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Alaundo
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 12 Jan 2008 : 00:26:11
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Now this was a quirky story, and its one of those strange coincidences that happens that I've just looked up a bit about the hin Ghostwars, and here I open up Realms of War and the same timeframe is referenced.
Just to get this out of my system quickly . . . this does take place before there should be a Tymora. Given that its a flashback story told by a character in the present day, its easily seen as something that the modern storyteller probably told from his perspective, but I figured someone might bring it up, so that was my take.
I have to say that hearing the story of a spriggan was interesting, and not something I was expecting. I liked the details of life in Luiren, and I like that the Ghostwars get a bit more "coverage" in Realms fiction.
Some of the "modernisms" did strike me as odd, especially since Lisa usually isn't an author prone to that sort of thing. "This hin's army" for some reason kept bothering me and bringing me out of the story, but only a little.
Its is kind of funny that this story, which is kind of fun and whimsical, actually was kind of, well, gory. I laughed out loud at the Beast blowing up due to the eaten magic item, even though it occurred to me that it would have been a rather . . . messy . . . scene.
The voice of the dryad at the end was a little disjointed from my point of view.
It was a fun story, and one of the things I like about this is that it kind of introduced the idea that the hin in Luiren have "Kaldair stories," to explain various fantastic events in history. |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 16 Jan 2008 : 02:00:53
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As a sufferer of intense allergies when I am unable to quaff my "healing potions". The inclusion of Weasels allergies was brilliant. While an errant sneeze has never revealed me to a pack of Malar worshipers on the hunt, they are damn irritating and it really grounded his character in(excuse this word it is the only one that quite fits ) reality!
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A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 16 Jan 2008 : 03:12:22
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| Yeah, I could relate to the allergies as well. I had to get allergy shots all the way through high school, and still have sinus issues from time to time. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 29 Jan 2008 : 18:36:14
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Originally posted by KnightErrantJR
Just to get this out of my system quickly . . . this does take place before there should be a Tymora.
Heh, I didn't even notice that.
I very much enjoyed this story, and I like the bits with the dryad, even though I agree that the part near the end was rather disjointed. What I especially liked is that the dryad in this story kind of disproved the current, 4E notion that pre-4E dryads were "too harmless", or "not fey enough" or "just women in the forest with skimpy clothes on" (as one writer put it in W&M, I think). Uh, no, if you tick a dryad off, they'll make you pay for it. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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RodOdom
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USA
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Posted - 01 Feb 2008 : 23:07:31
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RodOdom
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 01 Feb 2008 : 23:10:43
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The voice of the dryad at the end was a little disjointed from my point of view.
I enjoyed this bit. To me it added to the many layers Smedman weaved into this short story. |
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Kyrene
Senior Scribe
South Africa
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Posted - 24 Jul 2008 : 06:41:51
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Originally posted by KnightErrantJR
The voice of the dryad at the end was a little disjointed from my point of view.
I got the distinct impression that Weasel was indeed the modernday storyteller. How old do spriggans get anyway?
However that may be, it was a lovely little tale, packed with realmslore, ecology, customs and more. And a main protagonist with hayfever was a stroke of genius. |
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