Hi everyone, My email inspired me to go back to Rage of a Demon King and give my idea further thought.
Spoilers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In Rage of a Demon King, we are told Mythar and Rathar have been deposed by the controller gods. Mythar let loose the strands of power. Rathar wasn't around to knit the strands and the new gods took advantage of the situation to seize power and establish an order. This begs the question… Why did Mythar let loose the strands of power and where did Rathar go? Might it be possible that something or someone from the void be involved and that person or thing be the cause of all the trouble plaguing the universe of Midkemia? Not Nalar who seems to come into play _after_ the new order is established but someone or something from before that point of time? Just food for thought… Robert -- "Robert's Law of Negative Accomplishment: the more nothing you try to do, the less nothing you'll get done." - Robert Meyers On Jul 11, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Raymond Feist wrote: > > On Jul 11, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Robert M wrote: > >> Spoilers >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> We've been under the impression that Nalar has been "evil" since the chaos >> wars when the new gods replaced the blind gods of the beginning. Same goes >> for Arch-Indar, the goddess of good. However, if I am understanding things >> correctly, Ishap prevented the balance between them from tipping too far one >> way or the other. As a result of the chaos wars, Ishap and Arch-Indar are >> dead (for now). So, the current gods used their power to keep Nalar in >> check. At least relatively speaking. >> >> The question that comes to mind isn't so much is "Nalar the big bad guy?" >> It's more of one that relates to the dread, the children of the void and the >> void itself. In one of the books in the Dark war, it's implied the Void >> itself has awareness. I can't remember if this is in Into a Dark Realm or >> Wrath of a Mad God. Same goes in Rage of a Demon King that it is implied >> that the universe itself has awareness on some level and that everything >> happening in it is a part of its overall education. >> >> So, I'm thinking the chaos wars and everything that's happened thus far >> isn't so much about the gods and goddesses of Midkemia and the universe of >> Midkemia but a war between the universe and the void and who allied with >> whom and the consequences. The books we've read so far have been about the >> consequences and the efforts of the gods and goddesses to restore the health >> of the universe and put the void back in its place. >> >> In my mind, the chaos wars was more than just a changing of the order of the >> universe. It was a war between good and evil on both a universal level >> (universe vs void) and the war between the gods and goddesses and the >> valheru (and their allies). Basically, there was a whole slew of stuff going >> on at once. 'course, to say it that way is an understatement but you get the >> overall idea. >> >> Robert >> > > > Interesting ideas. > > Best, R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > >
