Lawrence Smith

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Garon Whited Since I tell the story through Eric, it's important for me to remember who he is. He started out as Eric, thinks of himself as "Eric," and--in a magical, names-have-power sense, IS Eric. He's had many other names--Halar being the one most commonly used--but he knows it's just another pseudonym. He can't think of himself as "The Demon King," for example, because he always knows he isn't. (Or hopes he isn't...) They're all just hats he wears, masks he puts on, not who he feels he really is. Without that fundamental sense of identity, that anchor of self, he would be pulled apart in several directions, trying to be what others think he is. (And his altar ego has enough problems with that!)
So I always think of him as "Eric," because *he* does.

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Grant

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What would have happened to Erik if Aramon tested with his blessed sword? It's supposed to test the evil in mens hearts so evil people will be cut like a regular sword, those that are of lesser character will feel soul rending agony but suffer no wound, and good men will be untouched. Erik's a hero, but because of WHAT he is he does a lot of questionable things. Where does he fall?

Will

Will asked Garon Whited:

With the opportunity that Eric has with the access to rethven with the time dilation. It has access to before the spires of the sun preventing him from seeing what is the other half of the world. Will we see what’s on the other half of the world?

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