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Why is there not i would do all of the above. view post
Guys im not trying to be the Flame Warrior Diplomat but I think discussing atheism should be saved for another post entirely and this post should be save for the discussion of Flame Warriors. view post
Im sorry but it is my personal opinion that it would be impossible to make a movie out of this as that the plot is far to complicated for a screen play as they would have to take large chunks of the novel out to because if they didn't the movie would be 3 times as long as a Lord of the Rings movie and a Star Wars movie combined. and also the cost for such a movie would be a large sum not many are willing to pay unless there is a gurantee of it being a hit. I hope i did nto just crush everyones hopes and dreams. But to be nice if Arnold Swartznegger grew his hair out he'd make a pretty good Cnauir view post
And perhaps George Clooney as Achamian view post
Although Steven Spielberg has scared me with some of the movies he and Rob Zombie would be quite a duo. view post
15 can anyone claim younger as to the fact that i highly doubt there is a 10 year old. view post
hmm sorry snake ummm i didnt know there was a seven year old on here although that is a little out of the ordinary i apologize. view post
Im sorry if my signature offends you, However i found it appropriate as it is my girlfirends favorite quote, if it offends you i will remove it just give the word. view post
Im gonna have to go with what the guest idiot said [quote:2g5avxs6]He also had sex with the ground. Does that make him tri-sexual? Can you screw a planet?[/quote:2g5avxs6] Having sexual relations with a man does not make you gay, having sex with a woman does not make you straight, and so on. Its like saying having sex with no one makes you no sexual or a non sexual. Also i find it quite odd that Cnauir's sexuality comes up so often in other posts as well. view post
I was just curious to see what people thought PON was similar to. When I read the first two novels I was strongly reminded of Dune. view post
wow whats up with the advertisements view post
oops wasnt paying attention to the post date
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I've just begun [u:oxt180mi][b:oxt180mi]The Algebraist [/b:oxt180mi][/u:oxt180mi]by Iain M. Banks, only read a few chapters but it seems to be quite good. view post
Will this ever stop? view post
Yes I agree a car crash would definitely solve all of our problems ironic or not. view post
Truly to ask "What happens when your soul leaves your body?" You must also ask What is it to die? What is death? view post
Just finished American Gods currently reading The Lion of Macedon both are great books. view post
TFT now in NY!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thank god i finally got my copy of TFT and I cant wait to get started view post
Have any of you read the His Dark Materials Series by Phillip Pullman I just remembered it from when i had read it like 5 years ago and was curious if anyonelse had read it or had any comments for it. Especially the last book The Amber Spyglass. view post
[url:u7d02goc]http://www.zompist.com/kit.html[/url:u7d02goc] If anyones interested in making there own language. view post
unJon said [quote:2vyqeefg]Cants of compulsion also won't work to get a Mandate Schoolman to give up the Gnosis, so perhaps there is a different reason that they do not work on the skin-spies. [/quote:2vyqeefg] Im not positive but Cants of Compulsion dont work on Mandate Schoolman because of Seswatha's influence upon them, the Seswatha inside of all Mandate Schoolmen cannot be compelled because he no longer has a soul to compel. view post
Something im curious about is would Simas using the Gnosis be bound like all other Mandate Schoolman who cannot reveal the Gnosis because of Seswatha, or in otherwords could Simas have betrayed the Gnosis. view post
Im not quite sure who the person actually is but the face on the original and the man on the french cover are one and the same. Well at least i think so. view post
Was there ever an explantion on why the Cishaurim are not marked by sorcery and an explantion of their metaphysics. Did I miss it and currently being a retard, or will it be explained later in Aspect-Emperor, or not at all? Thanks and by all means tell me if im being a retard. view post
Does anyone else wonder what the future holds for Akka. I mean he could go for the whole rogue sorcerer thing. Or perhaps there is a small chance he could start his own School, wouldn't that be something. view post
The whole reason for my question was that I was thinking on how the Psukhe was part of Fanimry so it made me wonder if perhaps Inrithism is false and Fanimry is in fact religously correct. Thus being the reason for Cishaurim sorcerers being unmarked by sorcery. view post
Diem Kaye, Im pretty sure Kellhus had the haloes around his hands before coming down from the tree. I think there is a passage somewhere in WP that Serwe talks about his hands being golden or haloed. However it might be quite possible that the more time he spent in Earwa he became more emotional(more human) and unknowingly tapped into the Psukhe, but it seems highly unlikely. view post
Grandma has been dead since Darkness, she was a skin spy the whole time. At least that was the impression i got after reading TTT and rereading Darkness and WP. In the passage where she gives Xerius the girl as a sex gift she seemed very intent on knowing how Skaeos was discovered. view post
“In our school you were searched for guns and knifes on the way in and if you didn't have any, they gave you some.” -Emo Phillips Ive brought a long dead post back. view post
Has anyone heard of Daniel Tammet. I just watched a Discovery Channel special on him and he is absolutely amazing. [url:3vdqg9rn]http://science.discovery.com/convergence/brainman/brainman.html[/url:3vdqg9rn] Some of the things he is capable of is almost astounding learning languages in a week, excels in mathematics, photographic memory,sound familiar? view post
Read pg 36-40 of WP and take special notice of the last sentence. Also notice the whole time she seemed to be getting him riled up about the Cishaurim and strongly disliked his pact with them. If im right i could see her being a skin spy since Xerius' childhood perhaps even the night she seduced him. I mean seducing your son and having him kill his own father to ensure his path to the throne, I mean what better way to manipulate and control an empire than that. view post
Achamian's sorcerous massacre. That scene by far was the best in my opinion it showed truly how powerful Akka was. Through most of the story Akka is so common but that scene made you think he was invincible. Also very well written. view post
Seeing as the Inchoroi mothership was beleived to be alive. What are the odds that the Heron Spear is also somehow a living weapon. view post
Isn't Maithanet an Anasuribor as well. Something I find interesting is that everyone seems to think that Kellhus, Moeghus, or Kellhus' children as possible Harbringers and Saviors but everyone seems to forget that Maithanet is Moenghus' son therefore an Anasurimbor. So doesn't that make it possible for himself or one of his children to be the harbringer and savior. Personally I think it would make perfect sense for him to be the Harbringer because he started the Holy War. view post
This also makes me wonder just how many Anasurimbors there actually are I mean Moenghus seduced quite a few people in a very short time, Cnauir's mother was burned after giving birth to his child. Who's to say just how many others there are like this. Not to mention how many Anasurimbors there could be back at Ishual. view post
“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.” -Aristotle “If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.” -W.C Fields “He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.” - Douglas Adams “Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.” -Napoleon Bonaparte Which is possibly the most correct. view post
Im starting to see light sabers and what not all right im exaggerating but why is the Heron Spear referred to as a projectile weapon. Was this mentioned specificly or could it be an actual spear that has "lightsaber" qualites with an S shaped end. I fancy the idea that its not a projectile like weapon. view post
I know but fun to watch im sure. Plus a spear can be thrown so not real close. view post
Isnt it said that Mandate Sorcerers utter one thing but mean another when uttering cants. view post
God Almighty, Jesus Christ our Savior. view post
A massive super computer. view post
The reason the Cishaurim are not marked by sorcery was expalined in book and forum and can be found here [url:3tbusfb8]http://forum.three-seas.com/viewtopic.php?t=1079[/url:3tbusfb8] view post
I'm not Scott but id say to read TTT first as if you read the appendices before you finish many things would likely be spoiled for you. There are many things in the back are not explained in the books but alot of it may spoil TTT for you. However its your decision. view post
You blind yourself and attempt to use asps to see. view post
Warrior-Pdrkophet wow view post
Wasn't it like the captain of the Knights and a few other escorts. view post
One question why would Esmenet's child be a bastard Anasurimbor? I don't think Kellhus is going to allow his child to be bastard, and as far as things go in Earwa I think there pretty much married. view post
Ummm Maithanet was not there when Inrau used his sorcery it was only Aurang, Sarcellus, and another controlled Shiral Knight. If I recall correctly it was Aurang who said "Mandate fool!" One question though from his small amount of time among the Mandate wouldn't he still be damned using small amounts of sorcery, I think it said somewhere in TTT that even in the beginning of learning the Gnosis you would have all the weaknesses of the Gnosis none of the strengths in otherwords vulnerability to Chorae. Can you undamn yourself I mean is there anyway to remove the mark from yourself if you stop practicing sorcery. view post
Yes I agree there are numerous similarities between Dune and Prince of Nothing as I said in another thread, and that is an excellent example of one. view post
Heres something Ive been quite curious on what people would say. If you were born into the world of prince of nothing and could be of any faction, school, race, etc. what would you choose and why. And please elaborate on your choice. Even add a race if you feel it necessary. And sorry I had more and an other option but its to much. view post
Yes that is also a good example I hadn't thought of. Even though the idea of witches, sorcerers, etc being marked has been around for quite some time. view post
H said [quote:2lehqosw]The finding of Cnaiur's father grave, could be showing us that Kellhus litterally walked in the footsteps of his father. Guided by The Logos alone, both would have followed the same path to reach the Three Seas.[/quote:2lehqosw] I agree I think he just followed his father footsteps guided by the Logos as H said, however I could also see there being some outside force influencing, Kellhus good theory. view post
I also have the same blurry map, would be cool if it turned out to be rare. view post
unjon said [quote:3e2x07kb]WP, IIRC, once you cast one single Cant you are Marked for life.[/quote:3e2x07kb] You know Kellhus will be looking for a way around this. view post
Will we be seeing any of Eanna in A-E or will everything be taking place within Earwa. view post
[b:wlkz1mca]Andrew said[/b:wlkz1mca][quote:wlkz1mca]i think you guys are missing the fact that you can learn both elements of the cant - the utteral and then inutteral (whatever - verbal and mental) phrases separately. You only obtain the sorcerous mark if you actually complete a cant by "saying" both portions of the cant simultaneously (verbal and mental phrase). You can learn both portions without being marked. You can learn to think one phrase and speak another without thereby casting a cant - for example, you could learn to utter an inoccous phrase and think an innocous thought. So for Inrau, it was probably the first time he had ever cast a cant, ie. combined his learned spoken phrase and the learned mental phrase.[/quote:wlkz1mca] Im not missing anything I was just under the impression that that was not Inrau's first time and im almost sure that it says in Darkness that he had cast some minor Cants. view post
[quote="unJon":2lwpn2k2]Andrew, I think what you say might, in theory, be true, but it does not seem to be the way that the Mandate teaches its students. [quote="TTT pg. 137 US hardback":2lwpn2k2]In Atyersus, teachers always started with what were called denotaries, small precursor Cants meant to gradually develop the intellectual flexibility of their students to the prodigious point where they could both comprehend and express arcane semantics. Denotaries, however, bruised students with the stain of sorcery as surely as any Cant....[/quote:2lwpn2k2] So if Inrau could "express arcane semantics" like he seemed to be doing when he cast that BA Cant on the skin spy, then it stands to reason that he should have been Marked given the Mandates normal M.O.[/quote:2lwpn2k2] You beat me to it by like seconds unjon. You are completely correct. view post
When did I become a Prophet? [quote:1tmd9005]Warrior Prophet wrote:Quote: I was just under the impression that that was not Inrau's first time and im almost sure that it says in Darkness that he had cast some minor Cants. I was under the opposite impression, hence my confusion at the apparent paradox. I'll take a skim through TDTCB now and see if I can find a quote.[/quote:1tmd9005] Well anywho I had just posted when I realized i had forgotten about TTT and the expalnation of how Atyersus trained their students with denotaries hence how you beat me to it. However in my other post i also thought i recalled there being some mention of it in Darkness. But you are right with the denotaries. view post
You also might want to try [u:ol71e550]The Algebraist [/u:ol71e550]by Iain M. Banks simply an awesome book that I think you will find great. Its Sci-Fi but still good. view post
Dune view post
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Ahh undamn view post
Where can this post be found im curious on how you think hes not a member of the Consult any more. view post
Im not sure it was so much that he let Kellhus live I think it was more Kellhus ran for his life and Mekeretrig did not pursue him. view post
[b:1ty83e4d]Entropic_existence said[/b:1ty83e4d] [quote:1ty83e4d]I agree, I think Mekeretrig is still of the Consult, he didn't report anything to Aurang or Aurax likely for several reasons. It is quite possible he thought it to be of little consequence in the big picture.[/quote:1ty83e4d] I agree he didn't know that Kellhus was a Dunyain and therefore did not know that he would have such a drastic effect on the Consult's plans. Or it could be that he saw this as a fulfillment of the prophecy. view post
Its likely that if the Dunyain are discovered they will A) Kill or capture them. B)Ally themselves if you could call them allies and manipulate the Consult for their own purposes. And just because both want to close themselves to the Outside so to speak I have a hard time believing that the Dunyain will ally themselves with someone who would be considered the outside to them Perhaps im wrong but if someone does find the Dunyain im not sure it will be the Consult. view post
I think during the discussion between Moenghus and Kellhus, Moenghus said he contacted only those he remebered before he left Ishual that he knew were of the Few. view post
No you are wrong the Chorae were given to the men of Eanna by the Inchoroi the Chorae were then used to enter Earwa "breaking of the gates" This is one of the reasons men were able to overcoem Non-men. view post
No-God was not created during the time of i the Cuno-Inchoroi wars he came after. view post
pg 350 TTT [quote:25bgqbmi]"I assume," Kellhus continued, "That you're not entirely without Water...that this was how you were able to reach out to Ishual, to send dreams to those Dunyain you knew before your exile."[/quote:25bgqbmi] Furthermore I think that the Cant of Calling is explained by Akka in one of the novels that you must know who you are calling and where that person is. view post
Im almost positive hes talking about the Inchoroi and the Consult not the No-God. view post
uJ, Where does it say he doesn't know who was of the Few with Dunyain analyzation I think those who could see the onta would talk about it maybe not knowing what it was but knowing it all the same. Example Akka described seeing the onta when he was a child. Also its highly likely that almost all Dunyain are of the Few meaning nearly everyone he knew was likely of the Few. I saw it as this though he sent Dreams to all those he remembered before he left Ishual and only some were capable of recieving it. Rooster [quote:31pe7h6p]they most likely could break a lesser Dûnyain and thus demystify Kellhus, which would prove rather dangerous to him[/quote:31pe7h6p]. Breaking a Dunyain I see that as nearly impossible, and demystifying Kellhus will not help either because 1) He is already Aspect-Emperor with Shirah on his side. 2) Everyone see him as a Prophet and will think anything said is lies. 3) Achamian (along with a few others) was demystified and look what good that did. [u:31pe7h6p]none[/u:31pe7h6p] view post
I find the wine sea reference interesting because it was used in Darkness. Well other than that I liked it it was well written in my opinion keep up the good work. view post
I think they construct them. view post
When Mekeritrig said he had fought for and against the No-God he could mean that. I mean the No-God was around for like 11 years (I think) he could have been on one side for a few years or the otherside for a the remainder. The other two possiblities are his memory is bad or he is referring to fighting against and for the Inchoroi. view post
Hmm I dont remember it saying that over time you can no longer see the Onta can you get me a pg#. Well anyway I didnt say they knew who and how many Dunyain were of the Few I said it was highly likely that most Dunyain are of the Few and that my view on Moenghus contacting them was that he sent out the Dreams to those he remembered before Ishual and only some were capable of recieving the Dreams. view post
Excellent point that I had forgotten. view post
Eh sorry kinda got off topic there but no I dont think there has ever been a direct answer from Scott about the glowing hands. Wow I just made myself laugh, Scott answering directly 
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uJ said [quote:3pemu435]I agree with most of what EE says except the possessing the skin spy. I always thought that the guy that keeps seducing Esmi is just an illusion and the Synthese is really all there is casting some Cant and ejaculating the black semen.[/quote:3pemu435] What are you formulating this idea off of just out of curiousity? You almost made me go WTF but then again I make myself do that alot anyway. I always saw th man as a construct that the synthese inhabited. view post
I loved that last mention of just becuase your good doesnt mean your going to heaven finnally someone mentions that. view post
So have you not read TTT yet? And why are you only posting in Topics with only one post? view post
Well I really didn't like hearing that a power plant on the Hudson has been leaking radioactive waste into the river since August and we are just now being told. view post
Yah me too I was just curious because they seemed almost limited to them. view post
True. view post
The reason Sarcellus didn't have black semen is because he is a skin-spy and Aurang is not. view post
[quote="Edge of Certainty":1bd61xyk]...well from what we know, we're not quite sure what kind of body Aurang possesed when he took advantage of Esmi...do we? Is there somthing I'm forgetting? cuz the Inchoroi can basically engineer flesh, since we've decided that the Tenke is more science rather than sorcery. If they can make sranc, bashrag, ect. why not otherthings. maybe the body that had sex with Esmenet was Aurang's own personalized creation, maybe it was his own body...besides, didn't TTT describe him as having dark wings, or somthing like that, when he seduced Esmenet the second time so that he coul posses her? I'm recalling this from memory, tho, so it could be complete hogwash.[/quote:1bd61xyk] Exactly it was not an illusion is a shell that the synthese inhabited. view post
I was just thinking there should be PoN art i just didnt think it could be doen because everyone has different perspective but a good idea none the less. view post
[quote:ys5ea1cr]I think you've summarized the options correctly (you are making me sick to think of it at least). The suggestion I think was that the synthese totes around a golem type thing, which he inhabits when he wants to give someone a good seeing-to. Perhaps we are over-analyzing this.[/quote:ys5ea1cr] Yes theory two is correct its just a shell that the synthese inhabits when he wants to look human. view post
[quote:g3w5gfyf]third: What's this voice they're hearing? Again, I curse myself for not rereading the books, but I don't remember reading anything about any "voice" in relation to the Ciphrang. [/quote:g3w5gfyf] When you say voices do you mean in the Ciphrangs head beacuse that would be Iyokus. Im pretty sure they are vulnerable to the chorae I think the reason it says only in their midst will you be safe is because he was among sorcerers.[/quote] view post
I would rather be constantly conscious of these things because I almost enjoy the fraility of men and the sufferings of the world I mean sure some of its sad and cruel but hey its life and its the fraility of men that made it the way it is. I guess what im really tryying to say is i think I'd rather be conscious of these things because we caused the suffering due to our own frailities, does that make sense? view post
Yah i saw the thing on the Z machine very interesting stuff. view post
If you are still curious you should post it in the Q&A area so Scott can answer it. view post
WL and Peter you both have some excellent points I guess it all depends on how ancestry works in PoN. view post
Well in case you guys didn't know since i seem to have forgotten to put my answer I would be a Mandate Schoolman. And for the reasoning well Ill have to answer that later with something equally good with what the rest of you said, after a brief snack. view post
I think we can certainly expect there to be a resistance to Kellhus I still think Achamian is pretty pissed off still and hes not exactly popular with a few others either. And can we expect peaceful interaction between schools and religions? Id say no unless things are changed where there are no schools or just one huge school, and I think Fanimry is pretty much done and im not really sure how many other religions there are in PoN. view post
The future is certainly looking like its going to get a whole lot more violent in PoN. view post
I think hia name should be saying something to you No-God view post
The Daimos requires lots of time to prepare and some demons are stronger than others I think in TTT it said something about how Iyokus was scared to summon such a powerful demon or something along those lines. I think the main reason the demon was able to overcome Akka was because he had just annihilated the Nansur forces exhausting him and I can recall directly but didnt the Ciphrang surprise him. view post
The funniest thing Ive heard all month. view post
I think there are alot of parallels in the books and I think they were fairly obvius and intended. view post
EE is right view post
O i wasnt implying anything like you being retarted i was just saying that there are alot of parallels evident and I think they are intended. view post
[quote:1agr01sg]I think I've heard Scott make the same analogy I did Smile Tolkien is sort of the comparison as far as fantasy goes. Personally I find Scotts work far more interesting though.[/quote:1agr01sg] I agree far far more interesting. view post
Ive heard good things about Mythago Wood but never personally read it I guess i should. view post
Also true maybe a better look at many things. view post
[quote:3ucdy6g7]"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."[/quote:3ucdy6g7] I thought that former VP Dan Quayle was the one who said that. view post
Personally Im starting to think that no one alive at this moment could play any of the parts except Esmi's so i think we are going to have to use computers to create what they should look like. view post
[quote:3r38das2]Mind, being a good, red-blooded non-torontonian, I would certainly not mind if Toronto got blown up... [/quote:3r38das2]
Hey i would watch out making comments like that I think theres enough canadians here who wouldnt like that idea at all. 
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No we cannot accept history as it is written all the fun is in specualting about history. view post
Yah its hardly ever not on my mind.I cant wait for so many things to be clarified. view post
Yah I know Im waiting to get ASOIAF. So from what i hear that will keep me occupied. view post
Im really bored right now so ive decided that Im going to ask how people got their user names. I got mine so long ago I dont even recall how I got it I think it was something along the lines of that old saying "Im a lover not a fighter." and I was like well Im both. view post
[quote="Entropic_existence":6ogq8e55][quote="stormchaser":6ogq8e55] Maybe, and certainly Scott has the last word. It's just that so much of what we're shown of the Dunyain and their techniques involves ways of understanding and mastering the natural world exactly as it is, as opposed to sorcery which involves remaking reality in ways that completely transcend natural law. I don't see a whole lot of correspondence between the two disciplines. The idea that the Dunyain have been breeding for sorcery without even knowing it seems just a tad too pat, given the complete worldliness and absolute practicality of the Dunyain world view. [/quote:6ogq8e55] The Dunyain believe that Sorcery is merely superstition, and do not believe in it being real until they are confronted with it. (As happened to Moenghus and Kelhus after leaving Ishual) But as Scott said the ability to work Sorcery is inherently based on certain cognitive and intellectual abilities and predispositions, making the two tied together. The Dunyain do not practice Sorcery obviously, but from what little we've been shown I think that a rather large portion of them are of the Few, and would have the ability to work Sorcery should they chose to learn. Whether they reject it or not is another matter entirely. Certainly Kelhus came to the conclusion that the Dunyain, should they learn the truth as he sees it, would ultimately side with the Consult because in order to achieve their mission the influence of the Outside would need to be removed.[/quote:6ogq8e55] I agree completely. view post
Hmm i thought there was a reason in the book that said why the Scylendi fought for the No-God like a convo between Kellhus and Cnaiur. view post
You mean the Pragmas keeping secrects from the regular Dunyain? That would be interesting. view post
Yeah I forgot also, Happy Saint Patricks Day everybody view post
Can it be my favorite word to it just replaced religiose. view post
You start preaching Inrithism and start a new world religion. Like Scientology. 
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I bet he will. view post
Wow that was spectacular I liked your first one ok, but this one is perfect. I really liked how you used Thunderstruck instead of Thunderclap and your depiction was very picturesque. Nice job.
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Indeed congrats! Scott view post
[quote:20ui2bdh]Yeah, the comparison isn't totally fitting. Seswatha was probably a lot more powerful than Akka. Also, Celmomas probably needed Seswatha's help a lot more than Kellhus will need Akka's. [/quote:20ui2bdh] I don't think its safe to say that Celmomas needed Seswatha more than Kellhus needs Akka, if our speculations are correct that Akka is becoming almost a Seswatha incarnate then who knows what kind of knowledge he could obtain such as the knowledge of where the Worldhorn and Heron Spear are located. view post
Im thinking about doing sketches on Xinemus one pre eyeless and one post. view post
A conversation between two Dunyain would be quite difficult especially if one is trying to lie or misdirect do you recall how Kellhus and his father both continuosly dipped into the Probability trance. view post
You tried to draw the enormous eye? Man that must have been hard. view post
Ah you mean big armored huge destructive slayer of all, Sauron oooooooo.
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[img:5bgr9jwq]http://www.tsn.ca/images/stories/20030602/McEnroe_64861.jpg[/img:5bgr9jwq] I would definitely use this picture of him I tried fiddling around with it but I think ill let someone else do it. view post
[quote:16hjupdj] i don;t think that the existence of god negates the big bang, and vice versa. the reason that scientists cannot (and probably will never) know what happened before is that all our laws of physics relate to our universe, but since it is impossible to tell what happened before the beginning of the universe, all our posturing and comtimplating will do nothing, because those laws don;t necessarily comply with what existed before, if anything. the big bang was the beginning of what we have now, and the end of what was before. i don;t know if any of that made any sense, actually.[/quote:16hjupdj] Exactly. view post
Im actually surprised that this topic hasnt been broght up before I was curious on your feelings towards Genetic Engineering and Transhumanism mostly the former. Do you feel manipulating genetic information is wrong or right? I feel that as long as we arent using it to make superhumans or other selfish wants, its ok. Manipualting DNA to solve problems with disease is perfectly exceptable. view post
When I said superhumans i should have been more specific about what I dont like. When parents determine what characteristics their child will have such as blond hair, blue eyes, willl grow up to be 6'5 thats what I feel is wrong. Making their ideal son or daughter. view post
[quote="xhaldur":1up48h9h]to answer the original question of this thread, I believe thousands of gods exist. Some people call me a neo-pagan or whatever. Personally, I believe that men make gods. I believe that in the beginning, a god is just an idea, but after hundreds, thousands, even millions of people continually pray/worship to a certain deity, that deity is then made real. I make my own scented oils, incense, altars, charms. I've been working silver and other metals for over 10 years so I'm good at the whole charm thing by now hehe. I always wear around 3-6 charms on my body everyday and won't leave the house without them. I know that seems wierd and I suppose it is a little =P One thing I do is keep my personal practices to myself. I usually don't talk about them to anyone, I keep it a private relationship between the deities that I do worship and myself. I think religion is a good thing, it helps inspire many people to be someone better, to help others, etc. However there's always a flipside and it's sad that we have such extremists today in the world. Like Pat Robertson and other supreme asses of the Christian right or Islamic militants who decide to kill all the infidels. In general, I just try to be a good person and be nice to people.[/quote:1up48h9h] You sound like the book American Gods. view post
Hey you know what they say the second is a charm....wait thats the third, but whos counting. view post
I found Esmi's promotion to be just another way of manipulation for Kellhus to make her feel important. view post
I think she does because thats how she became his in the first place he made her feel as thoguh she were equal to men, he enlightened her. Thats the only thing besides her pregnancy in my opinion that kept her from her form going straight back to Akka. view post
Im gonna have to agree with uJ about the second part but the frst part is a good theory. view post
[quote:2qyaa84m]Why shouldn't Achamian kneel to Kellhus? His (A's) penultimate action was to betray Kellhus to the Consult, and for what? Just because Kellhus took Achamian's girlfriend, whom he (A) did not properly appreciate. Surely it's time for Achamian to grow up, he is old enough.[/quote:2qyaa84m] Didn't properly appreciate her,are you kidding me how did he not appreciate her? view post
They were both guilty. Thats why I said what i did becaue to say that Akka didn't appreciate Esmi would be foolish unless you brought Esmi's naivete into the picture. view post
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1.) i would say it was more of Serwe shagging Akka. 2.) If he had put his school at number 1 he would have told them about Kellhus. 3.) Theres so many ways i could argue this one im not. 4.) Honestly who would have married him i doubt a priest would do it and I would call what they had a marriage i dont think someone needs to tell you that your married. 5.) Would you have let her go if you loved her? view post
Yah hes definitely acting like an adolescent. *sarcasm* Trying to save the world and do whats right at the same time is very childish. Id argue more but i dont want to start a war where I post a poll on who thinks Akka is behaving like an adolescent. view post
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Virus, harsh but most of what you said is completely correct. view post
He will likely take control of these other areas by force or persuasion. HE might even push into the North somewhat. view post
I dont think they really consider themselves part of humanity. view post
[quote:1mvad6ny]There are humans, non-men, and Inchoroi among the Consult, all of which have souls. It's been expressed on this board a few times that to close the gates to the Outside only means removing the majority of souls from Earwa, if enough are gone the Outside can no longer mess around with the world. It's a mass effect thing. Plus as WP said, the Dunyain consider themselves above the rest of humanity anyway.[/quote:1mvad6ny] Damn i forgot about the majority thing good point EE. view post
Again Virus made all of my points for me. Nice Job Virus. view post
[quote="Randal":9d03dx7x]Yes, with "humans have the advantage" I mean that humans can actively search for solutions for specific problems, , or may fail to come up with a solution at all because the problems don't directly impact the capability to reproduce. I mean that genetic engineering would be able to solve problems natural selection never could by itself. You're right that I probably went too far when I stated that we are beyond evolution now. Got carried away by my argument, sorry. Your comparison of war with locusts is apt, I think. I do believe that many of the natural constraints of this world have been overcome by humans. In that sense, we [i:9d03dx7x]are[/i:9d03dx7x] above nature. But the principles of evolution do still apply, albeit at a social level rather than at a genetic level.[/quote:9d03dx7x] You say humans have an advantage because they can actively search for solutions for specific problems while evolution needs thousands of years or might fail completely, you also say that genetic engineering could solve problems like natural selection never could. Genetic engieering could be considered just another form of natural selection because genetic enginnering removes the unwanted trait, form the process because we as the environment deem that trait unsuitable for surivival. When most animals search for a mate what do they look for? Strength, cunning basically the best chance for surivival this applies even to humans, we may say that we chose someone because we truly love them but really before we even chose them for their personality our body had alreasy chosen that person for their genes. Infidelity is a major example of the problems this can cause, a woman or man may love their wife or husband but when they see another person who they find to have better traits you had better hope love comes through. [quote:9d03dx7x]whilst evolution either needs hundreds of thousands of years to come up with something similar[/quote:9d03dx7x] A couple thousand years is a good long trial isnt it, thats why evolution in the long term works better theres time to weed out problems and see what a change in genes effects years later genetic engineering fixes problems for the short term removing genes for the present constantly [u:9d03dx7x]blindly[/u:9d03dx7x] without knowing the full extent what these changes will have done. Scientists still dont know what many genes do if scientists remove a gene similar to the Sickle cell gene we could be sufering from some future disease(if you dont know what im talking about look up malaria and the effects Sickel Cell gene has on it.) Another example are genes that cause mental retardation which i personally believe carry the key to evolution because of their ability to solve problems and memorize. If the communication barrier and behavior is removed mental retardation wouldnt be such a bad thig to have. Mental retardation is just one of the many branches that evolution is testing for surivival over time it may prove to be a good gene to have. [quote:9d03dx7x]Yes, with "humans have the advantage" I mean that humans can actively search for solutions for specific problems[/quote:9d03dx7x] What exactly gave us this advantage? Whats the word im looking for.....o yeah we got that form thousands of years of "flawed" EVOLUTION. What gave us larger more efficient brains EVOLUTION. All animals have this advantage there means to solve problems is the only differences so to say humans have this advantage would be foolish. I think ievolution has done a pretty damn good job so far. view post
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Im almost sure that the shrieking of his name is him recalling Leweth screaming his name when he abandons him in the forest in DTCB. Im too tired to think about the rest. view post
Why does me name keep getting twisted? [quote:894wdupz]Warrior priest:[/quote:894wdupz] Someone else called me Warrior-Prophet the other day. A little off topic sorry. I think genetic engineering should be pursued sorry if it seemed otherwise i was just pointing out the many problems with it, and was stating how i think evolution is still the better process of genetic change. view post
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I thought this article was rather relevant [url:2fslla7e]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12088086/[/url:2fslla7e] Two champion race horses cloned with more to come. I think this is a major step forward for cloning and genetic engineering. EDIT: Although its not the first time. view post
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Football, swimming, snowboarding, track, the list goes on. When did sex(not denying that it requires stamina and skill)become a sport? Because that would be one interesting Olympic event. view post
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Id say Christian Bale is too young considering Cnauir is actually in his 40's and i dont think hes [u:ijki34b3]huge[/u:ijki34b3] enough and rugged enough to pull it off. view post
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Ummm...there goal is to become self-moving souls so i would assume they know about souls. view post
The Dreams were changing before Kellhus mastered the Gnosis. I still see Achamian as becoming an almost Seswatha incarnate. view post
[b:1qpjskuk]EE said[/b:1qpjskuk][quote:1qpjskuk]If you really work it you can wrap "hunting" and sex up into one big event![/quote:1qpjskuk] Man you would need some great skill and handeye coordination for that. view post
Being hunted is way more fun than hunting btw congrats on becoming a sorcerer of rank. view post
Wow it took me a long while to finish that snack(actually just forgot) I would be a Mandate Schoolman well becase the Gnosis is stronger than the Anagogic sorceries and I would like for my life to have an important purpose. view post
Ummmm shouldnt you be posting in the Off Topic section where they are actually talking about casting. view post
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[quote:2g812u3b]maybe i'll post my chainsaw story.[/quote:2g812u3b] now that would be a good read. view post
Besides reading hmmm football, computers, other sports, being outside, swimming, and other stuff i cant think of right now and things i just plain cant say. view post
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"tom foolery" kind of two words but hey. Nice word gierra. view post
Im sorry but that made me laugh non-meaning. view post
Wow i need time to digest that i really liked the last part though. Very Gory [quote:khnbb5oc]Looking for her victims Bloodlust in her eyes Luring them with promises Lust is her disguise Taking from their bodies Feeding on their pain Wielding up her chainsaw No life will remain Hacking through their tender flesh Bone is ripped apart The buzzing of the chainsaw Brings joyness to her heart The frenzy of her slaughter The madness of her spree She's merely acting out a - Twisted sexual fantasy She's a whore With a chainsaw Fucking whore A fucking Chainswhore She loves the smell of gasoline An aphrodisiac It really turns her on When there's bodies she can hack The steaming hot red entrails Mangled guts and death Make her cum in multiples The gasping of her breath Looking for her victims Bloodlust in her eyes Luring them with promises Lust is her disguise Taking from their bodies Feeding on their pain Wielding up her chainsaw No life will remain She's a whore With a chainsaw Fucking whore A fucking Chainswhore[/quote:khnbb5oc] view post
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yah i was more than a little confused after reading his statement. Hence the ?........... You explained it pretty good EE view post
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[quote:1nup09c8]Just a little correction, all Mandate Schoolmen use two voices (the utteral and the inutteral), and Achamian was thinking about the legend of a Non-men Sorceror who could use two inutteral strings when Kelhus asked but he never actually told him the story. Kelhus worked it out on his own on how to use one utteral and two inutterals.[/quote:1nup09c8] Precisely/ view post
That just made me laugh.Thank You view post
Did you mean for their to be two posts one in here and one in Offtopic section? view post
Has anyone else noticed the increased amount of Guests on the site im seeing like 34 guests online at the same time almost everyday. It also seems that people joining the site has slowed down. Anyonelse notice this? In total there are 40 users online :: 1 Registered, 0 Hidden and 39 Guests [ Administrator ] [ Moderator ] Most users ever online was 73 on Sun Nov 13, 2005 6:42 pm Registered Users: Warrior-Poet view post
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[quote="Entropic_existence":180ax91q] Welcome to the party, register and juts jump in on the conversations we won't bite.[/quote:180ax91q]
Well usually we don't bite. 
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If i were Akka as soon as i heard about Kellhus with Esmi i would have roasted the bastard on the circumfix but hey thats just me. but if had gotten all the way to the point of Kellhus becoming Aspect Emperor i would have done the same thing as he did. and yes Akka kicks ass view post
To some extent i think Akka will end up kneeling to Kellhus in one way or another as much as i hope he doesnt. Even with all that has happened to him he still wants to prevent the apocalyspe or at least prepare for it and without Kellhus thats pretty much a lost cause whether he admits it or not he needs Kellhus. view post
[quote:1i2onha7]There's a Kellhus centric passage wherein he seems to be communicating with the world and it seems to be answering back. The passage begins can be found on page 289-291 in the canadian trade paperback edition. In this passage, Kellhus can hear his name being shrieked and actively begins conversing with an entity that replies through seemingly natural phenomenon. I don't understand some of the imagery however one did stick out after rereading the book. Kellhus seems to ask the wind, "What was I to do? Tell them the truth?" and amazingly the world answers. He finds a twig in his sandal and on it are two leaves. One green and healthy; the other brown and dead. I think this is Kellhus invisible voice telling him that he must murder his father. Seemingly Kellhus is opposed to this idea as he responds, "No, I cannot." Of course, there might be some other explanation for this. Any alternative suggestions or help interpreting the other images in this passage would be appreciated here[/quote:1i2onha7] If you are referring to what Spamoram said ^ and my answer to him that he was recalling Leweth the trapper when he abandoned him in Darkness then yes i think im still right about Leweth pg 289 [quote:1i2onha7]Kellhus thought of snow hooded mountains, the flash of sunlight across glacial heights. He thought of deep forests and lost cities, of moss-limned statuary leaning from the humus. He thought of unmanned walls... It seemed he could hear someone shreiking his name through frozen forest arches. "Kellhus? Kelllhuuss!" How far had he come?[/quote:1i2onha7] Now after that point perhaps he was communicating with the world or the No-God or something even though i personally doubt that i think he speaks to himself or it is a part of the Thousandfold Thought but the passage above is most definitely Kellhus recalling his travel from Ishual. The "Kelhuss? Kelllhuuss!" part ultimately i think makes me right as if you go to page 25 in Darkness Leweth says exactly that. I could go on about other things that make me right but if anyone else disagrees with me and has good evidence to argue please post. view post
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What page was that glaz im to lazy to find it? view post
[quote:f395gj5d]kill kellhus, then walk away. walk off a cliff, probably. [/quote:f395gj5d] No id fry him then go get laid then possibly walk off a cliff. view post
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hmmm but then there be no chance for a repeat.
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I agree with EE. Its kinda odd though the more i read the books I kept getting the sense that Inrithism is a false religion and Fanimry is more religiously correct if something can be religiously correct. view post
That made me laugh doing it in free fall.
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That would certainly get messy. view post
Now that you have this new found strength you need an arch nemesis. I immmediately volunteer for the position you can call me ......ill get back to you on that one view post
Hmm hows No Man sound for a name i was gonna go with No-God but thats a law suit waiting to happen. I want a name that inspires fear but you have to settle with something. view post
I kinda like the idea that the chorae not only make him invulnerable to sorcery but also keeps him inside the carapace interesting idea. view post
I love bringing dead topics back its fun too bad i dont have anything for MYSUNSAI. Anyone else wanna try. view post
A Game of Thrones- George R. R. Martin Truly an awesome book so far, cant wait to read more. view post
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Its likely that the they consider both Inrithi and Ketyai both god-killers as most Ketyai are Inrithi. view post
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Yah we basicly had killed this post until you revived it. Thank you for getting us back on topic. And Wooohoo im a Didact 250 posts! view post
I agree with EE im not seeing this as a inconsistency. But i think Scott should be asked. view post
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I agree with EE and Mahajanga. Im just not understanding where some of your ideas are coming from when most of your questions have been answered in the books and by Scott himself. view post
1.) All if not nearly all Cishuarim are dead and Kellhus will not form an alliance with them he has no need to and Cishuarim is apart of Fanimry Kellhus will not accept that. 2.) [quote:vfxk3p4v]Moenghus remained isolated for a long time and it was probably the Cishaurim which kept the Consult spies in check. [/quote:vfxk3p4v] The Cishuarim had no idea about the skin-spies until Moenghus revealed them. When exactly are you saying Moeghus was in isolation? THe Cishuarim as a whole did not keep the spies in check they foolishly thought it was the SS hence why the assasinated the Grandmaster of SS. 3.) I have no idea what your "pratical hunch" is talking about it is very confusing and i dont see how it is relevant. [quote:vfxk3p4v]I don't think it is an inconsistency either. I have a hunch that it is more of a practical thing. The skin-spies could stay away from Cishaurim, and we don't know how much the Cishaurim interact with the leaders. I think the Psukhe took a bit from their social life.[/quote:vfxk3p4v] view post
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Umm how exactly is Seswatha a shaman? A shaman is a Prophet who practices sorcery Seswatha was just the Grandmaster of the Sohonc not a prophet at all. view post
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[quote:2w6m3ebd]Kelhus is going to be super enough as it is, I don't think we need to turn him into God.[/quote:2w6m3ebd] I certainly hope he doesn't become that powerful hes got to have some kind of a challenge from his enemies otherwise the books would suck. view post
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[quote:3qlp0tm8]except for the Harry Potter series cause of the movies.[/quote:3qlp0tm8] I still dont imagine them like the movie actors. view post
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lol I thought some god jizzed on the earth it might be the dung beetle thing though. view post
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There are many hundreds of connections in names that can be made. view post
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I think the Inchoroi were largely wiped out but a few survived. view post
ASOIAF and PoN are among my favorite series but I tend to like Pon more because you can relate to it and its realistic. Its stupid that people dont like the way women are portrayed because thats how women were treated and in some cases still are, making the story all the more realistic, and those other reasons are also foolish because PoN is probably among the most interesting, most characterized, and pretty damn complex fantasy series ever written. Kellhus being too powerful is true but how many hundreds of other series do the same thing. And the "philosophical drivel" also makes this series stand out from other series. I can't understand why anyone cant like PoN all three series in my opinion are so different you really vant make a comparison. I like ASOIAF and PoN haven't read the Malazan series and thats probably good as well but theres nothing really bad to say about PoN. Thats my 2 cents. view post
Lol magic sword made me laugh. view post
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You could be right, but its probably more like after meeting Kellhus he knew that he would likely die but I do not think his plan for the long term was to be killed by Kellhus, Moenghus may be more or still a Dunyain but that gives him no to little advantage over Kellhus if you remember correctly Kellhus was a prodigy even for a Dunyain. view post
I still like to think that he is sensitive to the chorae which is one reason why he is encased in the carapace. view post
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As to your question on whether they are Inrithi or not im certain there is a passage on it that says that it is an area where it is ucertain which religion they follow I would think they are somewhat of both a mixture but probably dominately Fanim. view post
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Couldn't have said it better Virus. view post
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Mahajanga Mordecai is correct, having Dunyain training(nearly impossible outside Ishual) and a Dunyain father does not make you Dunyain you must be born into the Dunyain community with the selective inheritance and training only Ishual could provide. view post
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I was just getting ready to ask the same thing ijst figured he was busy just as Gregor said. view post
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I was wonderin about the mention Neuromancer especially when Entropic mentioned it. view post
pg 382[quote:226s9i5o] The Emperor of theNansur turned, not really believing... He saw King Saubon leaning from his saddle, his face ruddy with murderous intent. More than sun glinted in the man's blue eyes. He saw the broadsword that took his head[/quote:226s9i5o]. If "He saw the broadsword that took his head." doesn't mean he is dead I dont know what does. view post
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Ok not gettin what your saying you said we already know that the offspring of the union would not be fertile but then you contradict yourself and say the Anasurimbor line comes from such a union that would make what you have to say completely contradictory. view post
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Wow way way way to many questions and most have an answer in the books. 7.) Nothing stops soldiers from stealing them and yes sorcerors sense them. The Gnosis is more powerful than the Anagogic sorceries i really dont feel like discussing the why becuase its been said many times all you have to do is look around on forum. 6.) The reason they dont salt is beacuse of the socery they use they use sorcery remembering of the God's heart and not the mind. 11.) This has benn said many times also i think theres even a page that says 10 schoolmen are worth more than like an army or something similar, theres so few of the Few that a few sorcerors makes all the difference. view post
I still cant get over that, makes me laugh everytime i read it. view post
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Im not understanding what your asking for six, the mark does not cause a sorceror to salt when they touch a chorae, the use of sorcery causes the salting. People of the Few that don't practice sorcery do not salt because they have [url]never used sorcery[/url]. The only difference between Cishuarim and other Schoolmen is that the mark is not seen on the Fanim socerors he reason for this is explained in my previos post, chorae affects all sorcerors. view post
I need to get more sleep im misreading things more and more everyday, sorry Twayleph, thanks gierra. I was almost certain that he had said are though, unless there was some edting involved but im sure i just read wrong. view post
I will soon be joining the ASOIAF board as I have recently completed AFFC and was wondering who else frequents the ASOIAF board already and if you do what your name on it is. So I can actually know someone. Still trying to decide if I should keep this name for ASOIAF or get a new name. view post
Congrats. I just finished A Feast for Crows a couple days ago trying to find something else to read. view post
I haven't decided if he is sick bastard or or a sick bot. view post
Would you consider Kellhus a good example of Machiavellianism or no? If your not familiar with Machiavellianism simple explanation here [url:35vscvkf]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiavellianism[/url:35vscvkf] Just not sure you could classify him as such. view post
Yah they moved no idea when it happened but the one im talking about is found here [url:jq23dblw]http://asoiaf.westeros.org/[/url:jq23dblw] view post
You could almost say that nearly every character, in some way or another, could be defined this way with the exception of a few. view post
Its a good drawing but it reminds me of Bin Laden or one of his friends no offense. view post
Lets start the Scott apreaciation fund if you would like to donate just send me the money ill make sure it gets to scott......eventually. view post
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You could have used the example of Monoply money rather than a drawing of money. view post
[quote="Curethan":2qp1uf13]I think they'd fall in love...[/quote:2qp1uf13] My thoughts exactly. view post
Cause is right about genes, and something I think people often forget is that many people born in Ishual are not geniuses and the Dunyain root these out from their tests like finding their way through the Labrynth beneath Ishual theres a passage in one of the books where it mentions that many die during the test, so although refined genes play a part in making Dunyain the tests and training is what makes someone truly Dunyain. view post
Any Terry Brooks fans out there. I was just really ecstatic when i heard about Armageddon's Children coming out I think its awesome taht hes linking his two series. More info here [url:1363lcll]http://www.terrybrooks.net/ac/ac.html[/url:1363lcll] Any thoughts on it. view post
All depends on what you think inhumanly beautiful means. It could mean many things inhuman is a negative word where as beautiful is a positive word. If you look up inhuman in the dictionary you get words like "lacking pity, kindness, or mercy: Savage, b. Cold impersonal, 2. of or suggesting a nonhuman class o beings. So when it says inhumnaly beautiful it does not have to be a positive thing. view post
They do have a certain fascination with bringing people back to life. I guess ill read it only because Dune and the first couple books are my favorite SciFI books ever view post
ezekiel thank you for saying that last bit about Proyas' pov. Your completely right and its exactly what i thought while reading that scene. view post
I liked it, nice job. Need some time to think of criticisms for you. If you write any more post them I enjoy reading member written works. view post
[quote:27bzc4l4]This is completely false. Most of the Men of the Tusk didn't care about the Cishaurim other than that they were an obstacle.[/quote:27bzc4l4] I disagree i would say that the Men of the Tusk did care about the Cishuarim considering the fact that they are the priests of Fanimry. I mean if your gonna take out a religion your gonna take out the guys at the top. view post
The Consult and Inchoroi do use sorcery we know this becasue Inrau was killed by the Synthese bird who was clearly using sorcery. They also use Tekne even if they dont fully understand it anymore. view post
They were trying to destroy Fanimry and retake Shimeh. If you think forcing people to convert to Inrithism and killing those who resisted is not destroying a religion I dont know what you would call it. He didnt unify the religions he converted them all to Inrithism(well his own personal form of it). view post
[b:2dx5kn7t]coobek said[/b:2dx5kn7t][quote:2dx5kn7t]I agree with the recent posts on this subject. I think that Cnauir is to developed character to simply vanish. I also think that he is maybe the only living human to match Kellhus (apart maybe from Achamian/Seswatha) and he will occupy most pages in the future book (AE). Maybe he will become incarnation of dead Scylvendi God. Who knows[/quote:2dx5kn7t] Just for future references the Scylvendi's god is the No-God thats why they call their god the Dead God, so if your trying to say you think Cnaiur will become the No-God i doubt it. view post
Thank you Entropic for some reason I can never explain things quite as well as you can. view post
Aurang and Aurax are definitely not men. view post
[quote:3go7ju75]I do think that Akka will be a large part of the answer to the second apoc., but I still believe that Kellhus is a good guy[/quote:3go7ju75] Its looking more and more like hes not a good guy though. view post
Many people have begun to ask where Scott has gone, but I have a more sinister question where have all the ancients(people who were here in the begginning of the board) gone, wheres Mithfanion, White Lord, Da-krul etc. I was going to say Aldarion but he made a surprise appearance. I miss seeing logos filled cookies from Da-krul in the Welcome section and White Lord's great posts. What has become of these once powerful posters did we scare them all away. Entropic and a few others remain ......but for how long. If they were to go what would we do. Im scared 
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Sovin Nai i think is still number 2 six hundered something posts with you in third I think Im up there in the top 5 somehwere. Well i guess ill have to start watching my back. Edit: Just looked and im number 5 with Aldarion in 4th but to give good credit to myself Im the only one up there that joined 2005. view post
Just wondering what parts in, or things said in the books you thought were the best,funniest, etc. One of my favorite lines in the books is during the Inrau VS Synthese fight when it says "Prayer seized his tongue. Blasphemy tumbled from his lips." and my favorite part out of all of them is Akka's wrath when he gets out of the Uroborian circle. Well those are mine what are yours? view post
How do we know what you say is true Justified or are you saying these things to twist our own thoughts on the truth to accomadate for your want to confuse us all. How can we be certain you truly made this post? Could we not be accomadating for our want of an explanation of the truth? Try getting out of this one mister. And if this starts to get Matrixie I think i might shoot myself I hate that movie. view post
One evening Rene Descartes went to relax at a local tavern. The bartender approached and said, "Ah, good evening Monsieur Descartes! Shall I serve you the usual drink?". Descartes replied, "I think not.", and promptly vanished. view post
I don't think anyone knows since Scott has abandoned us for a bit and is busy with Neuropath,but to make a guess im gonna say its going to be awhile like late this year or even next year. view post
*Writes a short novel with a more powerful character to combat Kellhus. view post
Its very fun to read both mystar"s responses and other board members. Ive had my entertainment for the day. view post
Should I go get some popcorn this is starting to get good. view post
Really we should turn this into a book, hell id buy it. We could call it something like [u:1ehlse2g]The Philosophy behind the Philosophers[/u:1ehlse2g] view post
Im pretty good with stuff like that. view post
Excellent observation, Im under the impression its just another example of the Seswatha inside of Akka coming through. view post
Before making my supreme statement on this topic I am curious on who on the board has had someone close to them serve in the military or Iraq. view post
Jus to see where peoples opinions are coming from. Im sure people who have noone close to them in the armed forces are goin to have different opinions than someone who does personally I think anyone who has served his nation should be treated as royalty regardless if the war was the right thing to do. view post
ALL HAIL HARROL THE FIRST! No really I just think service men and women deserve a little respect. Even though you may not respect the war or agree with it the soldiers are still over there fighting. view post
Wow................you win the most off-topic post of the year award sadly we have nothing to give you. view post
Well before posting an answer i need to think deeply but the reason you are not finding posts by S. Bakker is because that is not the name he uses on this board, his username is Cujara Cinmoi. You wont find any recent posts by him however because hes been rather busy. Now I need to go think. view post
[quote:pm3qpsdp]I also know enough to know what I don't know and where to look to find out [/quote:pm3qpsdp] [url:pm3qpsdp]http://www.criticalsecurity.net[/url:pm3qpsdp] some shady people there but you can find out basicly anything there. view post
Nice edit Entropic. view post
Just be careful they will flame very hashly if you break any of their rules and just to warn you most of them are hackers. view post
As long as Scott stays away from magic rings and epic quests with "fellowships" I'm not going to start describing it as Tolkienesque although i do see the similarities. view post
Wow Deadshade great post I love to see how other people interpret the books, and make new connections and analogies. I too am curious if you have any reccomendations for good place to get a basic understanding of quantum mechanics. view post
Truly you can see more similarities between PoN and other novels like the Dune series than you can with Tolkiens books. EDIT: I really didn't want to say Herbertesque. view post
No...... Nonmen are pre-Inchoroi. view post
Agreed its Mekeritrig. view post
Yes I also imagined them as werewolfish, images of the wolves from Underworld always came to mind when I thought of Sranc. view post
I never really imagined them as shaggy with hair but i never saw them as hairless either. view post
I agree with Primal and gierra, you can read anything into anything if you want to but Im going to have to say people too often overanalyze the books, sometimes to the point of making statements about the authors sexuality and etc. which is just ridiculous, Scott has written precisely what that time period would be like for women and portrayed Esmi very well and often as an intelligent women, Esmi did what any sane person would have done in her situation which is to surivive and honestly who is going to say no to Kellhus. I still think it is funny that we are commenting on a post that was posted a year ago, but ressurecting dead posts is always fun view post
[quote:3qxw5xgl]Question: Is it me, or are the female charactors in the series all whores, or just women in the process for being used? [/quote:3qxw5xgl] If you really want to see everyones comments on women in the books this should help http [url]forum.three-seas.com/viewtopic.php?t=927[/url] Edit : Yay for me just reached Sorc of Rank Didact was kind of annoying after awhile view post
Im pretty sure Scott hasn't released enough language info for a translator to be created. view post
hmmm i thought u would have changed after 550. It will prolly be 600 though I have been wondering for awhile what the next one was. Im praying that they wont start to get to stupid but the top one will probably be grandmaster or qorum member. view post
I suppose it could be argued that the Fanim are more closely Christian than the Inrithi on the fact that the Fanim worship the Solitary God meaning monotheistic, where the Inrithi have many deities and such being a bit on the polytheistic side, both religions however have a prophet Fane for Fanimry and Inri Sejenus for the Inrithi. I usually tend to agree with Entropic on this but i can see where others can have different opinions. view post
Which is why I usually agree with Entropic and yourself I was just saying that I see where other people have different opinions. view post
[url:ne9r3lxg]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming[/url:ne9r3lxg] Wikipedia has a good article on NLP and it seems to have a good explanation something I will look into. view post
Yah it is Cnauirs....... I thought that was fairly obvious. view post
[quote:3lwnveat]And a big whoop to Akka for kicking that second Ciphrang's butt! If you ask me, there's no better way to train for the war against Tsurumah than by having to battle a couple of uber-powered Ciphrang from time to time![/quote:3lwnveat] You guys do realiize in the end Akka got his ass kicked by the Ciphrang whether or not it was because of his obliterating of the Nansur Im not sure but he still lost. view post
Both And if you really want to get down to the big picture Iyokus won. view post
Well if you want to get to the [b:15ewopxw]BIG[/b:15ewopxw] picture humanity won. view post
Wasnt that just a little tattletalish gierra.
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So Guest posted the post before last which was claimed in the next post by Guest interesting...... view post
Return of the Guest? view post
Its amazing how many people ask this question. Yes Diet the story will continue in the Aspect-Emperor. view post
The Shannara series is his best he also has the Knigth of the Word books which i have yet to read but will tie into his new book Armageddon's Children. view post
I always felt that he did give a bit of an evil vibe off in the books when characters would describe feeling his presence especially in the dreams. view post
Ill let you be the one who gets lured into a dark alleyway I like my arms and legs a little too much to be having them painfully removed. view post
Im good with that, just need to stay on her good side. Wait do you have a good side? view post
Just how tall are we talking basketball player tall or 6 feet tall. view post
I guess im in the clear then. view post
Well that is quite tall Im about 6'1" so 5 inches is a good bit taller than I. view post
[quote:58h8dkkb]Alot of other authors tend to be a little stand-offish [/quote:58h8dkkb] Indeed view post
He definitely has thoughts about the rape later in the series. view post
White Lord has posted is this a sign of good things to come or just a one time return of an old boarder. view post
Indeed the Third Phase allowed him to change the Cant of Calling to what he called a Cant of Transposing. view post
He always explains things so fully which is why I enjoy his posts so much. Now if we can only get Mithfanion back. view post
Khayyam uses riddles in his work so much it is often hard to say precisely what he is trying to say. I tend to believe he was a bit of a nihilist. Whether or not he believed in any divine force im not to say, despite the fact that he made a pilgramage to Mecca to satisfy religious higher ups of his faithfulness. I really could go on and on about my thoughts on his philosophy and unique poetry but I do not have the time as of now. For those who are not familiar with Omar Khayyam the web is an excellent source of information for quick study wikipedia is useful. [url:1j3dh28c]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khayy%C3%A1m[/url:1j3dh28c] view post
Rome is a great series I have watched all of the first season and I enjoyed it greatly I can't wait for the second season to come out. view post
Why cant spam just go home Im sure satan misses it dearly. view post
Don't think its on anyother station besides HBO but the Season One dvd just came out for those who don't have HBO and want to watch Rome. view post
He could ban them but many of them are Guests. Im at the point where I think we should just disallow guests completely. view post
Really? view post
I always knew Cnaiur was "gay" since Darkness and it surprises me that most people didnt really think that. Regarding Simas I wasnt sure if he was a skin spy but I definitely felt that something was up with him in Darkness. view post
I believe its been translated quite a bit by many different people. Each with small difference in translation. view post
[quote:3f8i4k1y]I think you are refering to a passage from The Thousandfold Thought where Esmenet reads The Sagas. During this time she reads "The Kayutiad." [/quote:3f8i4k1y] Well I dont know if Edge was talking about that particualr passage but there are other subtle hints and mentions of Seswatha being his true father which was a possible reason for the tension between them, I dont have the book on me so I cant give any page numbers. As for the Harbringer question it could be argued that Mathanet or Moenghus are the Harbringer not that Im saying one of them is the Harbringer I mostly started this topic to see what other people had to say. I enjoyed both Cynical and your posts and ideas. view post
Exactly Harrol. view post
Since we are talking about Khayyam what would you say your favorite verse/verses are? Some of my personal favorites are: With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with my own hand labour'd it to grow: And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd - "I came like Water, and like Wind I go Into this Universe, and Why not knowing Nor Whence, like Water willy-nilly flowing; And out of it, as Wind along the Waste, I know not Whither, willy-nilly blowing What, without asking, hither hurried Whence? And, without asking, Whither hurried hence! Oh, many a Cup of this forbidden Wine Must drown the memory of that insolence And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky, Whereunder crawling coop't we live and die, Lift not thy hands to It for help - for It Rolls impotently on as Thou or I view post
I agree completely with Krijates. view post
In our hearts maybe, as for actually exists noone knows. view post
I have now made it my lifes mission to find the forum she speaks of while avoiding the chainsaw. view post
scott is still missing in action presumed kidnapped by the consult who are angry with him for revealing their plans. view post
You do realize however that any Dunyain remaining at Ishual that were of the Few are now dead as we know from the start of Darkness, not to say that more won't be born later, who knows how the death of the Few Dunyain is going to affect the breeding program. view post
[quote="Harrol":am8nouqm]If Moe did not know any of the younger Dunyain with the ability then he could not have contacted them. Thus the reason Kellhus had not received the dream.[/quote:am8nouqm] Im almost positive Kellhus recieved the dreams just as the others did. You are correct in saying those he did not know would not recieve the dream but he did know Kellhus even it was for a short time, what I was saying is losing such a large amount of Dunyain who had the Few would affect to a certain point the breeding program and the amount of the Few produced. view post
Most obviously skin spies. view post
Are you saying a person can be insane in a very non scary way? Any thoughts on where he might be killing time til the Second Apocalypse, personally I think hes probably out somewhere in the Three Seas causing trouble but I suppose its equally possible hes in the North looking for the Dunyain? view post
I knew I forgot to say something in my post, Harrol is correct only Inchoroi are called Old Names, yes he is a senior member of the Consult but he is not of the Old Names. view post
What Harrol said.^ view post
I would do it without a second thought Ive trained long and hard as a Spam Fu Fighter. And If you think Harrol has alot of time on his hands you should see how much time ive got. Plus i like having power not that I would use it for evil but just having it.....and next time ill nominate you for a particuarly dangerous position I always return the favor. I think Entropic is just busy with school. view post
Personally I blame spammers they drive people so crazy that they go out and shoot people what do you think happens to all the people who disappear off the board they are off blowing shit up and killing folks. view post
Were I in the same situation I would have done the same thing. view post
You guys really crack me up. view post
What other forums do you guys tend to be on alot? So I can track all of you down once and for all *evil laugh, *mutters under his breath "must find gierra" The only other boards i frequent a bit are the shannaraforums and the asoiaf board occasionaly. view post
Im going to start calling this the post that cannot die. view post
A problem that most schools have is the strictness on fighting, by stopping fights and discouraging that kind of behavior students bottle up all of there emotions to the point where they take out that anger in a much worse way, Id say fighting is quite healthy at least mentally and stops violence from escalating to guns. view post
Im almost positive EE was being sarcastic. view post
To achieve Nirvana. view post
Two ideas that would make sense to explain the altered dream, 1) Things happened much differently during the Apocalypse than the dreams depict or a warning of what is going to happen the second time around with Kellhus or one of his sons taking on Anaxophobus' place but on the side of the Consult. Id personally like to see little Moenghus be the new Anaxophobus except evil 
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Personally I like my rank, it makes you feel elite like you are a huge part of the board. I might have to take out Harrol soon though with his new status. view post
Ive had notions of starting my own religion once or twice but i thought it would be too much time consuming writing commandments and what not, but back to the topic i would say that religion is anyones personal belief on existence in general. view post
My hope is John McCain. view post
I think the damnation for sorcerers is all the same but Daimotic sorcerers just suffer much much worse because of the binding and use of demons from the Outside, the very Demons they binded will be the demons who torture them for eternity. view post
I think its from another book. Mythago wood perhaps? view post
Good Im glad that we all undertand eachother.
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I believe this is the one you are looking for [url:24jwjlmv]http://www.malazanempire.com/index.shtml[/url:24jwjlmv] view post
Foolish Peralogues!(Mortals) Tremble Before Me, you cannot hope to stand against my Power! view post
Fool! Flaming torches do not affect me. Now suffer the wrath of my minions( chainsaw wielding gierra and stick bearing Harrol) Doom has come to this World(forum). view post
I didnt want to have to resort to this but it would seem that I myself must engage in battle. *Brings sorcery to bear, and incinerates Hellscythe along with his broadsword. Let that be a lesson to all of you. view post
Dont mess with gierra. She knows things that would scare the shit out of you. Its why Im glad shes on my side. And Hellscythe you do realize that by posting in this you increase your rank making your rebellion pointless because by the time this war is over you will be a subdidact. Bwahhaahah shoots down your rebellion a bit doesnt it. view post
The electrocuted Warrior-Poet stands impossibly erect, wreathed in Holy Fire tears his beating heart from his chest and bellows "MORTAL COMBAT" to which Hellscythe and himself have an epic battle.(long story short Hellscythe wasn't that immortal) Warrior-Poet absorbs Hellscythe's energy and takes his newly formed ashes puts them in an urn which is then put into a cask of cement which is then sealed in titanium with choreaic script written on it. Lets see you get out of this one. view post
Warrior-Poet cleverly severs the head and pins it up on his mantle for entertainment. view post
[quote:2nu2b7qi]hehe, wow, so many pieces of crap. Then again, this thread is like a mine. Dig through all the crap, and you find pure gold.[/quote:2nu2b7qi] A bit corny but a bit true too. view post
Warrior-Poet spares Hellscythes puny existence as Hellscythe has already suffered enough considering selling him on Ebay as a live action figure. view post
Ha foolish short man i have evolved beyond the need for a shin. view post
Hmmm its a very good idea unlikely it will happen though, I always did see the connection between the whirlwinds though. You have some very interesting ideas Incu. view post
In my opinion a God does not have to be part of religion, but a belief in a higher purpose or reason for existence does. I personally believe in God in my own personal way. view post
IF John McCain runs for president he has the best chance of winning against those on the list if people voted today. I personally liek John McCain because he is his own person and doesn't lean one way jsut because everyonelse does, he would make a great president. Bill Frist would probably be next on my list. IF Hilary runs she will just split the democrats vote. view post
Great one of the highest beings has joined the fight we are all screwed now. Not even I can stand against him for he has the power to delete any attack I throw at him. view post
[url:1wp3la6b]http://forum.three-seas.com/viewtopic.php?t=1516[/url:1wp3la6b] More evil spam to be destroyed. view post
He has either gone completely nuts, or hes saner than he was before. I havent really decided yet, but im leaning torwards him being broken by the ordeal. view post
Im sure Aspect-Emperor will reveal more about their relationship. view post
[quote:17ld0pgj]The way I understand it, an Anagogic sorcerer will formulate in his mind what he knows of fire, and try to replicate it in reality, whereas a Gnostic sorcerer will understand what fire is, and conjure the essence of it.[/quote:17ld0pgj] Twayleph that was an excellent way to explain it. view post
I miss Scott too but the sooner the books are done the happier I will be. view post
I just remembered Im also a member of the allempires board which is actually got some good stuff on there if anyone wants to check it out. [url:18o90vzu]http://www.allempires.com/forum/[/url:18o90vzu] view post
In the way his Father meant broken Id say he is. Kellhus was not what his father wanted when he got there, Kellhus was no longer Dunyain which is what his father required of him, as Kellhus would say he is "more". view post
http://forum.three-seas.com/viewtopic.php?t=1530 view post
I pray to no Mod. For I believe in an even higher beings Admins, and it is they who will keep EE in check with their power over all that is the board. view post
Why dont you like John? Personally if Al Gore dets elected it would be ok because out of all the democrats I like him the most, but if Hilary is elected Im either 1)Going to shoot myself. 2) Move to Canada or 3) Cryogenically freeze myself until the next election. Not because she is a woman but because shes a mean bitch, she whines and complains but really doesnt solve any problems. view post
[quote:1box9kma]I think that intelligence is qualitative, not quantitative.[/quote:1box9kma] I would agree with this statement. Its not how smart you are, its how you are smart. view post
I always found Cnauirs relationship with Proyas as paternal, of all the Great Names he respected Proyas the most. view post
Pshhhhhh hes only got to write a thousand something pages, reduce it to a far smaller number then have it edited rewritten and edited again, how hard could that be?
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Well thats the point it builds suspense and gives him thousands of possiblities for what he wants the relationship to be. view post
Hmmm you have made some excellent points I will have to reread the passages you just mentioned. Edit: I just read them and Im getting two feelings Scott is either very subtly saying Cnaiur is sexually attracted to Proyas, or another option im seeing now is that Cnauir wishes he could be more like Proyas. view post
He thinks he is more because 1) He is cucko for cocoa puffs 2) He has actually spoken to the No-God/ any type of Divine force or 3) He has actually ascended past the TFT. view post
Indeed view post
This means war Harrol, although it may take a great amount of time for them to respond the Admins will crush you and your moddish following. view post
Like I said as long as Hilary isnt elected Im A Okay with a democrat such as Al Gore. Still going for McCain though. view post
Now the whole board is laughing at you Harrol. view post
[quote:8ksk9gkp]That could be true but I think Kellhus's conditioning would bring him out of any delusion of simply acting out a part so long.[/quote:8ksk9gkp] True if he were still a Dunyain his conditioning would bring him out of any delusions but thats the whole point hes been broken by his ordeal his conditioning cant help him in that regard. view post
anor just about summed it up. view post
Yet he does nothing to interfer, for he knows who has the power. view post
The jokes just get cornier and cornier on here.
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BWahahahah the admins will rule supreme. view post
It looks good, i just have not had the chance to see it, nice resurrecting a long dead post you silly necromancer Harrol. view post
Or a laid back 20 some odd year old. view post
Most likely I will forget what real funny is. view post
*Repeats earlier statement. view post
Ok now your just making me feel like a retard because I havent seen it yet. view post
By telling his Father that he is the Harbringer and speaks to a higher being shows that he certainly believes he is aprophet of some sort because telling his father that as a lie would serve Kellhus no purpose. view post
And there you have it Harrol, your own leader has admitted his inferiority, as he said he is like the admins virgin mary(admin" little bitch) lol joking of course .
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The small remnant of the Imperial Saik you mean.
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Indeed view post
Oh nooooooooo! I will never know funny again!!!!!!!!!! view post
Its my favorite part of TFT. view post
*falls down laughing with Hellscythe. view post
Obama creeps me out. view post
Isnt it a bit more likely that he will unify all the Schools into one Super School? view post
For you anor I have posted it in the discussion thread. view post
With the Schools weakened greatly what are your ideas about whats next for them. I personally think that Kellhus will unite the Schools into one Super School. Not only does Kellhus have enough power to do this he also has good reason to do it, by uniting the Schools animosity and war between Schools would cease to exist and help focus on a common enemy(The Consult). view post
Do you really think that the Qourum members are better suited to teach Kellhus than Achamian is/was with Akka's new connection to Seswatha Im thinking he will be needing Akka at some point to help him. view post
[quote:3748cmcc]Really, only the Red Spires were weakened[/quote:3748cmcc] I hope you mean Scarlet Spires. The Saik also took a minor loss with the Grandmaster dead and quite a few Sorcs of Rank from the Saik. When I say weakened Im not just talking about losses of actual sorcerers Im talking about weakened power wise. The Myunsai as mercenaries will likely not even have a role in the Kellhus' new Three Seas. view post
[quote:37tif5nl]As to Achamian's connection to Seswatha, a lot has been said about it on these boards. I don't think there is much evidence of this yet in the novels. All the members of the mandate had intense dreams; we were witness to some of them because they were shared.[/quote:37tif5nl] I was less talking about the intensity of the dreams and was more talking about the change of events and nature of the Dreams, also Akka's annihalation of the SS imprisoning him and his overall attitude has changed drastically. It seems to me that if anyone is going to be the Seswatha incarnate it will be Akka. However if the connection exists the knowledge Akka could obtain would be immensely useful to Kellhus view post
indeed i dont recall this happening plus gierra congrats on becoming equal to Harrol. view post
A very very distorted humor I will now know. view post
Deep down all politicians are creepy. view post
This topic is wondefully entertaining. *Rolls around on floor laughing. view post
I will probably see it this weekend. view post
[quote:33t44riq]Seswatha was no doubt a terrible old man, one who certainly put his aims before any individual (cf Xin. or Nau-Cayuti) or any moral imperative and one who had (rightly) earned A's condemnation. [/quote:33t44riq] I would say he made a neccessary sacrifice and deep down Nau-Cayuti knew that his wife/whatever was dead. Dont forget he made many personal sacrifices for the World not for himself. After all he was only human and did the best he was capable of. view post
Board rank is what i was leaning at. view post
Board rank is what i was leaning at. view post
He is now a rogue wizard. view post
It involves the psychological effects of humor in the forum. view post
Lol Clever but still very much corny. view post
lol you guys have like entire personal conversations right after i get off the board. view post
They do you just dont hear them, for board heaven is very faraway indeed. view post
His mission will not change but the way he accomplishes has changed. view post
Im pretty sure the reason he walked straight past her was linked directly to the fact that he had just seen a Skin Spy and was so deep in thought he didnt notice anything around him. This the only conclusion that can be made Im almost positive there was noone else around and this is explained somewhat in the later books enjoy reading. view post
Soon my time will come Entropic soon I will ascend to (insert rank here). Then I WILL RULE THE BOARD!!!!!!! BWWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH(under the admins and mods of course)BWAHAHHH!H!H!HHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!! view post
I also have a feeling Harrol will be using his rank in every topic and post just to make himself feel better about himself. view post
I believe Kellhus truly thinks that he has been chosen by God to save the world, etc. Through his experiences he seems to think that because certain things happened to him that it must be true(i.e him finding water in the desert, or his trial on the Umiaki. view post
I have just successfully reread the whole series and have noticed things that I did not notice before. So I have created this topic for those of you who think you noticed something. Something I noticed which wasnt actually part of the story but can be found in the Glossay pg 490, under Sranc was this "Under the command of the No-God they are utterly fearless, and seem to strike with unerring control and coordination. Is it just me or does that sound just like a certain battle in WP just after Kellhus comprehended the TfT and the Inrithi impossibly won the battle. It would seem to me that the No-God is somehow apart of the TFT. view post
Yes we know its very funny. view post
Why cant all politicians be that creative. view post
Ewwwwww nasty images have now been forced into my head. I think I may need to vomit. view post
ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Im scarred(not that i wasnt scarred by the Ms. Clinton thing first) for life. Or what about Bill Frist with a thong and whip. view post
Dammit it turns out my rank doesnt change at 600 so now it probably wont happen til 650 or 700 if it happens at all. view post
Me and Entropic thought there would be a set number but i guess we were wrong. view post
Nice view post
Harrol and gierra dont make me pull out a Odaini Concussion Cant. For I am the Darkness that comes before. view post
Ewwww dont even mention Foley he makes me vomit everytime i see his name. view post
I concur moebius. view post
Just because his shame is associated with sex does not mean he desires Proyas in that way, its much the same with some homosexual men in the modern world who are ashamed of their behavior or the way they are who would also in all probability think of someone they had great respect for. This is one of the main reasons I said Cnaiur wished he could be more like Proyas, it could be said to a certain point that Proyas was somewhat of a role model for Cnauir. view post
you should start your own workout program, Gierra's Mosh Fitness guranteed hurt arms and rock hard abs. view post
Harrol is such a girl. view post
Its just plain gross and wrong on so many levels. view post
lol whip some people into hardcore killers then? view post
gierra certainly this conversation does not warrant the need for a candy bar. view post
lol Celts all the way bitch. view post
Our bizzareness is justified by Harrols girliness. view post
Agreed view post
Like I said alhana always has the best posts. view post
Celts warfare beats all, go crazy and kill people, cant get any better than that. view post
kellhus is definitely a bad guy in my opinion, when he does something its only to serve his own goals. No matter how good his intentions seem at a time in the end, it was to serve his purposes. view post
I always take the sides of whores and gods, things tend to work out for me when I do. view post
Indeed when Cnauir told him about the Dunyain, Akka understood everything Kellhus had done, he saw the manipulations, and the lies. You said it perfectly, he is now Awake. view post
No not really, I think PoN is one of the best series I have ever read but I still take pleasure in other novels and books. view post
Bam! She got you on that one. view post
There are many ways to consider. view post
Thats a nice way to put it Mahajanga view post
*Warrior-Poet sings a song of doom on Hellscythe and Harrol for at last I have comprehended the Cant of Venereal Disease tremble before such power. view post
Clearly a carpenter could not stand against a Dunyain Kellhus would win, despite the fact that this topic had nothing to do with them actually fighting...... view post
With the limited knowledge you had for the young man the best course of action would be to not give him the cigarettes. view post
I stick with whoever has the most power and quite frankly Harrol your power is fading and gierra is growing in strength. view post
This has certainly been asked in many other topics, for the most part people seem to agree with Harrol on the lack of self awareness but i havent decided my opinion on the questions. view post
Ouch enjoy reading after you heal. view post
*Hellscythe's barrier cracks under the sheer force of the spell and he is overwhelmed by herpes. Harrol fonctionnent de nouveau à votre maman. lol This certainly has become a Geekfest. view post
I still enjoy simpler novels like Gemmel and others likely because of the worlds they create are still interesting, even if they do not stand up against Bakker, Erikson, and Martin. view post
I think the lack of awareness is a good possibility but it seems a little to simple for Bakkers ideas, I feel as though their needs to be something deeper. view post
Im surprised I havent posted this before but mythology is one of my biggest interests and I was curious if anyone else was as fascinated with it as I am. Im really into Egyptian, Norse, Celtic, and well just about any type. And if you are interested in mythology, what mythological creature, god, etc, would you associate yourself or is your favorite. Favorite creature is Fenrir/Fenris. Mythological hero: Odyseus God: Osiris view post
This has less to do with the questions, but in another post I discussed how it seems the No-God has comprehended the TfT or is a large piece of it hence his precise control over the Sranc. As for his awareness I think there is definitely something more to the questions than a simple lack of awareness. view post
Not even God can save you now. Warrior-Poet takes mercy upon Hellscythe and leaves him in his agony. view post
The Nephilim are quite fascinating. view post
The second book in the series is the Ships of Merior Third: Warhost of Vastmark Fourth: Fugitive Prince Fifth: Grand Conspiracy Sixth: Peril's Gate Seventh: Traitors Knot I think there is another one coming out soon. view post
Nephilim=Children of Fallen angels. Wikipedia's definition: In the Torah and several non-canonical Jewish and early Christian writings, nephilim (in Hebrew הנּפלים means those causing others to fall) are a people created by the crossbreeding of the "sons of God" (benei elohim, בני האלהים) and the "daughters of men". (See Genesis 6:1.) The word nephilim is loosely translated as giants or titans in some translations of the Bible, and is left as nephilim in others. Theres alot more story to it and its a great topic. view post
*Gah Warrior-Poet writhes in agony, then begins his song, soon cataracts of light surround him and he is safe....for now. view post
Ive been meaning to get into his books but never seem to get the time now that my sports season is almost over Im going to have alot of time on my hands and will definitely check it out. Deirdre of the Sorrows is a good story and a sad one at that. view post
The chaff shall return and when we do all wheat shall tremble with fear. view post
Very cool and Happy Halloween to all. view post
I think what Iyokus meant was that the Scarlet Spires are the only school who have delved so deep into the different branches of sorcery, Im almost certain all sorcerers are capable of using Daimotic sorcery but choose not to because of the risks. view post
This is by far the funniest thread ever created. view post
Have you started on it yet? view post
Do it. Zombie costumes at work= Total Coolness view post
Aw so it might be awhile eh? view post
THe chaff are many and yes one or two will be distracted but one of us will kill you. view post
Only as much as they knew about the Consult's plans. view post
I really hadnt thought about that. Outside agencies appearing in their true forms might make them much more dangerous and much more powerful. view post
Im in a bit of ressurecting mood(likely because of Im sick and bored) so Im bringing this topic back. Defy You- The Offspring view post
Wild Thing- Jimi Hendrix view post
Original Prankster- The Offspring view post
Your connection to the Dune books is valid, as are many of your points. Referring to the Daimos, all sorcerers and Schools are capable of using Daimotic sorcery however only the SS has delved so deeply into it, most Schools and sorcerers choose not to use Daimotic sorcery as to not suffer the agony the agencies they summon will inflict upon them. Iyokus will likely be a double agent so to speak, and a definite thorn in Kellhus side. view post
Theres a post by Scott on this board that Ive been unable to locate that discusses souls and such and I believe he siad any creature is capable of aquiring a soul though certain means. view post
[quote:24gr03hb]The DnD books lack something all right: Originality. Ever since The Lord of the Rings, fantasy writers have had a hell of a time thinking of a plot that does not center around a magical object.[/quote:24gr03hb] Tis very true, and do forget epic quests that end up being called Fellowships. view post
I feel that they talked alot of smack about policies needing to be changed and such but in the end they used that to win the House and Senate, people will say or do anything to be on top. I think as the Democrats control the House and possibly the Senate people will see that nothing is changing(hopefully) and not rant so much about the wrong choices of Republicans. view post
One of the theories on their lack of knowledge was that the Inchoroi were fleeing something or were survivors of a major catastrophe and the remaining members of the race were not the most brilliant. view post
Precisely its all good and well to say your going to change something but when you actually attain the position they think the same way. view post
Your likely not to get an answer from Scott any time soon as he has been quite busy with writing. The next installment is not due for quite some time. view post
Yes Stargate is a very good show although I did like to Atlantis as much, its very interesting how Egyptian Mythology is tied into it. view post
I dont understand why they even made the Atlantis series why ruin something thats good already. view post
Eh o well I just really never got into it it seems different from the original to me for some reason. view post
Well I know that I was just stating to why I couldnt get into it. view post
All good things must come to an end. view post
The idea that the chorae was there to protect him as well as resrain him is a large idea already. view post
Actually I find it quite easy most people I know arent too interested in what people read so if the topic does happen to come up I tell them and they usually could careless or want to borrow the book. view post
I think Mordecai should get an award for shortest best answer. Yes records are probably kept. view post
[url:354lsa3d]http://www.chronicles-network.com/forum[/url:354lsa3d] A huge fantasy site that I just joined so many topics it makes my head want to explode, ill see how I like it there. view post
I think anything from Scott would be nice right about now. view post
John for President! view post
Harrol you bring humor into topics I didnt think it was possible. view post
If it was I wasnt aware of it but in all seriousness John for President. At least out of the people up there. view post
Ive already gone to group therapy. view post
That would depend on what the No-God is they may have to rebuild the carapace and use sorcery again to bring him to life. view post
We just have to wait a small time for Entropic to visit the board then things will cool down again. view post
Lol view post
Nice one Harrol view post
Ive only reread them twice so far, I dont think i could do a third time unless I wait awhile. view post
The majority of the Three-Seas at this point already believe he is some sort of Shaman, as the most of them believe he is a prophet and it will now be know that he practices sorcery so for all intents and purposes he is a shaman. view post
It could be done, but it would be extremely costly and at this point not many [u:2gle69vy]good[/u:2gle69vy] game developers would even consider making it into a game. Maybe in a few years when the series is a little more popular. view post
I truly hate this infernal spam. view post
oblivion= Bethesda Software's Elder Scrolls most recent rpg view post
Lunch Lady Land- Adam Sandler view post
I suppose its possible. view post
Headstrong- Trapt view post
Its pretty annoying and i think it scares people from the board. view post
Or do they...... Wow this post has become so unserious. view post
More like the Harrol Plan for World Rule Fund view post
Probably because there was no spam when you joined. view post
You Know My Name- Chris Cornell (Casino Royale Theme Song) view post
Dont worry only a few people actually read this section anyway. view post
It was a good time and we had alot more active users than we do now. view post
Well considering alhana is probably a secret martial artist, and gierra we already know you dont mess with her and that chainsaw so Im thinking silencing will be a little hard for you. view post
It would help alot if the entire memberlist was cleaned of spammers in one big cleanout, then the spammers could be dealt with daily as they register. Maybe we need more Mods? view post
That would have to be some high quality cigs to be 7 $ but I agree with Swordsman. view post
Ive got all the time in the world but its up to the admins. view post
I dont think you both are giving yourselves enough credit, you guys would make great Mods. I dont feel comfortable pming an admin asking him to make me a Mod so if you want me as a Mod pm them because Id be more than willing to help out. view post
The connections from the book and history are quite numerous you should check out the Inri Sejenus VS.Jesus thread and there are a few others, there in my opinion very many similarities between PoN and the Dune books. view post
Is there a reason you posted this twice? view post
Att this point it seems we will be pulling the majority of the troops out of Iraq by 2008 even though I find this to be a very wrong decision. First off we entered this war and made things the way they are now, we are responsible, the job is not done and I dont think we should leave until it is. We made the decision to help the people of Iraq and until we have done all we can do for them we cannot leave. Despite what many people think and what the media shows good things are happening in Iraq and many of the people do want us there, with the all the trouble going on over there if we were to pull out now another dictatorship or something worse would spawn and we would right back to step 1 or put ourselves in a worse position. view post
Well in that case ill post here what I posted there. The connections from the book and history are quite numerous you should check out the Inri Sejenus VS.Jesus thread and there are a few others, there in my opinion many similarities between PoN and the Dune books. view post
The basic outline of the story is that I told everyone of Harrol's plan for world domination and he now plans on eliminating all witnesses, so gierra and alhana are defying his minions with Hellscythe randomly dropping food on people. view post
Nevermind im pming. view post
Bowing is definitely not necessary, it might go to Harrol's head which happens to be a little to large to begin with. Also welcome to the board you should introduce yourself in the Introduction section. view post
As Napoleon said "Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich." Meaning without religion morals quite possibly would obsolete and we would certainly be warring and murdering, etc, Without even thinking it is wrong or right. Gods keep people in check. Most of the earliest laws created were religiously based, ex. Hammurabi's code was said to be instructions from a God to Hammurabi, Ten Commandments, the 5 Pillars. Religion is both a blessing and curse people fight over which one is correct but also gives them morals. As for sorcery. magic is in the eyes of the beholder early sorcery was likely just early forms of science or unexplainable events of nature, though im not saying sorcery couldnt have existed in this world anything is possible. view post
It was a little Dark so to speak for a child in my opinion especially the last book in the series but as you were I was also a child and enjoyed the book immensely I do love alternate and parallel worlds and the such. view post
We could think of Buddhism perhaps but many people even tried to make Buddha out to be godlike and he is worshipped is he not? People have statues of him and rub his belly for luck in my opinion thats pretty close to worship. Plus the whole idea of Nirvana. And yes Gods have always been used to explain unexplainable events but as I said as time wears on they were used to make rules and rituals for people. view post
On the idea of whether less wars would have been fought without conflicting religions I agree religion did cause large scale problems, but what I was saying is that on a smaller scale morality comes into play which makes people think about their actions whether something they did was right or wrong. As for the magic aspect, people do fear what they themselves do not understand or do themselves, you would have to say jealously must have come into play. Who wouldnt be envious of such power and if you cant have that power then noone should, which eventually would use religion to kill off these old ideas and beliefs about sorecery using words like unholy, What better way to kill a powerful belief or magic than using something even more powerful to say it is wrong like a God if someone tells you it against a god a being with unlimited power your thinking will change pretty quickly. view post
Yeah I read alot of stuff that some of my teachers would not have understood when i was that age. Hmm alternate or parallel universes I suppose it is possible I mean there are so many things we already do not understand, I find it much more likely that there are other planets in the universe highly similar to ours however. You should post a parallel universe thread in the philosophy section view post
Well there is so much we already have no understanding of in this world parallel universes and such is a definite possibility. One example dark matter is a substance we have very limited understanding of, what does it do, where is it from. I think to some level humans have a 6th sense so to speak an underlying intuition and some people have it more than others. Our minds have limitless possibilities, humans have not even began to tap into our true potential. view post
O I do not make the common misconception of thinking Buddha was a god, sorry if it seemed as though thats where I was going with it, though I agree many do, what I was trying to say however was that people are always trying to make something into something its not. When Buddha began he was not trying to start a new religion or anything similar he was trying to enlighten people and reform ideas that were already there, but many people simply could not accept that he was a mere man so they would often question him asking if he was a god or an angel and such. Yes Buddha is a teacher but people still ignorantly think he is something more, and by simply having his statue is veneration which evolves into something more more often than not, kings often turned into religious objects a few years down the line. Rubbing the belly seeming silly to some, is not so silly as some think its very similar to superstition and ritual worship. Religion starts out with the small things. Another example Jesus was a [u:2d5uhwa3][b:2d5uhwa3]carpenter[/b:2d5uhwa3][/u:2d5uhwa3] who wanted to reform Judaism and look what happened with that. I could go on and on with more of my thoughts but I would be blabbing all day. Sorry to make it seem as though I thought Buddha to be a god Im a bit tired so getting my point across was a little more difficult. I look forward to continuing this topic. view post
[quote:ox1rkbki]As far as im concerned you did make sense. I believe a lot of what you said about the possibilities of the human mind. I dont know about the parellel universe thing...just never really thought to much about it. but, we only use 10% of our brains...why dont we use the other 90% or how do we learn how?[/quote:ox1rkbki] You do realize of course the whole 10% of our brains thing is a myth its not true, but thank you for allowing me to correct this misconception, that saying is believed to be started because of a misquote from Einstein the concept however is basically the same we have not nearly used all of our brain's potential and sometimes i think this was intended, When some people have sever head injuries the brain moves the functions of one part of the brain to a different part. view post
http://forum.three-seas.com/viewtopic.php?t=1054 You should check out this topic there's a discussion on something similar there. view post
To answer your question no humans will never be satisfied not understanding something, the whole reason science was even brought about was to explain unexplainable things without using a God as an answer. Humans will strive to answer any question or explain any event until there is nothing to do anymore, and that my friends is when the universe will come to an end. view post
Yes indeed I have read Douglas Adams, quite a guy, I enjoyed his books immensely. He most likely right. If there is a some higher presence in the universe he most likely wouldnt like humans knowing the meaning of the universe. Thats not offtopic at all. view post
I think i understood exaclty what you were saying. Something along the lines that because he doesnt require his brain to control most bodily functions his brain can be used for other things. view post
Telepathy is such a specific word, Id say all humans have a sixth sense a subsonscious intuition that helps us daily with interpreting peoples feelings and intentions, or communication without words or body language. As for can other humans achieve what Hawking did I suppose its possible but we would likely have to sacrifice another function of our brain. What I think humans as a majority should focus on is developing the use of our brain we have now. You can train your mind to do things many consider impossible, I completely believe that people are capable of what the Dunyain are capable of in PoN. view post
Before i answer your question I will say this many people hide their true intentions and reactions behind other ones. The average person would show fear or disdain torwards that statement but under that would secretly desire to know more about it, because human curiousity knows no bounds. My reaction would probably be that of disinterest some things are best left not understood. As for the clinically insane who knows if the clinically insane are actually insane, maybe they know something we dont. view post
Science is just a fancy word used to describe the art of understanding why things do what they do. I have read very little of the Unified Field Theory though I probably should because I am fond of Einstein's work. If alchemy is achieved that will likely be as close as humans will ever come to magic. view post
I thought it was something along the lines that his brain was connected differently making information processing faster. Its funny Einstein often said that school damaged his intelligence rather than helped it. view post
Speaking of meditation do any of you actually meditate? If so what kind of meditation do you practice and why. view post
The rank topic always comes up at one point or another, your total amount of posts determines your rank there are intervals at which your rank changes Im not really sure when you guys become peralogues maybe 25 or something check out this topic we are actaully talking about rank often these days. [url:21z88wm4]http://forum.three-seas.com/viewtopic.php?t=1521[/url:21z88wm4] You dont even want to know how long it took me to get my rank, im still waiting to see if I maxed out my rank yet. view post
Umm obviosuly someone is forgetting Scientology unless we aren't calling that a religion. Hell after awhile it wouldnt surprise me if someone started Inrithism or Fanimry in the real world now that wouldbe some madness. As for philosophy i dont consider it to be religion. I suppose you could say it is the worship of logic but it is so much more than that. view post
I agree with almost everything you say. Isnt Islam the fastest growing though? I have looked at the statistics in awhile so im not sure. view post
I would ask for proof and go from there. view post
Myself as you said I too do not have as much time as I wish I had to meditate but when Im not dead tired or have anything else going on I meditate 3 times a day Dawn, Midday, and Midnight. My meditation has more Taoist/Daoist influence than Buddhism but Buddhism techniques are often used. view post
Maybe a little too much alike...... I do like how you used a dash in your name also. And we both seem to have similar ideas and we both seem to be very intelligent with similar interests. view post
The likely answer is that his brain is creating the music on its own after hearing bits and pieces of music it arranges it automatically to form pieces of music that it knows to be good. view post
Still a year of peace would beat out the thousands of years of violence. view post
O I wasnt saying you were wrong or anything I was jsut stating the most common theory they have for prodigies like that, such as Daniel Tamet who solves math propblems with his brain displaying images of the answer in his head, weird huh. view post
Well the Norse believe that Fenrir/Fenris will break free of his chain and devour Odin and the Earth during what they call Ragnarok and the world's only chance is one of Odin's sons who's name escapes me at the moment defeats him but thats only one aspect of the story. view post
Personally I think it can go either away I mean theres always end of the world theories floating down and interpretation is so varied that the world could go bang tommorrow, The Mayans seem to think 2012 is there year and there are so many end of the world ideas I think the only questions that remain are is the world ever going to end and how is it going to end? view post
As of right now this topic is basicly burned out until someone besides those who have already contributed to this topic post in it. view post
How are we defining magic in this particular post? Please elaborate more to what you mean. view post
Its not going to end, this world will continue in some state for eternity. view post
Sorry for making it seem as though I was killing your topic, I was just curious to as what you meant by sorcery because theres so many different metaphysical aspects. So I will have to state no, I have never seen magic, though Id say I see magic in nature everyday. view post
Theres a link in his post its test to see if you contradict yourself about your beliefs in God I think heres the link [url:4wj7pv1v]http://www.philosophers.co.uk/games/god.htm[/url:4wj7pv1v] view post
The link was contained in the word "this". view post
Some would argue otherwise. view post
Its built to make you bite the bullet it plays on your feelings and emotions to challenge your beliefs. view post
You wont hear any arguments from me. view post
Well it would appear that way at this time but things could change very quickly such is the world. view post
Proof and then an explanation of it. view post
Explain and elaborate on your experience. view post
I suppose if you could convince me through feeling or me seeing something manipulated then that would be proof enough but then I would require an explanation. view post
As of right now I would say that I find that believable and energy that cannot be seen is transferred all the time so please continue. view post
I've heard of it and considered joining but Im too busy to get involved in something that huge. view post
I think at that point it would mean we believe you. view post
Ok now Im starting to think you two are the same person....but please do elaborate. And please do not assume I dont take hints, theres many things a person can learn from what they say. view post
Its going to be quite interesting when the other board members come back from there weekends. view post
Well lets say I believe you( not saying I do or do not, but leaving it as a possibility) what would be your limits with this type of energy ie distance, amount used, etc view post
Im listening and who am I to judge you its not like Im some higher powerful being who has the right to make any kind of judgement so please continue. view post
Are you sure you arent the same person? I do find it odd that you both joined within the same hour and have nearly exact beliefs and experiences. view post
Two possibilities you as in one of you is schizophrenic and after you joined the other you joined shortly thereafter and you both have been speaking to eachother ever since The other possibility is that you both joined closely together and oddly enough you both are very similar. Lucky enough for me I joined over a year ago so I do not have to speculate on my own joining. view post
How did I know that all of the posts you two made would merge into one focused area of topic. Meditation, parallels, energy manipulation, magic, etc I saw this coming from a mile away. view post
The second is most likely to be correct although you seem to post in turns. view post
[url:1lx7r74w]http://ballz.ababa.net/psiworld/[/url:1lx7r74w] You might find this quite interesting. Also you do realize this the way you two describe this it sounds like what some would call chakra. view post
I thought we had a security code? Plus people are paid to spam these days so all they would really have to do is spam on their own or register and setup a code so maybe somewhat effective it wouldnt completely solve the problem. view post
When I meditate I completely zone out and I feel as if I am floating and falling at the same time as though there is nothing below or above me, there is just me. Sometimes I experience this without meditation. view post
ZING! Nice one there Harrol. view post
You can always count on Harrol to pull a joke out of thin air. No really he does. view post
I would say you should create two posts that deal specificly with both of your questions Darkness. One post should be used for those who feel that they have experienced something like SW and Cordelia and want to share their experiences with it, etc. The other post being concerned with Jesus and his powers. view post
Your question on the word "familiar" interests me. There are many definitions of such a word but the only one I could think of(though I suppose I could be wrong) would be something along the lines of a familar spirirt which could be defined as such, a supernatural spirit or demon supposed to attend on or serve a person, or could be something that aids you in your use of your power. Whether I am right or wrong would be up to you I suppose. And out of curiousity just how young are you Cordelia, and dont feel required to answer, im just curious. view post
This war is being torn between people who want to do the right thing and the easiest thing to do, people do not want to take responsibility for the events in the Middle East even though we are apart of the problem. view post
If this keeps up we could almost get the board back to what it was like when Scott was still here. view post
And Cordelia I apologize in my earlier post I forgot to answer the question you asked about how was I different from other children. I suppose I was different in many ways, I was more knowledgeable in any topic you could possibly think of other compared to other kids, my maturity was beyond most high school students at the age of 9 and my creativity and ideas were pretty crazy: I thought about things normal kids normally would not know about, and if I ever had to say I had a "magical" gift it would be my intuition with nature and animals, I am very much a person of the mind I am more likely to achieve something like Kellhus' brain power rather than the gifts you seem to possess. view post
With 20 daily active members, a few of which had a very profound understanding of the books and made discussing them fun and we could ask Scott questions about the books and have conversations with him. And lets not forget that there was no spam whatsoever then. view post
I just enjoy discussing anything we get quite a variety of people on this board. view post
No free will is achievable, but you must escape your social programming every assumption and genralization must be eliminated you would be required to start fresh in your own environment. view post
Ive always loved riddles so Ive started a thread for people to post there own riddles or their own personal favorites. I think I will start with a classic. What goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the daytime and three legs in the evening? view post
Sorry for making such a generalized statement when I used such words as "magical" and "gifts" what I was more implying was that while you seem to have developed that particular (I think I will use the word talent) talent that I am more of an analytical person rather than being capable of controlling energy and such not to say that I myself am not capable of developing this talent. As for the familiars and parallel worlds/dimensions I thought i had stated earlier that I found this to be a distinct possibility possibly I forgot to mention this, but yes I do believe it is a possibility. And where you seem to be leading this topic of "familiars" Sounds nearly identical to the Bronze Canticle series by Tracy Hickman where three worlds exist and one person from each world develop a partnership with a creature from one of the other worlds to use their "magic" so to speak. As for the age question I will answer an educated guess if you return the favor too me without using this board to find the answer. You could be anywhere from 14-100 with your apparent knowledge and wisdom but again I will narrow this because of fairly obvious reasons down to perhaps 14-40 and again I will narrow this once more because of your manner of speaking and your rather newer ideas to somewhere between 14-29 give or take a few years Im not really one for specifics. I could be completely off but this is would be a pretty safe bet view post
You are quite clever but maybe not clever enough. You would light the match of course. Heres one you might like. There are four brothers in this world that were all born together. The first runs and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good. view post
How could you hate Sean Connery as Bond he was the man. view post
Post office, to your second one Cordelia Im still thinking about the first. view post
Did you file the paperwork for that first? view post
No she got it correct, it was the sphinx's riddle. And while Im figuring the cabin riddle out heres another Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it, Five in the middle is seen; First of all figures, the first of all letters, Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring Before you the name of an eminent king. view post
The blob zoning permit and the flaying release agreement. view post
God knows how long thats going to take to be processed. view post
A trilogy would likely allow more of the story to be told and build the suspense up to the final book but I dont know if I could wait for a third. When Scott does return he has alot of posts to read thats for sure. view post
Thats what it was! I think it threw me off the first time because the riddle i heard was a little different with a metal cabin and some other minor differences. Anyone figure out the next one? view post
Your last riddle is a little less common but the answer is a Shadow. view post
Try this I appear in every minute, Twice in every moment, but only once in a million years. view post
Even with a headache she solved it. Some serious props to whoever gets this and explains the answer. What row of numbers comes next? 1 11 21 1211 111221 312211 13112221 view post
Society for Creative Anachronisms view post
Darkness That was Tolkien correct? I welcome the day with a show of light, I steathily came here in the night. I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn, But by the noon, alas! I'm gone. view post
Even Pierce Brosnan wasnt that good. view post
Yeah I guess we are the righteous mod hammer now. view post
Sooooo how does Harrol's and my new power affect you psychologically because who knows what Harrol will do with it....... I suppose I should be supporting Harrol since I was the one who suggested that he be given the position of mod, so at least wait awhile before starting your world taking over. view post
Im going to use this as an example of my belief in mythical creatures. Around the world on nearly every continent you can find statues, art, and stories of dragons, they may not be called dragons in each place but they are all relatively the same. With so many different places having claims like that, there must be some truth to the dragon myth and other myths for that matter. view post
I thought the answer to your last riddle was: Darkness view post
Hmm I thought I remembered it from [u:zjgvqgzk]The Hobbit[/u:zjgvqgzk]. view post
Another letter riddle. The answer is "V" view post
And I don't think you guys realize how much fun killing spam is. From the clicking the delete button to confirming the delete. Our mission is to destroy spam. view post
Lovely and round, I shine with pale light, grown in the darkness, A lady's delight. view post
A map No sooner spoken than broken. What is it? view post
A bridge You can feel it, you cant see it, and you never will. view post
Correct or "your heart" would also have been right. My love, when I gaze on thy beautiful face, Careering along, yet always in place, The thought has often come into my mind If I ever shall see thy glorious behind. What am I? view post
I suppose we can just use this topic to post anything random or stuff we find out about other people on the forum..... view post
Who knows how cute people are when they arent zombies. view post
Pshhhhh spam looks under its bed for me. view post
Its been awhile X Ray, Welcome back, sorry to hear about the Goodkind kidnap that must have sucked........ view post
I know of two answers off the top of my head "a needle" and a "tornado/storm". We are little airy creatures, All of different voice and features. One of us in glass is set, One of us you’ll find in a jet; The other you may see in tin, And the fourth a box within. If the fifth you should pursue, It can never fly from you. What are we? view post
Nothing Marking mortal privation, when firmly in place. An enduring summation, inscribed in my face. What am I? view post
Im going with a candle and a match. If you like pretty gems that sparkle and shine, I invite you to dig in my virtual mine. My first is purple, fit for a king, My second is green where Dorothy did her thing. My third is red, July's birthstone as well, My fourth is seen in strings and is found inside a shell. My fifth is hard, pure Carbon and expensive to buy, My sixth is Crocodolite, striped like the big cat's eye. Seventh is two words, a man-made fake of April's stone, Eighth is very dark and found at Lightning Ridge alone. Now take from each gem, one letter in its turn, And you will find the stuff for which even the god's yearn. view post
advice If you're 8 feet away from a door and with each move you advance half the distance to the door. How many moves will it take to reach the door. view post
an icicle Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking. view post
Time I am a tale in childrens’ minds. I keep their secrets and share them inside. I blur their thoughts into fantasies kept Like a canvas of art or a submarine depth. Though an illusion, it occurs every night; I give them a fantasy, I give them a fright. Nor good or bad, but always nigh’ It’s interesting to tell. What am I? view post
I just check in there occasionally, too many people there to really contribute. view post
I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness. view post
A Song of Ice and Fire is a book series by George R.R Martin. view post
Noise? view post
Late afternoons I often bathe. I'll soak in water piping hot. My essence goes through my see through clothes. Used up am I; I've gone to pot. What am I? I think you will like this one Cordelia. view post
A cherry If you have it, You want to share it. If you share it, You don’t have it. What is it? view post
"the last one" You heard me before, Yet you hear me again. Then I die, 'Til you call me again What am I? view post
Thunder view post
Actually fixed it for you lol. view post
Keeps the trees alive at least. btw nice sig view post
I just wanted to wish everyone Happy Holidays. (For whatever holiday you might be celebrating.) Just post whatever you might be doing this year for the Holiday season. Im planning on staying home and feasting with my family, and then maybe some parties. view post
King Tut died 120 years after King Eros was born. Their combined ages when they died was 100 years. King Eros died in the year 40 B.C. In what year was King Tut born? view post
[quote:24g37r6e]I have always been fond of the name Rumor if i ever had a son. And Loden for a girl. i haven't begun to think of middle names yet.[/quote:24g37r6e] As in from the Shannara books? Those names would be interesting. view post
[url:9ciulfee]http://www.tenthdimension.com/flash2.php[/url:9ciulfee] I thought you all might find this pretty interesting. view post
That is a funny coincidence Rumor is a moorcat and the Loden is an elfstone in the Shannara series.... view post
The only benefit of the internet is the video explaining in simpler terms the different dimensions I might get the book over the break. view post
This poem really has a few answers depending on how you interpret it. But the answer is one it never said the other people in the riddle were going to St Ives, all that was said was that the man met the wives,kits, sacks, and cats n the road never that they going to St Ives. view post
Ok I felt that this thread was killed a bit when people started talking about meditation so I decided to split the thread to allow folks to post in this part again, in case noone knows what this post is focused on the discussion about sorcery, personal experiences, thoughts, and anything else you might want to contribute relevant to the topic of sorcery. Enjoy view post
The joy of staying home for Christmas never gets old unless of course you have the chance of going somewhere else besides to your family. view post
I second that hate. view post
I sense a prank call coming. view post
And exactly how much are we charging for each call to gierra I think this could be quite profitable perhaps a 50 cents a minute. view post
Finally decided to get Erikson and started GotM this morning, and I am enjoying it immensely despite the fact that its a slow starter. view post
Staring at the Sun- The Offspring view post
Uncle Johnny- the Killers view post
Im listening to random music on my new Zune which is pretty sick nasty. view post
Anything by Gene Wolf is awesome. view post
Happy New Years Folks! Put your New Years resolutions here. view post
I could run it by the the admins to get a bestiary section, but I really dont see the point, I too find the Sranc, Bashrag, and Wracu(Dragons) fascinating, all of which happen to be creations of the Tekne, but there is only so much that could go into a section about three creatures. A quick search will reveal for you however that there are quite a few topics about Sranc and such. If you give me a good reason for a bestiary section I will try to get you the section. view post
I think it was stated several times that dragons were very difficult to kill but had been killed by non-sorcerous means several times, Im not sure where in the series I read it but I recall someone killing a dragon with a hammer. view post
Well Im quite familiar with the timeline so most of what you said was not of much interest to me, however I did like your idea about Mekeritrig's statement [quote:2z4gfc8p]"I am a warrior of ages, Anasûrimbor . . . ages. I have dipped my nimil in a thousand hearts. I have ridden both against and for the No-God in the great wars that authored this wilderness. I have scaled the ramparts of great Golgotterath, watched the hearts of High Kings break for fury."[/quote:2z4gfc8p] That would be a good explanation for it, though Im not entirely convinced that was what happened. As for why people aren't active much in this section of the forum, I think I can answer that for you. For one thing most people don't have much else to write or say about the book, they are burned out so to speak on speculation, this is somewhat the case for myself I only reply to a topic in this section if someone raises an excellent point or something that has not been said before, anor does much the same. as much of the topics and posts these days are simply restatements of what others have already written, most of the members of this board just check back for updates on the next books in the series and since Scott has not frequented the board in so long theres not much incentive for them. As always I enjoyed reading your post. view post
Thank you Harrol i believe that might be what I was referring to. view post
I get on facebook very rarely but I suppose I will join at some point. view post
Now why didnt I think of that? view post
Oh thats good news i hadnt heard much about release dates for AE Neuropath from what I last heard is either going to be turned into a movie or will be releases as a book and a movie its all in question as of right now. view post
Quite an interesting theory Ulyaoth. I think its plausible even if it does not turn out to be true but as Harrol said Scott's work is very ambiguous and as Ive learned from reading his books often things you read that seem to have more to it, either do not or take a complete turn from your own train of thought. Which makes Scott's work all the more enjoyable, things could be interesting if this turns out to be true. view post
I will again comment on this simply because I feel the need to agree with Ulyaoth in the fact that he is correct about salting and also correct that the scene in which Moenghus was "salting" was quite different from how salting was previously described to us by Scott, while Im am still not sure he is correct in his theory of Moenghus transposing out of Kyudea I do believe there might be more to it than Moenghus simply salting away. As Ulyaoth points out such words as sagging do not seem to myself an ordinary salting or a sorcerer. The true reason I like his theory at all is his explanation for the scene with Aurang, which to me seems important in a way we have yet to realize. view post
That is a commom question, yes the story will be continued in the book The Aspect-Emperor and in one or two sequential books. view post
I was thinking about seeing the movie but I was a little deterred when I read reviews of it and looked up the "scientists" who took part in it. One of the so called experts on quantumn mechanics is a chiropractor, so its not really high on my to-do list though I will still watch it at some point. view post
Three Little Birds- Bob Marley view post
Yes as I recall borfalkian already made one. view post
He could finish before 2011 but he would have to work non stop, I found it amazing how fast this article popped up around the net on various forums. view post
[quote:hmbrmyfg]I understand your aim, and I share it, and would love to indulge it in a more...appropriate thread, which begs the question...why was it deleted?[/quote:hmbrmyfg] As Im more of a reader than poster when it comes to this particular part of the forum I will not comment as of yet on your speculations however I will answer your question as to the deletion of The Aspect-Emperor thread, the forum as you may or may not know has had spam problems in recents months(however it is under good control now), as one of my fellow moderators was cleaning out spam from the TfT forum the topic was accidently deleted, we apologize for this accident but to keep this board going the spam must be destroyed so accidents are bound to happen. I was under the impression that the topic was going to recreated however I see that this has not happened so I will now create the topic again in hopes that you two and fellow posters such as anor will again post your speculations in the thread, I understand if you choose not to do so or may not be able to repost your exact ideas but I encourage you to do so. view post
As the old topic started by Madness was accidently deleted, as some of you should already know, I have recreated the topic in hopes that active posters will again write their speculations once more on the upcoming book. view post
First of all I'd like to say I really enjoyed reading your post, not only was it eloquently written, it was also largely to the point and insightful, and for that alone I thank you. However what brings me to respond to your post was this [quote:eov5k2py]The one question he never seems to confront seriously is what all this logos is supposed to be *for*--logic can't be an end in itself, it's a means by which to pursue ends. The ends themselves cannot be founded in logic; if you have an end that seems to be founded in logic, you haven't gone back to look at where the logic chain started that it's founded in. Kellhus is as vulnerable to a little kid continually asking "why?" to every answer as anyone else, but seems not to realize it. I have a sneaky suspicion Bakker is well aware of this; it's an intentional, fundamental flaw or limitation, possibly even an Achilles heel in the end. [/quote:eov5k2py] This a very insightful thought, as Im not sure whether or not you are a philosophy enthusiast I cannot say whether or not you have ever heard of Parmenides which is where I first learned the concept of logos. In the case that you are unfamiliar with Parmenides then I will use a very good quotation explaining Parmenides' prologue to his poem. [quote:eov5k2py][i:eov5k2py]The Prologue to the poem describes Parmenides sudden insight into truth as a religious experience guided by divine hands. A chariot is described as bearing Parmenides torward "the gates of the ways of Night and Day." Guided by the maidens, he passes through into the realm of the goddess Dike ir Justice. He is there taught "the way of truth" and encouraged to "judge" or "examine" truth through "reason" or "rational discourse"(logos as it is described) -[u:eov5k2py]Great Thinkers of the Western World[/u:eov5k2py], Harper Collins[/i:eov5k2py][/quote:eov5k2py] I would go on to say much more however as I was writing I realized I would be spoiling future books in my examination of such. However I do encourage you to write more and post more of your insight. view post
Lets remember that everyone is entitled to an opinion here, I tend to enjoy the philiosophical nature of Scotts books though the next two books were a bit slower they were still quite enjoyable. view post
I think you must be forgetting Kellhus' fight with Mekeritrig, who has thousands of years of swordfighting experience under his belt and was nearly defeated by Kellhus until he employed his magic so Drizzt wouldn't have much of a chance. view post
[quote:2pneuu42]I still think it could have been Seswatha that he communed with. The ceremony allowing the madate schoolmen to become accompllished casters requires a mummified body part, prob. of Seswatha. Seswatha is prob. floating around in some sort of outside realm as some sort of demi-god, the Mandate scoolmen being his contact to the world. Or not. [/quote:2pneuu42] The ceremony involves the potential Mandate Schoolmen to touch Seswatha's heart afterwhich they have the Dreams. The touching of the heart has no factor on them becoming accomplished casters, the touching of the heart is mainly to show the horrors of the Apocalypse and prevent the Second Apocalypse from happening and allows Mandate Schoolmen to go under extreme torture without giving any information, as seen in WP with Akka. view post
You ask who would stand a chance against Kellhus, Im sure there are more than a few Dunyain who would come close, as well as many many characters from the Dune series such as Duncan Idaho or Muad'Dib or his various children. I know Kellhus isnt invincible Im just saying that from what we have seen of Drizzt he would not be able to handle Kellhus' supreme intellect. view post
[quote:2t7n5ys7]Touching of the mummified heart of Seswatha may allow for more than just the dreams though. This is world of magic, and as such one must be ready to allow for possibilities like Seswatha's continued existence. He may yet be around in some other-worldly form. The touching of the heart is a ceremony which gains the initiate the right to learn the greater incantations of the school. So in effect it does play a factor for becoming an accomplished caster.[/quote:2t7n5ys7] A part of Sewatha lives through all Mandate Schoolmen I dont really think he exists in an otherworldly form as youmay be describing but rather lives through Mandate Schoolmen, and when I said earlier that the ceremony has no effect on an initiate becoming an accomplished caster I meant more in the form that the touching of the heart has no direct effect on an initiates casting ability, but the way you said it originally led me to believe you thought the touching of the heart made them better casters not allowed them to continue their training, if I knew thats what you meant originally I wouldn't have said anything. view post
Well we could tackle the issue of Kellhus' ability as a caster but you would have to take into mind that the metaphysics of the sorcery and the metaphysics of other novels are quite different, but if we were to take in to mind both sorcery and magic their would be much less few who could actually defeat or come close to defeating Kellhus. view post
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Oh Yeah- the Subways view post
[quote="Soul":2amiwhjq]....... If the Inchoroi or probably more precisely the Mandate via the Mangecca created the tusk that is indeed pretty scarey, however the principal of the one god isn't excluded by this as kellhus expresses the god as a sort of 'World Soul'. Lets hope the Aspect Emporer touches on some of thse concepts early on.[/quote:2amiwhjq] Im not really sure what you mean by "the Mandate via the Mangaecca created the tusk" The Madate definitely did not create the Tusk in any way shape or form unless of course you are confusing the Consult with the Mandate. view post
[quote:1lp4a70l]Yeah, I was referring to the adult (and presumably very very dead) one. My bad.[/quote:1lp4a70l] You might also find that their is a debate among a few members on whether or not Moenghus(adult) is actually dead, as for the the small blunder dont worry too much about it Id say just about everyone on this board has made a mistake at some point or another. view post
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What your question should be is what is the secret that Aurang is speaking of, unless of course he was just trying to lure the kid away but when have any of the scenes in the books been so simple. view post
[quote:2d78c5fq]Seswatha is dead; it's been a while since I read the books, but I am sure I recall a passage where it is revealed that the mandate schoolmen partake in a ritual involving a mumified heart thats subsequently 'gifts' them with the dreams. I can't imagine whose heart that would be if not Seswatha's. How could he be manipulating the dreams? How could he choose a succesor at this stage? Are you suggesting that he 'ascended', perhaps? I am quite sure that the creatures of the outside (such as the demons summoned by the Scarlet Spires) are not of this nature in the PoN, more likely they are a type of meme formed from the collective subconcious, and Seswatha's continued existence in any form would strike me as being highly unlikely. [/quote:2d78c5fq] If I recall correctly other people in the books have "ascended" so to speak such as in the scene of the Harbringer prophecy being spoken, he says I see my son riding or something as such stirring our people to fury. So I would say that "ascension" to a point is possible and that the touching of the heart possibly could bind all Schoomen to the Outside Agency that was formerly Seswatha. However I could see equally as well that the touching of the heart takes a part of Seswatha into the Schoomen. You must remember that nearly everyone goes into the Outside its what happens once they get there that matters whether they are tortured by demons, or cycled back into the world, or simply stay there. view post
[quote:36wr2q6p]Great the thought of that will forever scar me. Thanks![/quote:36wr2q6p] Most likely literally view post
Ascendant really is a bad word used to describe plus it likely reminds people of Malazan novels, however back to the subject at hand I would say Shauriatas in the terms I would describe the opposite of someone who has gone into the Outside and acting their which earlier is what I meant by "ascendant" he has as it seems to me cut himself or rather his soul off from the influences of the Outside. Perhaps Im wrong but did not Celmomas' son become something of that if I recall correctly near the beginning of TDTCB in one of Akka's Dreams Celmomas says he sees his son with the sun as his charger riding amongst his people stirring their hearts to wonder and fury, and that he whispered to him the prophecy of an Anasurimbor returning. Does this not lead to the possibility of people becoming active Outside Agencies after death. view post
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This is really a hard one because two series did it for me Dune, and Lord of the Rings but it was probably Dune simply because of the size and scope of Herbert's imagination throughout the novels, though not to say Tolkien did anything but encourage me to continue. view post
Kashmir- Led Zeppelin view post
[quote="Nauticus":f7ka9he9]Erikson - House of Chains[/quote:f7ka9he9] I just finished it the other day, how are you liking it? view post
Gee, with a name like Whiskeyjack I would never have guessed you were an Erikson fan...... I really enjoy the Erikson series as well Im waiting for Midnight Tides and Bonehunters to arrive from Amazon. view post
[quote="Curethan":1gqgjzts]Speaking of Erikson stuff, any of you gurus know if Night of Knives is ever gunna hit the shelves?[/quote:1gqgjzts] I believe it has already been released. [quote:1gqgjzts]Night of Knives from PS Publishing today.. The book is now available as a trade paperback, priced at £15 or $25. The site will be updated within the next few days (we've only just received the books last week). So come one, come all! Here's the linky. [/quote:1gqgjzts] view post
[quote:32es2ee4]Mark Anthony's Heroes Stephen Dando-Collins. It is a great book about the Third Gallic Legion's history.[/quote:32es2ee4] Interesting I had heard negative things. Im finishing up Midnight Tides by Erikson and will be moving on to Bonehunters next. view post
[quote:1p1zqrww]I have found Stephen's other books to be real good. i do not know where the problem is but I would like to hear it just for info sake.[/quote:1p1zqrww] I havent read it yet but from some of the reviews I saw, many said it lacked imagination and accuracy along with some other things, but then again all good books have some critics. view post
I just found of the of the reviews again and I was mistaken it wasnt inaccuracy, they were bothered by the fact that he uses modern names in book, does that sound more like the book? My apologies on the bad info. view post
[quote:375hydg9]- I'm very sure that when that bird/man consult thing asked someone about the dunyain, he knew the OLD group of them. My thought is he knew of the pacifistic group that probably wandered the earth, telling of the end of the world and all that prior to finding the northern fastness. [/quote:375hydg9] What evidence do you hold that the Consult knew the old group because quite frankly I havent seen any evidence to suggest this however we have seen evidence that the Consult have no idea who the Dunyain are. Now I suppose its possible they knew at the time of the Apocalypse of the Dunyain but because it didnt mark them as important they forgot them. [quote:375hydg9]- I wonder how well the dunyain could fight an army. Individually they are allegedly without equal. But I recall back to the germanians versus the romans. Now, dunyain could conceivably adapt to group fighting very, very quickly. But from some comments about Kellhus about needing to be taught about war and about reading a manual on how to use something...[/quote:375hydg9] Possibly but I doubt it, the Dunyain are very adaptible the only problem in terms of fighting and war for them would be sorecerors, you must also realize Kellhus needed knowledge of war because he was with non-dunyain who are less superior in terms of fighting. view post
[quote:4c705n12]I actually doubt the dunyain would do as well at fighting highly disciplined soldiers as others may think. They have no experience, and while they would easily adapt I'm sure, lack of experience is big AND their fighting style is individual and very mobile. It's hard to affect probabilities when you must occupy a very tight space in a line. I, again, imagine something like the barbaric germanians who were fierce fighters, but evenutally lost to the group efforts of the roman fighting style.[/quote:4c705n12] Your point about the Romans is somewhat invalid because the reason the Romans were able to overcome the Germanic tribes was because of better training and mainly [u:4c705n12]discipline [/u:4c705n12] who do you know in the series that is more disciplined than a Dunyain I cannot think of anyone. Besides look at the Beginning of TDTCB, Kellhus is already able to kill all the Sranc and likely could have defeated Meketerig if not for his use of sorcery. Dunyain seem to have more than a basic grasp of fighting skills along with their ability to quickly learn. The only disadvantage would be in term of numbers and lack of sorcery. view post
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[quote:2oow0ykj]By the end of The Thousandfold Thought Achamian has renounced Kellhus, Esmenet, and his School. Achamian has not, ever, renounced Seswatha. Somewhere in the earlier chapters of The Thousandfold Thought Achamian refers to the late Mandate founder as his brother. Anyhow, gotta get back to work. I hope to be back writing again soon here on the three-seas, as I've said, both to support peoples currently posting and to incite the rest of you.[/quote:2oow0ykj] I tend to agree with you on this one, I see no clear evidence to suggest that Akka has renounced Seswatha along with his School. [quote:2oow0ykj]".....I renounce my School!" he continued. "As an assembly of hypocrites and murderers."[/quote:2oow0ykj] No where in their does it suggest that he renounces Seswatha as well. If anything the ending chapter suggests Akka has become even more like Seswatha than originally. view post
Funny I was never fond of Pink Floyd not to say their music isnt brilliant but it was never my thing. I enjoy a wide range of music from classics to rock as well as others but I think what makes a band or song truly great is when it "moves your soul", so to speak that is, you can feel it inside you, moving you to wonder. Music greats I can think of off the top of my head(besides those mentioned) are Jimi Hendrix, Peter Frampton, The Who, Billy Joel, Colplay, the Eagles, Jack Johnson, Johnny Cash, The Killers, The Offspring. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Santana, and others I cant think of but its all relative to who you are. So whether or not anything matches Pink Floyd is all upon what moves you. My personal song that I enjoy more than anyother is Mozart's Requiem which can do nothing more than move my very being. view post
Any of you like Def Leppard? Pour Some Sugar On Me, and others cannnot be denied. view post
[quote:2yjki0i0]Anyway, I find it hard to divorce Seswatha from the Mandate, and from Achamian’s denunciation of the latter. The school was his instrument and he went to extraordinary lengths (apparently) so that it remained true to its original mission. And I feel the Mandate has remained faithful to that mission; it has always looked towards the re-emergence of the Consult, to the point of being a laughing stock in the Modern Three-Seas. The personal ambitions and feuds and infighting that seem to mark the other schools (bar the Cishaurim) do seem to be largely absent from the Mandate. Even Achamian said as much; when you dream the same series dreams every night and witness the same terrible scenes, personal ambitions tend to pale in comparison. The modern school engages in kidnapping, espionage, murder, and must forcefully appropriate all of its resources from a subject population. And this was the institution that Seswatha founded. Of course, in this respect, it is no different from the other schools who must engage in the same thing, but if you damn the Mandate (and they are reasonably damnable) I feel you also point the finger of blame towards the Mandate founder.[/quote:2yjki0i0] Yes but we have no idea how the Mandate has changed over time methods and behavior wise. Look at how they have treated the Anasurimbor prophecy, they go about it as though Kellhus could be manipulated and would rather use him as a tool than a person, something I do not believe Seswatha wanted to happen. So yes perhaps they have remained faithful to the mission but how they go about it now compared to originally is up for debate. view post
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New synopsis for Aspect Emperor sheds a few details on next book. Which apparently will be called [u:rqtzrnlf]The Great Ordeal[/u:rqtzrnlf](Aspect-Emperor) [quote:rqtzrnlf]Some twenty years have passed since the events narrated in The Prince of Nothing. Anasurimbor Kellhus now rules all the Three Seas, the first true Aspect-Emperor in a thousand years. The masses worship him as a living god, though a few, the Orthodox, dare claim he's a walking demon. With Proyas and Saubon as his Exalt-Generals, he leads a holy war called the Great Ordeal deep into the wastes of the Ancient North, intent on destroying Golgotterath and preventing the Second Apocalypse. Esmenet, meanwhile, remains in Momemn, where she struggles not only to rule his vast empire, but their murderous children as well. And Achamian, who lives as a Wizard in embittered exile, undertakes a mad quest to uncover the origins of the Dunyain. [/quote:rqtzrnlf] view post
I think soon we will need a new section for [u:174vnloy]The Great Ordeal[/u:174vnloy] view post
Bling(Confessions of a King)- the Killers view post
[url:3m805s8y]http://forum.three-seas.com/viewtopic.php?t=845[/url:3m805s8y] Common question that can be found in a few of the forums, but the above link should answer your question. view post
[quote="RazorSmile":3ovhxf4s][quote="U-Boat":3ovhxf4s]I hope it actually isn't like a total parallel of the 1st apocolayse. I'm actually hoping here that Kellhus turns evil, simply because I hate him, and then Achamian gets to save the world, and gets together with Esmenet again. Long live happy endings! [/quote:3ovhxf4s]
Dude, Kellhus is already evil. He was evil from his very first appearance in [i:3ovhxf4s]Prince of Nothing[/i:3ovhxf4s].[/quote:3ovhxf4s]
Wrong Kellhus was amoral in the very beginning which isnt the same as evil because his ethics were different. Now he may possibly be considered good or evil depending on how he has changed over the past 20 years.
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1)The Nonmen are the native residents of Earwa, the Norsirai and others tribes mentioned in the books are from a different continent, at one point the Nonmen educated us so to speak and taught us a great deal, the Sranc were created by the Inchoroi to fight in their wars against the Nonmen, the Sranc are not the servants of all Nonmen, only nonmen erratics and various Consult members. 2) The Nonmen as a whole are not apart of the Consult however many are members of the Consult. Some Nonmen fought against and others for the No-God. 3) The Sranc were under the control of the No-God and Consult. view post
[quote:zl49mktv]...Those demons that are summoned have to come from somewhere.[/quote:zl49mktv] The Outside to be more specific. view post
[quote="Jamara":sugwkbag]So is the Outside space, a series of astral/spiritual planes, or simply alternate dimensions of existence?[/quote:sugwkbag] That is the question. The Encyclopedic Glossary has a very good explanation of the Oustide. pg 476 TfT view post
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[quote:3erjxulw]His exile of Achamian, I believe, was out of fear more than hate - fear that Achamian is the one who suspects Kellhus as the Harbringer. [/quote:3erjxulw] Just for clarification Akka exiled himself, Kellhus asked Akka to stand at his side and Akka did his renouncing of his school, prophet, etc. As for Baby Moenghus Im still almost positive that the child absolutely is Cnauir's however that doesnt really matter, the child is still regarded as Kellhus'. Though I dont think it really matters which Anasurimbor is the Harbringer because all the Harbringer means is that the Second Apocalypse is coming so the possibilities are huge for who the Harbringer could actually be. As for the bad guy role, I agree it likely will be one of his kids and the synopsis supports that somewhat. view post
[quote:h1al73ga]Did folks read the synopsis? It's pretty cool. Spoilers below of course: [/quote:h1al73ga] Yup we got it in the Aspect Emperor topic under TfT. Makes alot of specualtion possible doesnt it. view post
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[quote:d1e91d3c]Evolution is a fact. It has been observed repeatedly, and also is evident from examining the fossil record. There also is a theory of evolution. This seeks to explain how the observed phenomenon of evolution actually works. Why things mutate, how they mutate, when they mutate, etc. [/quote:d1e91d3c] Evolution is [u:d1e91d3c]not[/u:d1e91d3c] a fact. For it cannot be definitively proven, as for the fossil record there are numerous gaps. I don't particularly agree with evolution or creation but there are evident faults in both. view post
Scott confirmed it somewhere on the board, I also believe there is evidence of this in the books though I could not say for sure where. view post
After evolution discussion came into play in a different topic, I thought perhaps it deserved its own thread so here it is. Discuss your thoughts on our existence, evolution, creation, or a different theory you hold faith in. Give your opinions on the topic and try and explain why you believe yours to be true. Provide good points for your idea, and feel free to disprove another's point. Please try to be intelligent in your posts and to the point, though so far we have not had that kind of trouble on this board. Discuss! view post
[quote:2xjqjhre]I didn't vote because my option "6#. That the devil created us all at 2:37 am this morning with our memories intact" was not present. Of all your options, which is the only one that is testable, is falsifiable; it's also the one with all the evidence supporting it. At any rate "random evolution" is quite properly a misnomer; evolution, the change in the frequency of alleles within populations over time, is demonstrably not random, it is governed by natural selection.[/quote:2xjqjhre] When I said random I did not mean it in the sense that the changes are random, but more in the sense that life was not intelligently designed that it was not a planned event, that organisms by chance randomly came to exist. So forgive me if that sounded like a misnomer because it was not in any sense meant to be that. I'll change it just the same, so as not to confuse anyone. And for kicks I'll put in your option 6. view post
TfT Spoiler ********** [quote:5ronpz7p]I think this is also why he does not force Saubon to leave Caraskand and follow with the rest of the Holy War to Shimeh. Why would Kellhus allow this dissension of refusing to follow, probably because he was sure enough in Saubon that Saubon would feel shame and eventually show up, and probably as a great reserve unit (which he does).[/quote:5ronpz7p] As for this, I believe Saubon and Kellhus planned it from the beginning to trap Conphas, not Saubon actually being shamed into it rather the entire thing was a trick to get Conphas in the end. view post
I dont watch too many cartoons but I have occasionally watched a few episodes of Avatar when my younger sisters were watching it. I thought it was done ok, the characters were generally well developed and the story seemed to be ok, one thing that bugged me however was the voices used for the characters, for the most part they were all very annoying. The only character I really enjoyed was the Uncle of the fire prince. That guy generally was amusing and cool. view post
While My Guitar Gently Weeps- Peter Frampton Frampton>All, well not really but he still plays amazingly well. view post
I was thinking that Maithanet could likely be the one who trained Kellhus' children if Kellhus himself was unable to, however I do not think that Maithanet will go with Kellhus, I am more inclined to believe that he will be up to something in TGO. view post
[i:1jvn1otd]Where the holy take men for fools, the mad take the world. --Protathis, The Goat's Heart [/i:1jvn1otd] [i:1jvn1otd]They strike down the weak and call it justice. They ungird their loins and call it reparation. They bark like dogs and call it reason. --Ontillas, On the Folly of Men [/i:1jvn1otd] [i:1jvn1otd]... and my soldiers, they say, make idols of their swords. But does not the sword make certain? Does not the sword make plain? Does not the sword compel kindness from those who kneel in its shadow? I need no other God. --Triamis, Journals and Dialogues [/i:1jvn1otd] [i:1jvn1otd]If all human events possess purpose, then all human deeds possess purpose. And yet when men vie with men, the purpose of no man comes to fruition: the result always falls somewhere in between. The purpose of deeds, then, cannot derive from the purposes of men, because all men vie with all men. This means the deeds of men must be willed by something other than men. From this it follows that we are all slaves. Who then is our Master? --Memgowa, The Book of Divine Acts [/i:1jvn1otd] [i:1jvn1otd]The vulgar think the God by analogy to man and so worship Him in the form of the Gods. The learned think the God by analogy to principles and so worship Him in the form of Love or Truth. But the wise think the God not at all. They know that thought, which is finite, can only do violence to the God, who is infinite. It is enough, they say, that the God thinks them. --Memgowa, The Book of Divine Acts [/i:1jvn1otd] [i:1jvn1otd]The Poet will yield up his stylus only when the Geometer can explain how Life can at once be a point and a line. How can all time, all creation, come to the now? Make no mistake: this moment, the instant of this very breath, is the frail thread from which all creation hangs. That men dare to be thoughtless ... --Teres Ansansius, The City of Men[/i:1jvn1otd] All from The Warrior-Prophet, which truly has the best quotes out of the three books. The last three are particular favorites of mine, especially the last. view post
[quote="Incu-Pacifico":1xj76rt1][quote="Jamara":1xj76rt1]I agree. As I was typing up the qoute, it came to me that what is described of the Dunyain is from the young boy's perspective. This is how he sees them. Which is how the Dunyain work. They could have cried out if it were the shortest path, a lie. Because the next sentence after what I quoted speaks of them scaling the walls. So they weren't haggard enough to prevent them from scaling the walls of a fortress.[/quote:1xj76rt1] Another interesting question is why was Kellus's line chosen as the "special line" for the Dunyain's selective breeding? Presumably they'd been around years before finding Ishual and had already started their selective breeding program. Or maybe it was the case that Kellus's line of selective breeding was just one of many. Kellus's memory after all made reference to several other children. Did all these kids survive into adulthood? We know a lot about the Dunyain, but there's still so much we don't know...[/quote:1xj76rt1] From my interpretation of the Dunyain I wouldn't say that Kellhus' line was chosen as the "special line" however his line likely had more genetic benefits than others because of the Nonman ancestry and such. Also, I do not believe they had a selective breeding program from the start, I think in the beginning they were just a random non radical group of people who after experiencing the hardships and catastrophes of the Apocalypse decided to seal themselves off from the world and seek to accomplish their current goals. view post
[quote:pl6uwrlm]And practically all of Bakker's characters lack humor. [/quote:pl6uwrlm] WHAT!?!?!?!???! There is so much humor in the books that I cannot even begin to express my shock at your words. Almost all of the characters have some form of humor. view post
Im still looking for specific passages, however there are more than a few non-pillow talk moments between Esmi and Akka as well as between Esmi and others. view post
[quote="Moigle90":7p5yz49p]In twenty years Achamians going to be pretty old, at least sixty (I always thought of him being around 40) . And in those days (by those days i mean the middle ages which is pretty much where the threeseas are technology-wise.) thats pretty old. Plus it calls his goal of seeking the Dunyain, a "mad" quest. So i kindof picture him as this crazy old man. Its sorta sad though because he was my favorite character and basically was screwed (can i say that?) over in Prince of Nothing. I really want him to get his revenge... or something. He deserves it.[/quote:7p5yz49p] Yes you can say screwed, as for Akka I think hes not going to be a crazy old man, but more of a cold determined old man, as for his age I think he'll manage even in his 60s. And I think hes going to get exactly what he wants or something very close to it. view post
[quote:3gkd6ycd]Drusas Achamian (Droo-sass Ah-kay-me-on), a 47 year-old Mandate sorcerer[/quote:3gkd6ycd] This is from the official prince of nothing website and I am assuming they mean at the start of PoN so he should be a bit older. view post
[quote="zarathustra":to85zrg5]I'm wondering where Achamians mad quest will take him. At some point Zeum needs to be tied in to the story so perhaps he will end up there. Though I am unclear how that area could have anything to do with origins of the Dunyain. There is the abandned Noman mansion (sorry can't remeber the name) which needs to be tied in as well in some way (Scott says he has something feundish planned for it) so perhaps Achamian will go skulking around there and find something he shouldn't.[/quote:to85zrg5] Im thinking we will see Akka either ending up in Atrithau, or in Scylvendi land, namely Utemot land, I seem to recall a certain mention of one of Cnauir's daughters in the Glossary of TfT, so I believe she will tie into the story in some way. However either way I believe Akka will eventually go there seeing as its a better place than any to start. view post
[quote="Buckethead":lb06z7vd]ignore the last one, warrior-poet beat me to it...[/quote:lb06z7vd]
I tend to do that, occasionally.
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I think Leweth is dead. view post
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[quote:369u9g8r]After all, Maithanet is in fact sent by a renegade member of the Cishaurim.[/quote:369u9g8r] Renegade? view post
I don't really dislike Obama per say, I just don't like many of his policies, mainly on Iraq and other foreign policies, besides that he sort of just creeps me out, but in reality I could live with him being president. As for Canada I don't know, but its gotta be better than if Hilary wins the candidacy. view post
Pshhh the Eunuch would probably help him. view post
[quote:3mzont5a]I'm not sure, but I am very excited. Al Gore has impressed me very much with his every growing conviction to reduce Global Warming. [/quote:3mzont5a] Did you see the report on his energy consumption. view post
I could not find the good article but I would say this one suffices despite leaving out some of the actual numbers [url:jbtm5ysj]http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-08-09-gore-green_x.htm.[/url:jbtm5ysj] I do applaud him for getting Global Warming attention, but it seems to me it is more of a stunt for popularity, and the article shows that he is a bit of a hypocrite. view post
[quote="shockwave":3itojhjd][quote="Celestial Ram":3itojhjd] The only real evidence i have to support this are the vision and voices he hears. As well as the prophecy he makes. He knows he will die assasinated ( im guessing by Druass) and that his son will take over the battle against the no-God. As for serwe. She was just delusional.[/quote:3itojhjd] Hmm, a prophecy that Kellhus makes? I completely forgot that or i didnt read those pages well enough to understand that. Could you explain or point me to the scene/page?[/quote:3itojhjd] I overlooked this post, however coming back to it now I must also reread the section, however if we are thinking of the same scene I believe it was not a Prophecy but rather he saw the possibility that he could die, via Probability trance, but then again you may be referring to a completely diffeent scene. view post
As I may or may have stated before on the before, I still believe that the No-God is of the Outside but was trapped into the his world form(carapace) created by the Inchoroi, so brought from the Outside through sorcery and trapped with Tekne. view post
The only person that could probably defeat Kellhus, is someone from the Dune series, whether it be the Bene Gesserit, a mentat, Paul Muad'Dib, or one of his various descendants, in a universe where manipulation is everyone's game and nearly everyone is a super genius he would be doomed view post
Figured You Out- Nickelback view post
[quote:2cnp1r83]Too late Lord Fowl master of irony you are forever branded [/quote:2cnp1r83]
Ha, maybe we should give him that title.
Anyway back on topic, Akka, as I stated previously, will likely be a fiercely determined old man bent on revenge and the truth behind the entire matter, in the end however I think he will be the key in stopping the No-God.
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[quote:11q3qbxb]....he completely buys into the notion that everybody else is just sacrificial animal, whose lives are totally worthless. [/quote:11q3qbxb] I disagree, he simply tells himself and others, these things to try and convince himself that they are true, Cnauir maybe completely insane but its only because he lives a lifestyle that he knows he does not agree with. Cnauir's story can be summed up in two words "Inner Conflict". view post
[quote="Harrol":3i292lfk]Incu duck you just opened up a can of worms.[/quote:3i292lfk] And the cycle begins again. view post
[quote="Gravity Gun":2j5a5pa6]Good post. I've also wondered about exactly what the "Thousandfold Thought" is........[/quote:2j5a5pa6] Someone on this board posted a very simple and nice explanationof what the TfT is, however the Thousandfold Thought is explained somewhat during the conversation between Moe and Kellhus. view post
Well it had all but disappeared, but with you reminding me its back in full force. view post
Interesting design, though as of now it is not ringing any bells for me for characters. view post
[quote="Harrol":1q4g0rcz]Wow that was quite a wait. You have some patience, I bought mine on the release date.[/quote:1q4g0rcz] Same. The Divine Comedy- Dante view post
[url=http://forum.three-seas.com/viewtopic.php?t=2088&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15:sx4l5k3u]Look Here[/url:sx4l5k3u] view post
I believe they are in one of Seswatha's dreams in TfT. Edit:Page 4 of the Hardback to be specific. [quote:108e1as7]Long black hair streamed from fist-sized moles that pocked its massive frame. A vestigial face grimaced from each of its great and brutal cheeks. Without warning it stood- each leg three legs wielded together, each arm three arms- ......[/quote:108e1as7] view post
[quote="Aerek urs Sjaarda":fd2w3z9y]Just out of curiousity Scott, do you have any knowledge of religion? I noticed you used a lot of interesting terms that you wouldn't come across everyday and you seem to have some knowledge about Scripture, prophecy, apostasy, and gnosticism among other things. Do you know anything about the Bible or it's history? And do you hold to any religion yourself? These questions may be somewhat personal, but I am just curious because I found your first book fascinating, and I bought the second one yesterday. I grew up in Woodstock, ON, not far from London and I am attending a one year Bible course, so many things in your books interest me.[/quote:fd2w3z9y] Somewhere on the board I believe Scott has told us he is Agnostic, search around somewhat and I'm sure you could find his explanation on his beliefs. Edit: Found it for you. [quote="Cu'jara Cinmoi":fd2w3z9y][quote:fd2w3z9y]Oh, and just out of curiousity Scott, do you belong to a religion? [/quote:fd2w3z9y] I'm an agnostic with a yen for the [i:fd2w3z9y]mysterium tremendum[/i:fd2w3z9y]. When people ask me if I believe there's such a thing as God, I tell them I'm having a hard enough time believing there's such a thing as meaning.[/quote:fd2w3z9y] Scott discusses much of this in this topic. [url=http://forum.three-seas.com/viewtopic.php?t=275&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0:fd2w3z9y]Here[/url:fd2w3z9y] view post
[quote:2le8iypw]out of ignorance could someone tell me how the Torah is different than the Old Testament. Or atleast show me a link or a comparative book I could buy.[/quote:2le8iypw] I'm no expert, but I believe the Torah consists of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy sometimes called the 5 Books of Moses, now if we were comparing the complete Hebrew Bible or Tanakh(sp?) to the Old Testament I think that might be where the differences occur. From what I am told the Torah is only the first part of the Hebrew Bible. Correct me if I am wrong. view post
[quote="Cohen":1e0e4h84]Can you elaborate on the Khellus killing Maithanet's Father, granted I only read TTT once and am rereading TDTCB for the third time, but could you reference it for me so I can find that part?[/quote:1e0e4h84] You say Maithanet's father as if its not Kellhus' father as well. Its pg 360 for me, on the part where he speaks of viramsata. view post
[quote="amodman"]Wow, so many people confused about what happened with Cnaiur and Moenghus?.......quote] I think its less confusion more being certain there isn't more to interpret. After all that wouldn't be the first time it would appear someone has died and they actually didn't in a book. I also believe Moenghus is dead however. view post
[quote="amodman":mwp81u1t]Very good answers, actually, as far as we know. Though we did, in fact, see one other Non-Man...just not in the "current" time period of the books. The one that had "turned" to the Consult in Seswatha's dream (when he was being tormented on the wall). Seswatha (as Nautzera or Akka, I can't remember) tried to remind the Non-Man how "great" he once was, his benevolence, etc...I believe the scene was either in or before the chapter that opened with the poignant quote of Non-Men's only constant from their long lives being insanity, or something like that... [/quote:mwp81u1t] No, the man tormenting Seswatha on the wall is in fact the same man Kellhus confronted in TDTCB. view post
I have yet to read either one, even though I have been wanting to for quite some time. view post
[quote="Phil":219hg30g]I remember another thing I wanted to ask, but forgot. Either in TDTCB or TWP (can't remember which), Akka comments that Kellhus is not one of the few, and so he doesn't need to worry about whether or not to teach him sorcery. Obviously, that gets overturned later on. So, what's the deal with this? Surely Akka would have seen straight away if Kellhus was one of the few. After all, they can see it in kids.[/quote:219hg30g] I think you might be referring to when Akk was considering how he might not even need to worry about it if Kellhus was not of the Few. However, I believe he tested Kellhus with the Wathi doll and found that he did need to worry. view post
[quote="Phil":28tg4bfs]I'm pretty sure that prior to this, probably in Darkness, he remarks that Kellhus was [i:28tg4bfs]not[/i:28tg4bfs] one of the few. It stuck in my head because I already knew the final outcome. I won't have access to the books for a week or so, so can't go searching.[/quote:28tg4bfs] Hmmm I'll have to check on that. view post
Learn to Fly- Foo Fighters view post
Yes, I believe Scott addresses the influence Herbert had on his writing somewhere on the board. view post
Monkey Wrench- Foo Fighters view post
I was hoping for a closer date, but news is better than no news, good find Wert. view post
[quote="IcarusXIII":2iuffp4f]Season 2 just started here in the UK. So far so good.[/quote:2iuffp4f] You will love it. view post
[quote:18x8bdyq]I think Kellhus, and the Dunyain are an abomination that I can only liken to something from Dune. Kellhus is the Quisatz Hadderach. God Emperor. Anyone see a similarity? Shit...I have not read Dune in many a moon. I think I'll read it again for the umpteenth time. That was a seminal book.[/quote:18x8bdyq] The Kwisatz Haderach was different because he was human and possessed feelings, hence why he could not continue the Golden Path as his son later did. The point is that both the God Emperor and the Kwisatz Haderach were forced to sacrifice emotions, for the Golden Path, whereas Kellhus does share these. Though not to say I dont see the other many similarities between Dune and PoN, such as the Dunyain and Bene Gesserit. view post
[quote:3b88pwq6]Cnaiür also doesn't seem to have had any children before little Moënghus[/quote:3b88pwq6] I believe Cnauir has [u:3b88pwq6]many [/u:3b88pwq6]children, they just aren't mentioned a whole lot, in the back of the TFT glossary I believe his daughter is listed. view post
[quote="TheDarkness":1upbtnv2] what a great story. boo on you HBO taking the easy road out. finale[/quote:1upbtnv2] Rome was major cost production and HBO knows they can make cheaper cruder shows that will earn the same amount of cash, Im hoping they will return to a similar topic later. view post
[quote="dirk69er":2opnn0tw]If you are going to pit Kellhus against anyone in the Dune Universe it would have to be Leto II the God-Emperor. He would be totally immune to Kellhus' manipulations and has more than enough intellect to match him otherwise. As far as fighting ability, pre-worm, he has Prana-Bindu training. As well as the Voice, so it would be more likely he could impel Kellhus to do what he wanted not the other way around. After the transformation, his body is near impervious. Only point blank range with a lasgun would even damage him. Of course there is his oracular vision which would allow him to predict pretty much anything Kellhus could even do. Not to mention that he is also a mentat. So Leto hands down.[/quote:2opnn0tw] Certainly view post
[url:3kutwule]http://forum.three-seas.com/viewtopic.php?t=747&highlight=inri+sejenus[/url:3kutwule] [url:3kutwule]http://forum.three-seas.com/viewtopic.php?t=755[/url:3kutwule] These threads discuss this as well. view post
[quote:16nqhodd]Lord Voldemort?[/quote:16nqhodd] Too angry. And clearly you are forgetting the most important Star Wars character, R2D2. Let Kellhus try and manipulate a beeping robot. view post
Haha, welcome back gierra. view post
[quote="gierra":xqzxo6wd]the far traveller: voyages of a viking woman - nancy marie brown and trying to slowly make my way through viking clothing - thor ewing *bashes head* i need some new fantasy.. any suggestions?[/quote:xqzxo6wd] Malazan Book of the Fallen- Steven Erikson A Song of Ice and Fire- G R.R Martin If you havent read them already, and The Algebraist- Iain Banks: Is also pretty good but more Sci-Fi-ish and hard to get into for the first few chapters. view post
You know when I first read the title of this topic I was preparing to write a massive angry rant, and then I watched the video and sighed with relief. That video basically summed up what I've been telling my peers from the very beginning, yet they still admire him for things that have no reflection on his ability to lead such as being "young" and the first black man to win the Democratic nomination. view post