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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 7928807" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>It's entirely possible that I'm overemphasizing this, but every depiction of Szass Tam I read seems to be different from the others. It's like none of the authors can quite agree on his character, and while the various appearances he makes aren't wildly different, the takes on him are all subtly dissimilar.</p><p></p><p>In this story (<em>Red Magic</em>), he comes across as your stereotypical lich necromancer, going on about how "death is my domain" and comes across as treating everyone with an austere sort of cruelty, a sort of "you'll do what I order you to, or you'll die in agony and then serve me for eternity" take to dealing with things.</p><p></p><p>In <em>The Crimson Gold</em>, he seems much more (for lack of a better term) affable. He tries to kill Tazi (the heroine of the novel) with kindness, presenting himself as being an almost-benevolent figure. More than that, he seems almost like a jaded romantic, appreciating her presence to a degree that even he finds surprising. (As always, this is what I remember years after reading the book, so take this with a grain of salt.)</p><p></p><p>In the Haunted Lands trilogy, Tam comes across as pragmatic without being unemotional. He's laser-focused on his goals and treats his underlings with respect even as he's killing them. He doesn't engage in wanton cruelty, but doesn't hesitate to do whatever he has to in order to win, using raw power and honest conversation in accordance with whichever he thinks will serve him best.</p><p></p><p>All three are interesting characters, but they don't feel like the <em>same</em> character.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 7928807, member: 8461"] It's entirely possible that I'm overemphasizing this, but every depiction of Szass Tam I read seems to be different from the others. It's like none of the authors can quite agree on his character, and while the various appearances he makes aren't wildly different, the takes on him are all subtly dissimilar. In this story ([I]Red Magic[/I]), he comes across as your stereotypical lich necromancer, going on about how "death is my domain" and comes across as treating everyone with an austere sort of cruelty, a sort of "you'll do what I order you to, or you'll die in agony and then serve me for eternity" take to dealing with things. In [I]The Crimson Gold[/I], he seems much more (for lack of a better term) affable. He tries to kill Tazi (the heroine of the novel) with kindness, presenting himself as being an almost-benevolent figure. More than that, he seems almost like a jaded romantic, appreciating her presence to a degree that even he finds surprising. (As always, this is what I remember years after reading the book, so take this with a grain of salt.) In the Haunted Lands trilogy, Tam comes across as pragmatic without being unemotional. He's laser-focused on his goals and treats his underlings with respect even as he's killing them. He doesn't engage in wanton cruelty, but doesn't hesitate to do whatever he has to in order to win, using raw power and honest conversation in accordance with whichever he thinks will serve him best. All three are interesting characters, but they don't feel like the [I]same[/I] character. [/QUOTE]
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