[Mercedes-Lackey] The Halls have reopened ----Party!

[Tiffanie Gray]

Welcome back, Absolon!  I too remember you well.  Greetings, and of 
course you are not late!  Everyone is perfectly ontime.

On Topic:

Vetch is a coming of age character, as is his sweetie.  That was why I 
said that there were parallels to a number of Valdemar characters.  
Vanyel, Talia, Skiff, Darian, Lavan, Elspeth, Darkwind, in fact, most of 
the Valdemar stories are about someone "coming into their own". And 
while there are adult secondary characters that people have come to 
love, they are in fact mostly secondary characters.  And the ElvenBreed 
books are also coming of age books.  Interestingly, though, while each 
of these series start with a youngster, the ending books are usually 
about nations, so a revolution of the nations. What is it that draws 
people to these stories so strongly? 

In contrast, both the Diana Tregarde and the Urban Elves books tend to 
be about adults and their situations. (Okay, Eric is a coming of age 
book too). The retold fairy tales/Elemental Masters, usually have some 
element of coming into power in them as well. I haven't read the romance 
ones, so I don't know if they hold to the formula or not.

I guess the question then begs to be asked, Do you still enjoy the 
stories as much, ie do you re-read the older stories or mostly 
concentrate on the new?  Which series/book do you like the best?

By the way, the Mouth of the Gods was a character that I liked quite 
well, and his twin who died, was my favorite. I was very sad to see him 
die.  As for most favorite series, it is the Urban Elves, both the 
Bedlam Bardz and SERRAted Edge.  I really liked Sacred Ground and Di, too.

Dax the Eternal

Kristjan Wager wrote:
> Absalon arrived at the main doors to the halls - looking a little 
> confused at the dust and cobweb lying outside.
>
> "Hmmmm, we have been absent for too long. But it seems like someone 
> already took care of it. The magic carries traces of Dax the Eternal's 
> work."
>
> He steps into the halls and sees a few people he recognize.
>
> "Greetings listsibs. I appologize for being late."
>
> He looks at Dax the Eternal, bows gracefully, and says "Dax, you 
> haven't changed at all in the decade since I joined these halls - must 
> be why you are called 'the Eternal'. Thanks for reopening the place - 
> it has gone too quiet of late."
>
> On topic:
>
> I also find Ari the most interesting character in the Joust series. 
> Like Layla, it might be an age thing, but as Tristaan said, he got a 
> deeper character than Vetch.
>
> -Absalon
>

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