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<blockquote data-quote="Joshua Randall" data-source="post: 9579108" data-attributes="member: 7737">46The torches are lit in Wealwood by the time we arrive at the sacred grove. Most of the permanent residents are &quot;ill and kinless Kandians&quot; who are recuperating here until they are healed or settled. It is in this &quot;beautiful&quot; refugee camp [oxymoron alert] that our father Landor lived and worked for &quot;so many years.&quot;The archdruid Perth’s &quot;manservant&quot; [exact word in the book!] addresses us as &quot;Magus Delling&quot; and informs us that Perth and a visitor await us.We enter the priest’s &quot;domed lodge of earth and logs&quot; which is shaped like a beehive. Inside, to one side, we see Perth’s quarters which are &quot;guarded with enchanted ivy and sacred mistletoe&quot; (cool!) while to the other side we see a large area with a big banquet table.Perth calls us his &quot;tribal mage&quot; and invites us to see who’s here. We recognize the visitor immediately. &quot;His curly auburn hair and scraggly beard, bequests of some remote human ancestor, still seem almost comical against the smooth elven skin of his mother’s race.&quot;This is Thayne, who was half-elven in book 1, but is referred to as elven in book 2. (Weird.)We jokingly tell Thayne he’s &quot;still uglier than any elf ought to be&quot; before we embrace him. Thayne wears &quot;supple russet doeskin&quot; and has the &quot;sinewy and hard&quot; arms of &quot;a fighter as well as a woodland sorcerer.&quot;Thayne studies us and states that &quot;half a decade has made you a man… but a pale one.&quot; He notes that magic has taken its toll on us, as it did with our father, and wonders what happened to “the mountain boy” he knew on Seagate.[For clarity: we are in the Wealwood (druid grove) on the mainland of Tikandia. As opposed to on Seagate Island where book 1 took place.]&quot;He hasn’t learned to balance knowledge with wisdom.&quot; This from Dalris, whose entrance we didn’t notice. She has calmed down since we last saw her. Dalris greets Thayne warmly, but before this touching reunion can continue, Perth interrupts and asks Thayne to tell us of &quot;the evils that now infest [our] father’s academy.&quot;Thayne &quot;quaffs a long draught of black Kandian mead from his earthenware mug&quot; before he begins at (68).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Joshua Randall, post: 9579108, member: 7737"] [B]46[/B] The torches are lit in Wealwood by the time we arrive at the sacred grove. Most of the permanent residents are "ill and kinless Kandians" who are recuperating here until they are healed or settled. It is in this "beautiful" refugee camp [[I]oxymoron alert[/I]] that our father Landor lived and worked for "so many years." The archdruid Perth’s "manservant" [[I]exact word in the book![/I]] addresses us as "Magus Delling" and informs us that Perth and a visitor await us. We enter the priest’s "domed lodge of earth and logs" which is shaped like a beehive. Inside, to one side, we see Perth’s quarters which are "guarded with enchanted ivy and sacred mistletoe" (cool!) while to the other side we see a large area with a big banquet table. Perth calls us his "tribal mage" and invites us to see who’s here. We recognize the visitor immediately. "His curly auburn hair and scraggly beard, bequests of some remote human ancestor, still seem almost comical against the smooth elven skin of his mother’s race." This is Thayne, who was half-elven in book 1, but is referred to as elven in book 2. (Weird.) We jokingly tell Thayne he’s "still uglier than any elf ought to be" before we embrace him. Thayne wears "supple russet doeskin" and has the "sinewy and hard" arms of "a fighter as well as a woodland sorcerer." Thayne studies us and states that "half a decade has made you a man… but a pale one." He notes that magic has taken its toll on us, as it did with our father, and wonders what happened to “the mountain boy” he knew on Seagate. [[I]For clarity: we are in the Wealwood (druid grove) on the mainland of Tikandia. As opposed to on Seagate Island where book 1 took place.[/I]] "He hasn’t learned to balance knowledge with wisdom." This from Dalris, whose entrance we didn’t notice. She has calmed down since we last saw her. Dalris greets Thayne warmly, but before this touching reunion can continue, Perth interrupts and asks Thayne to tell us of "the evils that now infest [our] father’s academy." Thayne "quaffs a long draught of black Kandian mead from his earthenware mug" before he begins at (68). [/QUOTE]

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