MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 2166

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Re: tervardi
	by Sharry Adams <sharry_lynn-+AT+-hotmail.com>
  2) winter celebrations of Velgarth
	by "Brynn/Jennifer Ireland" <jenniferireland-+AT+-hotmail.com>
  3) Re: Tervardi
	by Miranda Warren <mrainsong-+AT+-yahoo.com>

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Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 09:34:57 PST
From: Sharry Adams <sharry_lynn-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: tervardi
Message-ID: <19991218173457.38520.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

Finduilas wrote:

>I was rereading SG and noticed that in there the Tervardi seem clearly to 
>be
>able to fly, and in either Winds of Change or Winds of Fury that it says
>that they are flightless. Ideas? (I could be looking at the wrong books for
>the information and do not have them with me at this time)
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I don't have my books with me now, so I can't check for references, but I 
just read the Storms recently, and they definately said that the Tervardi 
are flightless.  I don't remember what it said about them in Silver Gryphon, 
but if they were able to fly back then, it's possible that they evolved into 
flightless creatures.  It was a time span of a millinium or two between 
those books, so you never know.  You know, now that I think about it, I'd 
like to see more about the "other" intellegent races of Velgarth.  Perhaps 
not as a main character, but as an important supporting character?  All you 
ever see of the hertasi is as "servants" to the Hawkbrothers.  There was 
that one (I forget his name) in the Mage Wars books that they taked about a 
lot...you got to see the story from his perspective a little, and then the 2 
kyrees- Warrl (in the Oath books) and Rris (in Winds & Storms).  And that 
Kyree clan that saved Vanyel.  But you never see much about tervardi or 
dyheli or others (I'm sure I'm forgetting some.)  Anyways, that's my 2 cents 
for the day!
--Lovesinger
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Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 17:39:28 PST
From: "Brynn/Jennifer Ireland" <jenniferireland-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: winter celebrations of Velgarth
Message-ID: <19991219013928.82880.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

heyla, listsibs! i've been away (bogged down in RL) for ages, but now here i 
am again, and with a question no less!

<ahem> okay, so in the spirit of winter holidays, i was thinking about 
valdemar's midwinter celebrations, and i was wondering, what exactly are 
they celebrating? i mean, is it religious in any way, or a celebration of, 
for example, i don't know, snow or health or the moon or love or something 
(<= those are *not* guesses or suggestions, BTW!)? After my ponderings on 
this subject, i mentally wandered into the winter traditions of other 
countries/peoples of velgarth. do the shin'a'in, tayledras, rethwellans, 
hardornians, or the people of the empire do anything? i would check in the 
books for text-evd myself except a) most of my books are lent out; b) i 
would probably be too lazy anyways; and c) the list is slow, so why not ask? 
any thoughts?

peppermint cocoa in friendly sheep-shaped mugs for all,

~Lady Brynn (minus most of her sig.)
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Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 22:19:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Miranda Warren <mrainsong-+AT+-yahoo.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Tervardi
Message-ID: <19991219061943.2004.qmail-+AT+-web219.mail.yahoo.com>

Hm... there went my lurker status... ah well! 
Christmas sugar cookie sheep for everyone in
celebration!

> I was rereading SG and noticed that in there the
> Tervardi seem clearly to be 
> able to fly, and in either Winds of Change or Winds
> of Fury that it says 
> that they are flightless. Ideas? (I could be looking
> at the wrong books for 
> the information and do not have them with me at this
> time)

 
Well... it does say in those that they can't fly...
kind of like ostriches (sp?).  They couldn't fly above
that little cloud that Falconsbane sent to kill them
in his wild Nyara plot.  If they had been able to fly
then she wouldn't have been able to use her happy
little powers.  (can we all tell I need to go to bed? 
I sure can!)  

Oh!  I just got about halfway through Oathblood and I
have decided to become a defender of Leslac!  Yes,
before I get flamed, I have a reason!!  He is truly
annoying, but dangnabbit he amuses me!  Anyone who can
make me laugh like that needs a defender. 
::brandishes her leslac sheild:: He got under Tarma's
skin, so he was good for something.  Don't get me
wrong, I love Tarma, but she was always so collected. 
He always destroyed that.  He diserved his fate and
doesn't deserve saving from the personal hell he
himself created, but I will defend him for his
amusement factor alone.  Alrighty... I'm babbling.. so
Aryenne is going to bed before she get attacked.

Third-person talking sheep for everyone!



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Member of the CfWD, Albertan Division
Loyal Member of the Great Spork Empire!
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