From: K. Paul McDonald (kpaul@unity.ncsu.edu)
Date: Fri 03 Apr 1998 - 21:43:15 EEST
Part II of Schrodenger's Orlanthi...
In Lords of Terror, page 11...
Future History: last paragraph
"The results of the assault on the Lunar Empire are not known, for there
is no record in the Lunar annals of any such invasion. All that is
known is that Oddi led his entire tribe to a tragic end. He survived,
this time without even Ketil, and returned to Bilini and Dorastor.
There he proved his heroic worth by meting out the Final Death to
Ralzakark with Ironbreaker, though it cost Oddi his life and the
sword."
IMHO, The author of this section was not Paulis Longvale. Rather it
was the editor who presented the work bound into Lords of Terror -
some future Gloranthan historian. It is the same voice that wrote the
introduction to Longvale's tale.
Naturally, this proves nothing. The entire story could be hogwash
This raises another question in my mind, though. What was the fate of
from start to finish. Still, my point is that there is a source that
says Oddi returned to Dorastor after the end of Bilini Saga and killed
someone that the future historian believed to be Ralzakark and died in
the process. I refer to this death as being the Wyrd of the sword
because this is exactly what the sword's wyrd is for - To kill the
unkillable foe through the sacrifice of the wielder.
the Bilini army, such that no record of its defeat exists? That it
was betrayed seems obvious, but where and how?
Thanks for everyone's time...
Control spell?! What control spell!
K.Paul McDonald
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