Endgame etc

Lots of good comments!  With some, I thought, "Ah-ha, I thought of that," with others "Oh!  I should think about that."  It really does help to bounce ideas off all of you, and I'm repeatedly delighted by the level of discourse even if I don't always respond individually.  Many writers say they can't talk about work in progress, and I understand that.  On the other hand, I've always been stimulated by discussion, perhaps because so many of my ideas are in flux -- not so much where I'm going, mind you, but how to get there.  This is a chimera of a story, ever changing, organic.  I take that as a sign of life, if rather quirky.

And here, another question:  on Autumn's Eve the lord of each house remembers the names of the dead to re-establish their connection to his house.  He also has to remember the names of the living bound to him, always.  What I can't remember is if both the dead and the living are remembered on the Eve.  What I'm thinking is that Tagmeth only has one dead so far, and he isn't even a Knorth.  But it has its current if somewhat reluctant garrison.  You can probably see where I'm going with this.