Legend of the Seeker # 8: Denna

[Merkuri]

No, they appeared in the first book.

Really? Well, that's what I get for trying to accurately remember something I read probably ten years ago. How long was that part in the book? In my memory it took up almost half of one book, and he spent months with Denna.

That's another reason I'm not really offended at any changes... I don't know if it's something they actually changed or something I'm not remembering right.

Hey, what book had

Spoiler

the lizard things with the daggers and the invisible capes

? I liked those, but don't remember what they're called. (Spoiler-protected so that anybody who's watching the series but didn't read the books doesn't get anything spoiled for them.)

 

[Dog Moon]

Really? Well, that's what I get for trying to accurately remember something I read probably ten years ago. How long was that part in the book? In my memory it took up almost half of one book, and he spent months with Denna.

I don't remember how long it was. Thought it was like only a chapter or two, but while I'm positive she appeared in the first book, I cannot remember how long he was there.

That's another reason I'm not really offended at any changes... I don't know if it's something they actually changed or something I'm not remembering right.

Yeah, I know what you mean. And though the first few books are sitting on the shelf next to my desk, I don't really have the inclination to go looking for these answers.

Hey, what book had

Spoiler

the lizard things with the daggers and the invisible capes

? I liked those, but don't remember what they're called. (Spoiler-protected so that anybody who's watching the series but didn't read the books doesn't get anything spoiled for them.)

They made a slight appearance in the second book because

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he managed to kill one of them and wear the cloak, shocking the Sisters horribly, but it wasn't until the third book that they played a bigger role because he was being drawn to Mriswith [or whatever they're called] due to the affinity he was having with the cloak and how it was changing him into one of them. I think they pretty much disappeared after that as if they were no longer important.

 

[GreenLantern]

I think so. It's a little corny at times, but since the format of a TV show is so different from the format of a series of novels there are bound to be plenty of differences, so even if you didn't like the books you might like the show. It's made by the same people who did Hercules and Xena. I've heard somebody describe it as a cross between Hercules and the movie 300 (they do fight scenes very similar to 300 where they speed up and slow down the camera to accent the action).

It's not the most entertaining show on TV, but it's by far the best thing on at that time, and I think that it's certainly worth watching. My boyfriend and I DVR it every week. We often save up two episodes and watch them in the same sitting like a movie.

I couldn't find any pics of the episode, but if you can find the first 5 or 10 seconds of the show somewhere you'll get a good picture. She's literally the first thing you see in the episode, I believe.

Thanks for the info -- I'll try to check it out.

 

[Samnell]

They made a slight appearance in the second book because

Spoiler

he managed to kill one of them and wear the cloak, shocking the Sisters horribly, but it wasn't until the third book that they played a bigger role because he was being drawn to Mriswith [or whatever they're called] due to the affinity he was having with the cloak and how it was changing him into one of them. I think they pretty much disappeared after that as if they were no longer important.

I haven't read the books in years, and they went from middling to trash pretty fast for my tastes, but if I remember right

Spoiler

the cloak guys come back a book or two later when it turns out that Richard turned the magical subway back on and they're using it to set up a new nest in the big wizard's tower. He hits the queen with his sword until she dies, end of the mriswith plot.

 

[Dog Moon]

I haven't read the books in years, and they went from middling to trash pretty fast for my tastes, but if I remember right

Spoiler

the cloak guys come back a book or two later when it turns out that Richard turned the magical subway back on and they're using it to set up a new nest in the big wizard's tower. He hits the queen with his sword until she dies, end of the mriswith plot.

Hrm, a part of me wants to say that was still within the third book, but I don't remember quite well if that's true or not.

Yeah, it was. I actually went to go check. I apparently know these books slightly better than I had thought.

 

[Orius]

This week's repeat.

Personally, I think the Confessors are hotter than the Mord'Sith. Red leather clad dominatrixes just aren't my thing.