On Jul 17, 2013, at 10:53 PM, Allan Mills <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Spoiler Space* > *Spoiler Space* > *Spoiler Space* > *Spoiler Space* > *Spoiler Space* > *Spoiler Space* > *Spoiler Space* > *Spoiler Space* > *Spoiler Space* > *Spoiler Space* > *Spoiler Space* > *Spoiler Space* > *Spoiler Space* > > I really enjoyed Magician's End, was a bit sad to think it might be the last > Midkemia story for a while though. There was one bit that didn't quite seem > right to me though, page 376: > > "He had used his Tsurani orb to get to Rillanon and found that Oliver's fleet > has departed. After leaving his grandfather, Jim had availed himself of a > talented young magician named Donato to transport himself back to Rillanon" > > Is there a mistake in there somewhere? If the orb can take him to Rillanon, > why would he need a magician to get there? Damn, I thought we caught all of that. There was a different order of events in a different cut,l but it should have read "to Roldem, then had availed himself . . . etc." We cut the Roldem bit out. Oh, well. > > On another note, is there any explanation about the Taredhel and their rate > of births? I recall in an earlier book it said that their birth rate was a > lot higher than the other elven races but I don't recall any explanation as > to why. > That's because I didn't explain it. Explain why? You want the sociological pressure model? Seriously, it was a large population originally who jumped out ahead of their kin, and while the other elves on Midkemia were killing off each other for a long time, the star elves were just getting drunk and having parties. Best, R.E.F.
