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Post by The Tagazin Poodle on May 21, 2004 14:40:51 GMT
All right kids, calm down, and have some dip.
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Post by outspaced on May 21, 2004 16:41:31 GMT
OK, I'm doubly confused now, to get back on topic. Strated reading The Secret of Kazan-Oud today, and right near the beginning there's a brief description of Nyxator . . . and his SEVEN[/b] Lorestones. ARGH!! Double-checked, and it definitely says on page 306 of The Rotting Land (Rimoah speaking): All I can think of was that the author was preparing for some kind of pay-off in a couple of books' time, but I can't see what.
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Post by Sarra on May 21, 2004 18:08:27 GMT
And we prolly never will....
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Post by RebelScum on May 22, 2004 3:39:11 GMT
So what were the names of the seven lorestones? 1. Varetta 2. Herdos 3. Ohrido 4. Tahou 5. Luomi 6. ? 7. ? And since Gnaag stole the last three lorestones as revealed at the conclusion of The Cauldron of Fear, what were the original locations of the last two lorestones?
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Post by Drear on May 22, 2004 7:31:36 GMT
I've checked the gamebooks, and it's never stated where the two last ones came from. However, I don't have the legends books, so the answer could be there.
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Post by outspaced on May 22, 2004 8:41:27 GMT
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Post by Relenoir on May 22, 2004 14:51:43 GMT
I would guess it was supposed to be some sort of "big surprise" later when Lone Wolf found out there was a seventh Lorestone. The only thing is, this ironic twist/epiphany would really only be a surprise to the characters in the book, or anyone who only read the Legends series without having read the gamebooks! Kind of silly. . . aren't these usually supposed to surprise the reader? P.S. Outspaced, thanks for clearing up the last two Lorestones!
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Post by RebelScum on May 22, 2004 18:28:59 GMT
Would it be presumptuous of me to assume that Gamir and Vinaldo would be the names of places as well since all the other lorestones are place names as well. I think I'll go check through all my maps of Magnamund... ;D
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Post by outspaced on May 22, 2004 20:39:10 GMT
Would it be presumptuous of me to assume that Gamir and Vinaldo would be the names of places as well since all the other lorestones are place names as well. Oh, you're more than likely right. I can't recall off-hand seeing either of those two places on any Magnamund map, though, so I couldn't tell you where Gamir or Vinaldo are. Closer to the Darklands than the Stornlands or Dessi, I would imagine. Luomi is in Eru, so maybe Gamir and Vinaldo were in Lencia and . . . erm . . . scrabbling for ideas here . . . any takers?
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Post by The Wytch-King on May 22, 2004 21:26:34 GMT
[...] maybe Gamir and Vinaldo were in Lencia and . . . erm . . . scrabbling for ideas here . . . any takers? Maybe you're closer than you think ... I checked a few maps of areas around the Darklands and found nothing (though I have to admit I wasn't using Huntsmastery), but then stumbled over a little line of text in The Darke Crusade: "[T]he rest of the town [Shugkona] bears little resemblance to, or trace of, its Lencian origins. When the Drakkarim first captured Ferndour, as it was then called [...]" --The Darke Crusade, paragraph 178Do I have to elaborate? The Wytch-King
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Post by The Wytch-King on May 22, 2004 22:12:53 GMT
Hey, found Gamir!And I seem to have been on the right track, at least in this case: "You learn that the whole of Nyras was once known as Northern Lencia until it was lost to the invading Drakkarim during the Darkdawn War. [...] The Drakkarim built a fortress on the ruins of the Lencian capital, which was called Gamir, which they renamed Nagamir after their victory. But later, when the Drakkarim allied themselves to the Darklords of Helgedad, the capital was renamed Darke in their honour." --The Darke Crusade, paragraph 14Who would have thought that one and the same city had a Lorestone and a Doomstone named after herself? Curiouser and curiouser ... The Wytch-King
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Post by outspaced on May 22, 2004 22:21:27 GMT
Hey, found Gamir!Who would have thought that one and the same city had a Lorestone and a Doomstone named after herself? Curiouser and curiouser ... Excellent detective work! I thought the name Gamir was ever-so-slightly-just-maybe-possibly familiar, but I had no idea whatsoever where to look for it. That's one mystery solved at least!
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Post by RebelScum on May 23, 2004 2:45:29 GMT
You guys are really quick! Now onwards to Vinaldo, wherever that may be!
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Post by Thomas Wolmer on May 23, 2004 10:18:21 GMT
Unlike Gamir, the name Vinaldo does not appear in any of the books that is on Project Aon's agenda (unless we have misspelled it... a risk in particular if it'd occur in books 17 or 20 that aren't proofread yet, I have just searched the raw OCR output), so that one will not be as easy.
It may still be mentioned in the New Order books or in the Legends of course. Anyone with the Legends in PDF format...?
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Post by Nyxator on May 23, 2004 17:23:40 GMT
Hi, I've been lurking for the last few days, and I finally thought it was time to start contributing. According to Newsletter - 1987 summer special, the city of Vinaldo is "now" called Shpydar (BTW, it's spelled Shpyder in book 15, both in the map and in the text).
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