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<blockquote data-quote="Duncan Haldane" data-source="post: 1821200" data-attributes="member: 514"><p>I believe Bruenor knew what he was doing when he fought the Shadow Dragon. I think he knew the protective powers of twinkle and used them extremely well in a heroic act that might have brought about his death, while saving his friends. Just because the others thought he died doesn't mean he did.</p><p></p><p>Wulfgar definately did die. But when an evil creature captures your soul....</p><p>Anyway, it took a long time for Wulfgar to be rescued, and his death had a major impact on the chracters.</p><p></p><p>Didn't Artemis have a ring of regeneration? So long as he didn't die he would get better, and readers were given reason to think at the time that he was alive - just re-read the last couple of chapters of the novel (Legacy). When Regis goes to Artemis' body there is reason to think he might be alive.</p><p></p><p>I can't think of specific instances where Drizzt "died" - I'm sure they are there, I just don't remember them.</p><p></p><p>But the three I've mentioned above were all foreshadowed, with a reader who thinks it through given enough clues to know what was really going on - I was waiting for Wulfgar's return from the moment he died.</p><p></p><p>RAS is writing in a world where Resurrection is a legitimate spell. Yet he tends to write with fairly low levels of magic given the level of the main characters (none of them can even cast spells, IIRC). He uses reasonable literary technique to good effect - ie, having reason to believe a character is dead when they never were (except Wulfgar). They do sometimes seem overused, I agree, but all instances were fairly different.</p><p></p><p>While I believe it may well be time to retire these companions, I don't think that he's gone overboard to keep them alive.</p><p></p><p>Duncan (who is not a RAS or Drizzt fanboy, but reads the Drizzt novels for fun, lighthearted reading).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Duncan Haldane, post: 1821200, member: 514"] I believe Bruenor knew what he was doing when he fought the Shadow Dragon. I think he knew the protective powers of twinkle and used them extremely well in a heroic act that might have brought about his death, while saving his friends. Just because the others thought he died doesn't mean he did. Wulfgar definately did die. But when an evil creature captures your soul.... Anyway, it took a long time for Wulfgar to be rescued, and his death had a major impact on the chracters. Didn't Artemis have a ring of regeneration? So long as he didn't die he would get better, and readers were given reason to think at the time that he was alive - just re-read the last couple of chapters of the novel (Legacy). When Regis goes to Artemis' body there is reason to think he might be alive. I can't think of specific instances where Drizzt "died" - I'm sure they are there, I just don't remember them. But the three I've mentioned above were all foreshadowed, with a reader who thinks it through given enough clues to know what was really going on - I was waiting for Wulfgar's return from the moment he died. RAS is writing in a world where Resurrection is a legitimate spell. Yet he tends to write with fairly low levels of magic given the level of the main characters (none of them can even cast spells, IIRC). He uses reasonable literary technique to good effect - ie, having reason to believe a character is dead when they never were (except Wulfgar). They do sometimes seem overused, I agree, but all instances were fairly different. While I believe it may well be time to retire these companions, I don't think that he's gone overboard to keep them alive. Duncan (who is not a RAS or Drizzt fanboy, but reads the Drizzt novels for fun, lighthearted reading). [/QUOTE]
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