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<blockquote data-quote="Hellcow" data-source="post: 3186403" data-attributes="member: 15800"><p>Hmm. <em>What</em> is what caused it?</p><p></p><p>[sblock]Lei's father does indeed imply that he knows what might have caused the Mourning... and that it might be tied to his patron. But can you tell me who that patron is? All I'll say is that the answer to that question will shed light on how the Mourning came to pass, but not necessarily lock DMs into a single path. And I do mean that as a serious question: can you tell me who the mysterious patron is? Any ideas? I've certainly tried to put clues throughout the series, and it's a question that ties into many aspects of the plot and what is to come. </p><p></p><p>With that said, you are correct: I do feel that DMs should feel free to ignore the novels. However, in this particular example, I don't think the answer I'm building towards is as exclusive of other ideas as you might think.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>As for the warforged:</p><p>[sblock]This is also touched on in <em>Secrets of Xen'drik</em>. What you've suggested is, potentially, the origin of the FIRST warforged and docents. However, it's highly likely that having dealt with warforged in this conflict, one or more of the giant nations developed their own warforged and docents in the thousand years following. The typical docent DOESN'T have an ancient quori spirit in it... though if you want to see my stats for one that does - Shira, in fact - you can find them in <em>SoX</em>.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p></p><p>A valid complaint, and one I've heard a lot. I'll bear that in mind for the future. What I will say is that I approached this much as a season of a TV show; say, <em>24</em>. My intention was to complete the story arc of the "season" - the speciifc conflict with the Dreaming Dark. There are still mysteries tied to the characters, and this is what will be explored in the future. But what happens next <em>won't</em> be directly tied to the Dreaming Dark; that particular story arc has concluded. Essentailly, for me, the season ends with Chapter 34; the epilogue is the teaser for the next season. </p><p></p><p>With that said, enough people have complained about it that I can clearly see that it was a mistake. All I can say is that I've still got lessons to learn as an author, and this is clearly one of them. <em>I</em> like mysteries, and so I left a fair amount of mystery in the story - but I recognize that I may have gone too far. </p><p></p><p>Of course, I am curious if anyone thinks they know what's happened in the epilogue. My intention was that you <em>could</em> figure out what's happened, if you pay close enough attention to events throughout the series. However, I'm the author, so obviously *I* know the answer - and I may have made the tools too subtle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hellcow, post: 3186403, member: 15800"] Hmm. [i]What[/i] is what caused it? [sblock]Lei's father does indeed imply that he knows what might have caused the Mourning... and that it might be tied to his patron. But can you tell me who that patron is? All I'll say is that the answer to that question will shed light on how the Mourning came to pass, but not necessarily lock DMs into a single path. And I do mean that as a serious question: can you tell me who the mysterious patron is? Any ideas? I've certainly tried to put clues throughout the series, and it's a question that ties into many aspects of the plot and what is to come. With that said, you are correct: I do feel that DMs should feel free to ignore the novels. However, in this particular example, I don't think the answer I'm building towards is as exclusive of other ideas as you might think.[/sblock] As for the warforged: [sblock]This is also touched on in [i]Secrets of Xen'drik[/i]. What you've suggested is, potentially, the origin of the FIRST warforged and docents. However, it's highly likely that having dealt with warforged in this conflict, one or more of the giant nations developed their own warforged and docents in the thousand years following. The typical docent DOESN'T have an ancient quori spirit in it... though if you want to see my stats for one that does - Shira, in fact - you can find them in [i]SoX[/i].[/sblock] A valid complaint, and one I've heard a lot. I'll bear that in mind for the future. What I will say is that I approached this much as a season of a TV show; say, [i]24[/i]. My intention was to complete the story arc of the "season" - the speciifc conflict with the Dreaming Dark. There are still mysteries tied to the characters, and this is what will be explored in the future. But what happens next [i]won't[/i] be directly tied to the Dreaming Dark; that particular story arc has concluded. Essentailly, for me, the season ends with Chapter 34; the epilogue is the teaser for the next season. With that said, enough people have complained about it that I can clearly see that it was a mistake. All I can say is that I've still got lessons to learn as an author, and this is clearly one of them. [i]I[/i] like mysteries, and so I left a fair amount of mystery in the story - but I recognize that I may have gone too far. Of course, I am curious if anyone thinks they know what's happened in the epilogue. My intention was that you [i]could[/i] figure out what's happened, if you pay close enough attention to events throughout the series. However, I'm the author, so obviously *I* know the answer - and I may have made the tools too subtle. [/QUOTE]
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