Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27460754-20160402002043/@comment-25941257-20160403104345

Argenten wrote: Fluid-decanter wrote: Oh, I have a speculation I haven't posted. You know the old ribbon Simon starts with, which only he can equip?

The portrait of Wendis in Simon's house shows her wearing a ribbon in her hair.

It's the same one. :( Good eye, I had to go back and look but yup. I can easily see Simon keeping a keepsake of Wendis with him and it giving him 'luck' after all this time. Really glad I never sold it myself.

Also, I have a wild idea that I think will either be awesomely right or hilariously wrong: Ok, if we go to the empty lot and go to the right, we see the typical Chosen slain going after something he wasn't strong enough to pull off fighting...and by his side was the one who had his doubts. Those doubts are further compounded into an outright crisis of faith that Simon capitalizes on to nudge 'potentially not asshole Scott' into finding his own path.

So, stage is set...what if that same Chosen ends up being one of several that Simon manages to entice to his side...which he arms with his altered Shining swords. The more swords, the more of an honor guard or strike squad he can have.

About the renegade Chosen: why they need Shining Swords? If they take a leave of absence or desert, it's evident that the Church have more than enough SS to supply as many Chosen as needed. We have no evidence that non-Chosen can wield that weapons and the Church doesn't seem to care that much about leaving them around.

Argenten wrote: Wait, Dari has Chinse style clothes and Erosia is almost textbook Asian influenced...she would make the perfect assassin for Estavan. With the spells being talked about to make her look more human, I can easily see a careless Estevan 'claiming her' since 'all women belong to him' and once he has her alone...she is an Unwoman, however unwilling. and they were created to defeat IK. The spells would have to be strong and detailed enough to fool Estevan long enough for her to strike but considering how much raw power the guy is supposed to have, a subtle blade might be more effective.

That would work, but I'm worried about Dari's difficulties with the expression of her feelings. One slip at the wrong time and... On the other hand, I think that the Unpeople will be pretty much unknown outside of Arclent, so that fact should help her. I'm also not totally sure that doing that kind of thing will help with Dari's healing. I think that she is looking far more that just a better cosmetic spell. IMHO, she wants to be a woman: the woman that she never was. Argenten wrote: Also, I'm really curious about the infighting between the two Elven kingdoms. I'm thinking the elves Simon runs into while pursuing Varia are Gheldaron elves and the Darghelon delegate seemed very determined to 'punish them' as Megail puts it. I say the scouts are from Gheldaron as they have more common features with the embassy than the Darghelon, as well as being a lot more hostile towards humans.

As Simon does, I'm more concerned about more pressing matters (-) ). The infight between elves reminds me a little of Silvanesti vs. Qualinesti and that was a part of the Dragonlance story that never had much attraction to me.