Jordan Answers Part 2 (atlanta signings)
Erica Sadun
Oxford's setup did not encourage hanging around to listen to answers so
we more or less hustled out of there and went to a bar for the social
afterwards. No one drank $37 worth of beer. -- Erica
*Tam's Sword: Given to him by the King of Illyan. Please ask for more
details about this.
*Did Bela kill Asmodean: <Read the book, chuckle chuckle>
*Mat will lose his eye and Rand a hand: yes. (Did not ask right out.
Instead, "Did you deliberately make Rand like Tew/Chew, the god
of war who loses his hand?" <yes> "And Mat is like Odin who loses
his eye..." <yup...but the arthur parallels are spread around many characters.
Merlin is Thom Merrilin, The Amyrlin Seat, Lan, etc...>
*When Morgase thought "two beautiful children", was
she thinking of Gawyn and Elayne or Gawyn and Galad? <read the book>
*Was the Verin "Moiraine sent me"/"I did not send her" incident a mistake
or plot device? <read the book> "Oh. A plot device..." <you guys think
you know everything, don'tcha?>
*Is there organized religion in Randland? <equivocating yes and no>
Did not get a chance to ask:
1. Why did Ishmael split in two at the end of TDR?
2. Who was Kari Al'thor? And what did it mean to be second captain in Illian?
3. Is Egwene the reincarnation of Eldrene of Manatherin? And is Eldrene's veil
significant? Will you explore Egwene's understanding of the old tongue at all?
4. Was Lews Therin Beidomon?
5. What did your readers guess that you thought they'd never
pick up on because you thought it was too subtle?
6. Why do some characters go in and out of the woodword? Like Rand in TDR...
7. What made you choose to have a protagonist who will be going mad?
Please *do* identify yourself as a 'net Darkfriend. He seems to like us,
be aware of us, etc. And Judy: "All is forgiven".
-- Erica
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Grep foo whilst ye may, oh daemons of the Spring...
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Daniel Rouk
Robert jordan wears a hat that looks remarkably like the one Mat does.
He said its not Mat's hat though, simply one he likes. Mat's hat comes
out of legend. [What legends have hats?]
Also the Atlanta Darkfriends got a group picture with Robert Jordan!
Included were the Creator, me (Danny Rouk), Viren, Erica, John Adcox
and several lurkers... (sorry, forget your names!)
Danny Rouk
d...@uncecs.edu