! and he's a way cool guy, too. YES! ok, thats out of my system. next, i really like Welsh history, and Welsh (the language), and Wales in general. it seems like lots of others are interested in Welshish things. cool. i thought i was the only one.oh, is Cennydd (the name) sposta be Welsh, and so said "Seneeth," or not? GREAT NEWS the 2nd (for me)!!! there's a Heather Alexander concert tommorow near me, but i might not get to go... poo. oh, does anyone know if the Ren fair in navado is over or not? i think it was done on Labor Day, but i'm fervently praying for that not being the case. ************END FLUFFIS STUFF************ OK, i'll be goin'. BTW, would someone be willing to a) teach me to braid on hotmail and b)mack a list of everyone's websites? in answer to a), mail me at jenniferireland-+AT+-hotmail.com , please. thanks for listnen, and books about sheep in Welsh to all, if ya want em. Lady Brynn High Priestess of Kelpies, Selkies, and the Water-Borne Carrier of the Enchanted Bucket #2 (tm) "A room without books is like a body without a soul." -Cicero ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 01:01:06 -0300 From: "Eleonora Scoseria" To: Subject: RE: lots of stuff, some fluff Message-ID: <01bde2b8$f6463ce0$ad7303cf-+AT+-a> Brynn wrote: >now, as for the mindspeaking after Choosing thing... i think that she >meant that many Heralds were not strong enough Mindspeakers to MS their >Companions, but that at the Choosing, the Companions sorta made a *ton* >of effort and MSed with 'em cause it was soo important. Well, Yfandes DOES say in MPrice when she mindspeaks Stefen that Companions can mindspeak anyone they choose to, doesn't she? I think it is one of those talents that the companions prefer hidden tho. >OK, i'll be goin'. BTW, would someone be willing to a) teach me to braid >on hotmail and b)mack a list of everyone's websites? in answer to a), >mail me at jenniferireland-+AT+-hotmail.com , please. >thanks for listnen, and books about sheep in Welsh to all, if ya want >em. The recently updated Newbie Fest has someone listed as helping with braiding for people on Hotmail. I believe it was LadySummer. =) Peace, Ele a sleepy Councilor of Mist who wishes her printer would finish printing so she can go to bed =) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 21:29:47 PDT From: "Darcy Backes" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Hi, y'all! Message-ID: <19980918042949.19387.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com> Hi. I'm Obsidian Rogue, (you can call me Rogue)and from the first "Heyla, listsibs" I read I knew I was in the right place. Just thought I'd say hi, and have any of ye ever wondered what lies to the _very_ far east or west (or north or south) of Valdemar? 'Cause I got a humdinger of a saga in my head about all the neat things that happen just off the maps (and of course, all the people I make up visit Valdemar and find themselves being followed around by these funny white horses, etc.) Hee hee. Anyway, Rogue ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 04:59:40 PDT From: "Kristjan Wager" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Stuff Message-ID: <19980918115941.20366.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com> Hi listsibs Because of work, I've not been able to reply for some time, so some of this might be a bit old. Kethry wrote ( about Daren ): >Hm. I don't think he's considered the King to Selenay's Queen. He's always referred to as PRINCE Daren, because he's a member of the Royal House of Rethwellan. Just like how Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Phillip, isn't King of England. He's Prince of...Greece? Something like that.< Well, I'm sorry but that's nonsense. Prince Phillip is prince of England, and most definitely not of Greece ( especially not now, when they don't recognize their royal family ). A monarch is either a king or a queen, but a person married to a monarch is either a prince or a queen. Don't ask me why. This means that if a person marriages a queen, he becomes a prince of the queen's realm ( in Daren's case Valdemar ), and he have to renounce all ties to other countries. He can't even be a noble of another country after the marriage. >But if he were King then yes, I would assume that Talia would be considered the true Monarch's Own Herald, and not called Queen's Own< I'm just thinking, and I can't think of any case of co-rulers in RL. I suppose it makes sense that there only can be one person who is above everyone else. In fantasy on the other hand it seems, if not common, then not too rare.. About mindspeaking with companions: There are different ways of "mindspeaking". Talia uses empathy, so she only senses emotions. The true types of mindspeaking are thought and pictures. Vanyel had both types and empathy IIRC. Somebody wrote: >Has anyone else seen the movie Ran directed by Akira Kurisawa? It is in Japanese, but it is an absolutely gorgeous movie about medieval Japan.< Yes it is a very good movie, even if it is based on a Shakespeare plot, and it probably didn't harm that Spielberg and George Lucas helped Kurisawa with the movie. I'm sad that Kurisawa died recently. The height/age/area tread: I'm 23 years old, 186cm tall ( about 6'2" ), which isn't that tall in my neighbourhood. I live in Copenhagen, Denmark, and study economics at Copenhagen University. Just one last thing: When people mention a book, would you PLEASE mention the author too. Sheep-flavored danish to everyone. Absalon Member of OLW and OOUH ( champion of Lissa ) Champion of LIG. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 10:17:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Halibut steaks wrapped in bacon To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: lots of stuff, some fluff Message-ID: On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Brynn/Jennifer Ireland wrote: > Personally, i endorse the idea that Tantras was Van's friend Tantras, > aka Tran or somethin'. i've convinced my friends of it . i also > believe that Sayvil is Savil, thogh i have been less able to convince > others. Yeah, I agree on that. Whoever disagreed on Sayvil needs to be smacked... And on the mindspeaking thing -- I had the idea that the moment of Choosing was just such a deep and fundamental connection that the Companion could speak to his/her Chosen despite the fact that said Chosen is essentially "deaf." > Raven Darkblade wrote: > smack Eric every third page, Kory was mostly just cutely depressing, and > Beth was only identifiable-with in spurts. None of the villains inspired > either my admiration or my animosity. I only vaguely recall the plot.> I can never keep straight which was which of KoG&S and StT. Whichever was whichever, I liked the second one much better than the first. About the first one, I mostly agree about wanting to smack Eric. There were in fact a rather small number of bits I did like -- Eric's clothes not fitting him any more after Kory has altered them, Kory throwing Eric around for touching his ears, Eric practicing dueling with the Prince, and the "morning after Eric got dumped" scene. In other words, the scenes where he's not spending all his time feeling sorry for himself. I think the reason I like the second one better is that Eric is a lot more likable. > next, i really like Welsh history, and Welsh (the language), and Wales > in general. it seems like lots of others are interested in Welshish > things. cool. i thought i was the only one.oh, is Cennydd (the name) > sposta be Welsh, and so said "Seneeth," or not? Oh, yeah, Welsh stuff is quite cool. After all, so many wonderful archetypal fantasy stuff comes at least partly from there (a lot of the Arthurian stuff, and those wonderful Susan Cooper and Lloyd Alexander series...). And I probably should leave this to Cennydd, but I believe in Welsh the "c" is always hard, and the "y" is more of a schwa sound, making it basically pronounced "Kenneth," Cennydd's mundane name. Becky -------------- In general, France is a safe travel destination, though travelers are advised that, from time to time, it is invaded by Germany. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 11:47:01 -0400 From: "Judy L. Wood" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Braid of stuph Message-ID: <36028074.A72A5193-+AT+-BellSouth.Net> Dancekbg-+AT+-aol.com wrote: > Heyla list-sibs! > > First my question, for all you non-fluffy people. I was wondering: I know > we've argued the subject of Jody vs. Larry, but I want to know how everyone > would portray the characters. Try to ignore the previous drawings. Like, how > would you draw Companions? Vanyel? Stefen? Lendel? Talia? Kerowyn? > Kethry? Tarma? The villians? Etc... The only way I have been able to visualize (or hear) them is as actors playing in a movie. Whenever I am reading Warrl's input, for some reason I can almost hear him speaking with Jack Nicholson's voice. I also visualize Lord Orthallan as being Jack. Just recently when rereading the Storm trilogy, I began to visualize Sejanes as Sir Alec Guinness, I could almost hear him as Obi Wan from Star Wars. Savil reminds me of Cloris Leachman. When Rolan speaks I hear James Earl Jones (not his Darth Vader voice). That's really all I can think of. Visualization it not my strong point. Ember wrote: > >I also think that Tantris (Kris's Companion) was once a Herald. As for > any others, I too would love to know.> > Brynn/Jennifer Ireland wrote: > > Personally, i endorse the idea that Tantras was Van's friend Tantras, > aka Tran or somethin'. i've convinced my friends of it . i also > believe that Sayvil is Savil, thogh i have been less able to convince > others. In StormRising Florian is introducing a group of Companions. One he introduces as his younger sister Idry. With the similarity between her name and a certain Mercenary captain. I was wondering if certain non-Heralds were given the choice of coming back as a Companion. Darcy Backes wrote: > Just thought I'd say hi, and have any of ye ever wondered what lies to > the _very_ far east or west (or north or south) of Valdemar? 'Cause I > got a humdinger of a saga in my head about all the neat things that > happen just off the maps (and of course, all the people I make up visit > Valdemar and find themselves being followed around by these funny white > horses, etc.) > Hee hee. Anyway, To the north of Valdemar is frozen wasteland and the Northern barbarians. To the East past Hardorn is the Eastern Empire, it stretches all the way to the Salten Sea(I believe that was what it was referred to) Way South is the Haighlei Empire. The Eastern Empire buts against it on their South border, and K'Leasha (please forgive spelling) who went mostly west of Dhorisha also ran into it IMO, that means 1 of 2 things. Either, because the world is round, K'Leasha had just gone around it. Or, the Haighlei empire is just that huge. I don't believe any map has been made of the Haileighs or Eastern empires. I would love to see that. Whether there is more to the world, I haven't a clue. I, too would love to find out. JW "Insanity takes its toll.....Please have exact change" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 12:30:05 -0700 From: "Ambersong" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Braid of stuph Message-ID: >Personally, i endorse the idea that Tantras was >Van's friend Tantras, >aka Tran or somethin'. i've convinced my friends of it >. i also >believe that Sayvil is Savil, thogh i have been less >able to convince >others. I agree with you about Tantris being Tran, and there actually is evidence linking Savil to Sayvil in my mind. 1) After Kero is Chosen, she is up on some tower think about what she's going to do, and one of her Skybolts (can't remember which one) comes and says: "Captain, this obsession with heights you have is unnatural." and Sayvil chimes in with : I agree. Feet belong on the ground. now, if you remember, in LHM, Savil had this little problem with heights and she would never go up into Starwind's ekele. 2) In one of the Winds books, Elspeth is talking to Gwena about the Shin'a'in and the Tayledras, and Gwena mentions that Sayvil is familiar with them and trusts them, and I figure there can't be too many Valdemarans who are familiar with the Shinain and the Tayledras. > > >Dancekbg-+AT+-aol.com wrote: > >> Heyla list-sibs! >> >> First my question, for all you non-fluffy people. I was wondering: I know >> we've argued the subject of Jody vs. Larry, but I want to know how everyone >> would portray the characters. Try to ignore the previous drawings. Like, how >> would you draw Companions? Vanyel? Stefen? Lendel? Talia? Kerowyn? >> Kethry? Tarma? The villians? Etc... > I picture Stef as being medium height, thin and wiry. His hair kind of reddish brown with a tendency to fall in his eyes. He kinda reminds me of this guy who goes to my school. This may sound weird, but I thought that the picture of Brandy on the last 17 magazine looked kinda like how I'd imagine Tarma. I picture Tremane as looking kinda like Kelsay Grammar. --- Ambersong aka Rhiannon aka Becky Bonded to Mellie, the 18-pound Wonder Cat Singer of Fire (soprano) Member of OOUH (champion of Jisa, Keenath, and Starblade) Summoner of the Clock Demons Keeper of Jimmy, the Giant Green Bat Companion to my Many Voices Compulsive Shoelace Untier Certified Basket Case ********************************************************************************* "The first ten million years were the worst," said Marvin, "and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline." See my webpage at http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Labyrinth/6697 Vote for me! Free web-based email, Forever, From anywhere! http://www.mailexcite.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:48:07 PDT From: "Kathryn Kuebler" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: I'm Back!!! Message-ID: <19980918204817.6064.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com> HI Everyone! Lady Astreia walks into the halls and greets her fellow listsibs. She notices a few new faces and looks for a bucket.... >:o) School has taken up a lot of my time, but Ijust thought I'd drop by and say hi! I got a hotmail account just for the list, and so some of you would recognise me as "Jeffery Kuebler" who is not me, but my dad. Anyway, now I have my own account, and my regular mail box can rest for a while! ObMisty : Nothing really, (Begs the councillors of the Mist to forgive her) except that she makes a great topic for vocab sentences. I'll try and catch up on the list as soon as I can. Until then, Happy Birthday Sheep to everyone - because I just had one, and I want to share!! Zhai'helleva, ~The Lady Astreia, Proud Knight of Fluff, the (sort-of) Bardic Trainee, Slayer of Morons, Keeper of Dragons, and Princess of Bruhaha and everything Obscure. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 22:34:05 +0200 From: "Thea Bergermann" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: ancient heartstone & mage storms Message-ID: <199809181931.VAA24286-+AT+-scatopharga.doso.de> Just a single topic post... >From Greg Wooledge > First thought: several centuries elapsed between Vanyel's time and the > Storms. By the time the storms came, the rift might have been healed > enough so that the Storms didn't set off a major quake. But in MPromise it is also said that it would take _centuries_ to eons to heal that fault. And if Vanyel was causing that earthquake that destroyed the capital Bayres just by setting up and using a gate, it would be more than just a few (300? -I have no book on hand-) years 'till the fault was healed. Perhaps the stone shielded itself and hid itself from the other Valdemaran mages (Elspeth, Darkwind etc.) to protect itself from Storms and "Human Misuse"? Greetings, TheaEvanda Addictee to filk and embroidery and sailing Bad mage but a wizard on the recorder ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 19:15:11 -0400 From: "Skysinger" To: Subject: Welsh stuff -- not at all on topic Message-ID: <199809182316.TAA29979-+AT+-camel7.mindspring.com> > From: Halibut steaks wrapped in bacon > > next, i really like Welsh history, and Welsh (the language), and Wales > > in general. it seems like lots of others are interested in Welshish > > things. cool. i thought i was the only one.oh, is Cennydd (the name) > > sposta be Welsh, and so said "Seneeth," or not? > > Oh, yeah, Welsh stuff is quite cool. After all, so many wonderful > archetypal fantasy stuff comes at least partly from there (a lot of the > Arthurian stuff, and those wonderful Susan Cooper and Lloyd Alexander > series...). And I probably should leave this to Cennydd, but I believe in > Welsh the "c" is always hard, and the "y" is more of a schwa sound, making > it basically pronounced "Kenneth," Cennydd's mundane name. > I'll make this relatively short and fluff-free since it's not on topic. There is a mailing list for devotees of the Welsh language, and many of the people on the list actually post in Welsh. There's also at least one web site with a teach-yourself-Welsh set of lessons. Pretty cool! I think the list address is listserv-+AT+-lists.missouri.edu with the obligatory SUBSCRIBE CYMRAEG-L To continue the dissection of the pronunciation of "Cennydd", "dd" is pronounced "th" in Welsh. Skysinger ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 19:23:58 -0400 From: "Skysinger" To: Subject: Stupid question time Message-ID: <199809182325.TAA25441-+AT+-camel7.mindspring.com> > > The only ObMisty I can think of..... What the flarks does ObMisty mean? --Skysinger, the confused blue dragon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 19:56:51 EDT From: Dancekbg-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Stupid question time Message-ID: <3b346c81.3602f343-+AT+-aol.com> Majorly not stupid q. I was wondering the same thing. Check out the newbie page for info on that and other list stuff. The address is: Newbie Fest or http://www.ling.udel.edu/hyde/pers/misty/newbiefest.html . BTW, ObMisty stands for obligitory Misty-related content. Hope this helps! Windy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 20:13:33 -0400 From: Peter Allen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Stupid question time Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19980918201333.007ac780-+AT+-pop3.frontiernet.net> Skysinger wrote: >What the flarks does ObMisty mean? An ObMisty is an Obligatory Misty remark that one puts at the end (or at some point during) a post that contains a good deal of non-topic issues. *puts on selling voice* You can find out more about the list by going to http://www.ling.udel.edu/hyde/pers/misty/newbiefest.html This message has been brought to you by Companions United. Haven't heard of us? Don't fret, we'll make a Herald out of you and yours soon enough. Brght thy day, Wintershard Councilor of Mist ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 20:28:04 -0400 From: Stasia To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Stupid question time Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980918202804.019928ac-+AT+-mail.gte.net> Yes, I AM among the land of the living! At 12:53 AM 9/19/98 +0100, you wrote: >> >> The only ObMisty I can think of..... > >What the flarks does ObMisty mean? Ah, a question I can actually ANSWER! ObMisty means "Obligatory Misty". Since the list doesn't frown on fluff altogether, and this *is* the Misty list, its an easy way to make sure that we keep on topic. Is that enough ObMisty from me, oh great councillors???? Amber, who often goes as Stasia _____________________________________________________________________ "What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies." -- Aristotle ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 17:26:04 PDT From: "Darcy Backes" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Braid of stuph Message-ID: <19980919002606.24406.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com> Stef is blonde! (in my humble opinion, which I will now announce to any and all available listeners) okay, okay, more detailed views: Stefen: blond, 5'2" or around there, slender, curly hair (or am I thinking of 'Lendel) with big eyes that you fall into and a grin that makes women do whatever he wants (if you'll remember, he is a good manipulator) Vanyel: I haven't the words for gorgeous here. Karal: the kind of face that makes you think of puppies, cozy fires, and slippers. Short dark hair, ordinary kind of face, deep brown eyes. not pretty! but he doesn't need to be. Yfandes: if she were human, she would be petite, with long dark hair (or possibly pale, I suppose) and a kind of elfin face. Rolan: if he were human, he would be tall, given to helping little old ladies across the street ... no, wait, physical ... um, brown hair, possibly long, but not very, with a squareish jaw and broad shoulders. (here's an odd thought. There was a King Roald, Herald, and a Companion, Rolan. Might this be like Tran and Tantris, and Sayvil and Savil, or am I pulling things out of thin air) Anyway, Zhai-thingy (just kidding - Zhai'helleva; I think I spelled that right) Obsidian Rogue ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 18:07:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Joanna Lee To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Happy Little Bits Of Stuff. Message-ID: <19980919010723.9416.rocketmail-+AT+-send104.yahoomail.com> ::The young kitsune-spirit limps into the Halls. "Eck�I just started taking a fencing class, and it *hurts*. Plus the fact that I have to take P.E. this year, and they're making me run!" she moans. As you can probably guess, she doesn't like P.E. very much.:: Skysinger said: "If anyone's wondering, the reference is to "Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever" by Stephen R. Donaldson. I think there's six or seven books in the series now, and the first is Lord Foul's Bane." That explains it! I've been working in a used book store, and I kept seeing that book� I checked once, and I think they'd gotten the same copy back three or four different times! Lady Brynn said: "GREAT NEWS (for me)!!!!! my old science teacher, Mr. Brown, as stared a D&D RPG club at lunch!!! WOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!! i never even suspected that he RPed! and he's a way cool guy, too. YES! ok, thats out of my system." Lucky! At my school we can just *barely* do any roleplaying at all, and last year the teachers started telling us not to whenever we got to a fight scene ('cause of the Thurston thing). Silly. Despite what I say, I'm not *really* planning on chopping my friends' heads off. Skysinger said: "What the flarks does ObMisty mean?" It's short for ObligatoryMisty, I think. I might've spelled it wrong, though. Possibly a spoiler, with an old book (_Oathbreakers_), but some people might not've read it so I'll warn you anyway. I just read _Oathbreakers_ again, and near the end, Roald and Stefensan (sp?) are talking about how to get rid of Leslac. Roald, I think, suggests that they force him to marry this one lady, whose sister reportedly went mad during a storm and killed herself. Is it just me, or does that remind you of the lyrics to the song "It was a Dark and Stormy Night"? Oh, I also want to ask a fluffy sort of question. I'm planning on trying to write a story, maybe for English, even though my teacher hates fantasy, featuring various mythological creatures. Can anyone recommend a good web page with information on sidhe and pooka (Those sorts of people), and probably some Eastern myths too? Pretty please? Anyway, fare you well. Ladykitsune _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free -+AT+-yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 18:11:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Joanna Lee To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Braid of stuph Message-ID: <19980919011131.5990.rocketmail-+AT+-send101.yahoomail.com> Hi! "(here's an odd thought. There was a King Roald, Herald, and a > Companion, Rolan. Might this be like Tran and Tantris, and Sayvil and > Savil, or am I pulling things out of thin air)" I thought Grove-born Companions (Like the Queen's Own)hadn't been reincarnated. Sorry for the short post, LadyKistune, Again. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free -+AT+-yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 21:49:44 EDT From: Dainestar-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Happy Little Bits Of Stuff. Message-ID: <7b0e84b4.36030db8-+AT+-aol.com> Short message ahead with more of my trifling little nitpicks. Sorry :) << Possibly a spoiler, with an old book (_Oathbreakers_), but some people might not've read it so I'll warn you anyway. >> Yeah, ditto. In Oathbound, when Tarma and Kethry leave the Liha'irden camp, it says that Tarma is riding Hellsbane and Kethry is riding Ironheart. I assume that Tarma owns Hellsbane, etc. However, in Oathbreakers, when they are leaving the Sunhawks' camp to go find Idra, it says that Tarma is riding Ironheart and Kethry Hellsbane. Am I being too nitpicky; do the two horses just belong as a team to the two women or have I discovered a misty-ake? Ok, I'm done. Daine High Supreme Nitpicker Eater of Sushi ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1726 **********************************