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Post by Sarra on May 19, 2004 20:44:41 GMT
Where could I find a complete list of Lone Wolf's age and the year in which each book took place? If anyone could help me with this I would greatly appretiate it. Thanks.
Ronan
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Post by outspaced on May 19, 2004 21:00:31 GMT
Amusingly enough, there's one in Newsletter 7 that Thomas linked to regarding Tanith and the Shadakine: www.projectaon.org/en/pdf/lwcn/Newsletter_07.pdfIt only goes up to Lone Wolf book 8, though, which takes place in MS5060. It's the next two-and-a-half years I find difficult to account for, since I always assumed that books 9-12 take place concurrently with no time in between; but that would take the Darklords' destruction to MS5067--MS5068 at the outside since Lone Wolf spends 'over seven years' in the Daziarn. But apparently, LW12 takes place in MS5070. *shrug*
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Post by The Wytch-King on May 19, 2004 21:05:49 GMT
Hm, I have pondered about that for a while myself. My attempts at making a timeline for the books didn't quite work out (taken mainly from the The Story so far chapters), but revently I found this little bit in one of the Lone Wolf Club Newsletters - #6 or #7, I believe. Not complete, but at least a start: Book ..........Date .........Lone Wolf's Age ...1 .........MS 5050 .................15 ...2 .........MS 5050 .................15 ...3 .........MS 5051 .................16 ...4 .........MS 5054 .................19 ...5 .........MS 5055 .................20 ...6 .........MS 5058 .................23 ...7 .........MS 5059 .................24 ...8 .........MS 5060 .................25 Not really a pretty table (don't highlight it ), but it should suffice ... The Wytch-King edit: Confound it! Here I sit and work my fingers off to make that table work, and in the meantime some lazy-boned gremlin sneaks in and posts a simple link! I'm getting too old for that sh**!
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Post by outspaced on May 20, 2004 5:47:35 GMT
Confound it! Here I sit and work my fingers off to make that table work, and in the meantime some lazy-boned gremlin sneaks in and posts a simple link!
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Post by Wild Horse on May 20, 2004 12:12:36 GMT
I am sure I read somewhere in either Julian Egelstaff's website The Kai Monastery or one other site about Lone Wolf's real age.
If I recall correctly he should be about 28-29 at end of Book 20.
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Post by Thomas Wolmer on May 20, 2004 15:55:31 GMT
A close look at the books reveals some additional information.
In Book 9, we are told that the attack on Kai Monastery occurred eleven years ago, that it was six years since you last met Banedon, and that you last saw Sommerlund three years ago. So obviously we are now in MS 5061.
In Book 10, we are a bit surprisingly told that the attack on Kai Monastery occurred twelve years ago, and that you leave Tahou on midsummer's day. This means that Lone Wolf spent more than half a year in Tahou after killing Kimah! Quite likely almost one year, since it is hardly winter when he travels to Tahou, even though Anari is likely quite warm all year around. Anyway, we are now apparently in MS 5062.
The events in Book 10 take a month or a little more, so when Lone Wolf enters the Daziarn it's still the summer of MS 5062.
And Book 12 actually says that Lone Wolf spent more than eight years in the Daziarn, so this places us in the autumn of MS 5070 (apparently not winter, since the sea is still free from ice).
So I'd continue the table like this (will this work...?):
...9.........MS 5061.................26 ..10.........MS 5062.................27 ..11.........MS 5062.................27 ..12.........MS 5070.................27
And remember, after this Lone Wolf starts aging much slower.
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Post by Sarra on May 20, 2004 16:16:59 GMT
Thank you muchly.
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Post by Relenoir on May 20, 2004 17:46:47 GMT
@ Thomas Wow, very good research and deductions! Very impressive indeed.
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Post by Wild Horse on May 20, 2004 23:58:12 GMT
A close look at the books reveals some additional information. In Book 9, we are told that the attack on Kai Monastery occurred eleven years ago, that it was six years since you last met Banedon, and that you last saw Sommerlund three years ago. So obviously we are now in MS 5061. In Book 10, we are a bit surprisingly told that the attack on Kai Monastery occurred twelve years ago, and that you leave Tahou on midsummer's day. This means that Lone Wolf spent more than half a year in Tahou after killing Kimah! Quite likely almost one year, since it is hardly winter when he travels to Tahou, even though Anari is likely quite warm all year around. Anyway, we are now apparently in MS 5062. The events in Book 10 take a month or a little more, so when Lone Wolf enters the Daziarn it's still the summer of MS 5062. And Book 12 actually says that Lone Wolf spent more than eight years in the Daziarn, so this places us in the autumn of MS 5070 (apparently not winter, since the sea is still free from ice). So I'd continue the table like this (will this work...?): ...9.........MS 5061.................26 ..10.........MS 5062.................27 ..11.........MS 5062.................27 ..12.........MS 5070.................27 And remember, after this Lone Wolf starts aging much slower. Yes, that was very detailed... to add to that...since he starts aging 1 year for every 5 years that pass. That means Lone Wolf's age will be as follows: MS 5075 --> 28 (his age during Plague Lord of Ruel) MS 5080 --> 29 (his age during Curse of Naar) MS 5083 --> going to be the big 30...Kai Lords, let's have a big birthday party! However, I found something worth considering, Legends 1 states implicitly that Lone Wolf was born in the year MS 5036, that's about 14 years before the massacre of the Kai. So don't you think we should reduce all our figures by one year? That would mean Lone Wolf could well be only 28 years in MS 5083... just my thoughts
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Post by The Wytch-King on May 21, 2004 9:00:15 GMT
So don't you think we should reduce all our figures by one year? Well, depends on how much you trust the Legends for details on Magnamund ... Myself, I happily throw them to the wind when they contradict things said in the game books or, say, the newsletters (i.e., things said by Joe Dever). ;D The Wytch-King
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Post by outspaced on May 21, 2004 15:59:51 GMT
Myself, I happily throw them to the wind when they contradict things said in the game books or, say, the newsletters (i.e., things said by Joe Dever). Dever himself has said that where apparent discrepancies between the novels and the gamebooks occur, the gamebooks are correct since they predate the novels (and also, of course, because they were written by Joe, one would surmise! ).
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Post by Sarra on May 21, 2004 16:20:31 GMT
Exactly. Whenever there have been conflictions between Lone Wolf and Legends I always took Lone Wolf to be the correct of the two.
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Post by Relenoir on May 22, 2004 0:05:23 GMT
On a related note, this is similar to George Lucas's ruling on the Star Wars universe. The only true canon sources are considered to be 1) The movies 2) The books of the movies 3) The radio dramas of the movies (which I am fortunate enough to have all 3 from the original trilogy. ) When there are discrepancies between them, the movies take first priority, followed by the books (only one of which George himself has written) and finally the radio dramas. No other events are considered canon in the SW universe outside of these, even the marvelous writings of Timothy Zahn.
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Post by Martinus on May 22, 2004 11:18:05 GMT
On a related note, this is similar to George Lucas's ruling on the Star Wars universe. The only true canon sources are considered to be 1) The movies 2) The books of the movies 3) The radio dramas of the movies (which I am fortunate enough to have all 3 from the original trilogy. ) When there are discrepancies between them, the movies take first priority, followed by the books (only one of which George himself has written) and finally the radio dramas. No other events are considered canon in the SW universe outside of these, even the marvelous writings of Timothy Zahn. Just to point out: George Lucas did not write any of the novelisations. The first one was written by Alan Dean Foster using George Lucas's name.
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Post by Relenoir on May 22, 2004 16:48:15 GMT
No kidding! I never knew that. Thanks for the new info. Too bad "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" didn't come out as good as "A New Hope" did.
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