"Demonsong" download

Lysistrata 01-16-2009, 08:28 PM

#11

Wapitikev Wrote:Thanks, Paul. You are a prince among men...a far better Prince than Iolon was, however.

-Wapitikev

Indeed

And R. met the first of his deaths. Well deserved.

Trying to be nice

Lysistrata 01-16-2009, 08:36 PM

#12

Will someone say I am a nitpicker? in Demonsong it is said of Glaeken "He had never been one to believe in sorcerers and evil magic, considering them little more than tales designed to frighten children. The only magic he’d ever seen had been the work of charlatans".

And yet, in By the Sword, [SPOILER]Glaeken says to Jack that during the First Age, natural laws were different and people could perform what today would be considered magic.[/SPOILER]

Or maybe I've just been proof-reading contracts since too long Wink

Trying to be nice

Karithna 01-16-2009, 10:32 PM

#13

Great story, thanks! Actually, thanks for all of them!

fpw 01-17-2009, 12:14 AM

#14

Lysistrata Wrote:Or maybe I've just been proof-reading contracts since too long

Certainly you have. Caught again!

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Wapitikev 01-17-2009, 12:54 AM

#15

Lysistrata Wrote:Will someone say I am a nitpicker? in Demonsong it is said of Glaeken "He had never been one to believe in sorcerers and evil magic, considering them little more than tales designed to frighten children. The only magic he’d ever seen had been the work of charlatans".

And yet, in By the Sword, [SPOILER]Glaeken says to Jack that during the First Age, natural laws were different and people could perform what today would be considered magic.[/SPOILER]

Or maybe I've just been proof-reading contracts since too long

Not so inconsistent considering all the changes in Glaeken's life after Demonsong.

When I read that line in BTS, I naturally assumed that, since Demonsong was Glaeken's first experience with magic, he was simply uneducated with magic at that time...a situation which changed pretty quick, thereafter.

So, the first statement was made when he was innocent (relatively speaking) of the knowledge that real magic exists and the second was after an eon of intimate contact therewith.

If characters develop over time, which all of FPW's do, then the two statements are not inconsistent, at all.

-Wapitikev

Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):

Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis

On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout

fpw 01-17-2009, 10:14 AM

#16

Wapitikev Wrote:Not so inconsistent considering all the changes in Glaeken's life after Demonsong.

When I read that line in BTS, I naturally assumed that, since Demonsong was Glaeken's first experience with magic, he was simply uneducated with magic at that time...a situation which changed pretty quick, thereafter.

So, the first statement was made when he was innocent (relatively speaking) of the knowledge that real magic exists and the second was after an eon of intimate contact therewith.

If characters develop over time, which all of FPW's do, then the two statements are not inconsistent, at all.

-Wapitikev

What he said.

topol_sheap 01-17-2009, 10:23 AM

#17

I've not posted for a long long while, but thought it was time to break my silence. Thanks FPW - that's really nice of you.

webby 01-17-2009, 11:50 AM

#18

fpw Wrote:Why the hell not?

Here's the first meeting between Glaeken and Rasalom:

http://repairmanjack.com/support files/Demonsong-set.rtf

Happy, happy, joy, joy!

Thank you very much, Paul! I've been wanting to read this story for so long and now I can. Whee!

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Lysistrata 01-17-2009, 01:29 PM

#19

fpw Wrote:Certainly you have. Caught again!

I was just kidding Big Grin

Demonsong is a great story, it reads like something out of Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar.

Trying to be nice

Dave F 01-17-2009, 03:07 PM

#20

Paul many thanks for allowing this for the fans

You do realise this will have even more fans clamoring for more first age stories

Cheers

Dave

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