| | And now, I realize that my shiny new plot has tied me up in knots.
WHO IS THE VILLAIN??????
The villain I want is Renvir - the usurper, the careless murderer, the grudgeholder extraordinaire. But he kind of vanishes in my new plot for KOTE, and the First emerge as the serious powers to be fought. It reminds me of Tanith Lee's Claidi Journals, where you think the Wolf Tower guys are the Eeeevil People, and it turns out that the true twisted genius was the presumed-dead Ustareth. (Who then turns out to be not so eeeevil after all...but I digress.)
Unless...suppose Renvir somehow knows the plans of the First? (Through the Ruby, manipulated by his younger brother Surich.) He, understandably, would not want the Berenathim to master the Emerald, overthrow him, and reinstate the First in Arrin. So not only would he pursue the living daylights out of Our Heroes (making them all the more eager to trust the corrupt First), but he could even be on hand for the climactic fight for the Emerald, in a desperate attempt to destroy the First and the Berenathim. If he DID destroy the First on Erilon (leaving only the First settlement on Senthir), that would actually be good for plot development: not only would Yalanna have no repository of knowledge on how to USE the darn Emerald, Our Heroes could all revile him a little more for the genocide of killing the First.
And then, of course, they'd have to split up. Yalanna (and Serrav, whoopee!) would stay on Erilon, where the Emerald is most powerful, but Marrach, Jarven and Tulis would have to go back to Arrin to make Renvir's job of locating them a little harder. Marrach anyway, since he's going to spend "Bearer of the Sapphire" poking around the Far Corners with Mirasi. He could send Jarven and Tulis back to Erilon...force Tulis to be more self-reliant, force Jarven to learn to deal with people...
YAAAAAAAY! Problem solved!!! |
| | Posted 9/21/2006 11:34 AM - 17 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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