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SoldierSon #3: Renegade's Magic > Renegade's Magic > Part 5: Ch 21–25

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message 1: by David Sven (new)

David Sven (gorro) | 567 comments Looks like Soldier boy forgot to drill the Specks on how to retreat. It started off pretty awesome though. Soldier's Boy rocked...until he didn't.


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David Sven (gorro) | 567 comments Ch 22 - Hitch has a tree!


message 3: by David Sven (new)

David Sven (gorro) | 567 comments Ch 23 - Yep. The Rock and book were the rock he gave Caulder and his journal - but he is as ignorant as we are as to how that's supposed to help the magic.

And the magic has claimed Nevare's father? So maybe Nevare's father sending him away was the magic forcing him to it. I wonder if all the survivors of Speck plague are "taken" by the magic.

And it looks like Soldier's Boy has stirred up a hornet's nest. The Gernians hate over powering Kinrove's fear spell


message 4: by David Sven (new)

David Sven (gorro) | 567 comments Ch 25 - I wonder what joining and submitting to the dance is going to mean for Nevare


message 5: by David Sven (new)

David Sven (gorro) | 567 comments Ch25 - Yay to rescuing Likari. If he really is rescued that is. Have to wait till he wakes up to make sure. At least Olikea seems to have developed a little depth - she has a genuine love for her son.


message 6: by David Sven (new)

David Sven (gorro) | 567 comments Alex wrote: "(David you changed your photo. It's going to be so hard to recognize you now.)"

It so people will take me seriously


message 7: by Hanne (new)

Hanne (hanne2) | 791 comments Mod
ch21-22: that was a brutal turn of events. and even weirder because i have no clue of my loyalties. and it's not like malazan where i'm rooting for both parties, I'm still kind of rooting for none. (so fully there with you alex).

perhaps a wee bit more for the gernians as i didn't want that savage attack to work out (purely because of epiny).


message 8: by Hanne (new)

Hanne (hanne2) | 791 comments Mod
Alex wrote: "Nevare is turning into quite an ass, talking to Soldier's Boy and voicing his doubts, constantly needling him."

rolemodelling the passive-agressiveness there.
looks like he does not have another choice though.


message 9: by Hanne (new)

Hanne (hanne2) | 791 comments Mod
David Sven wrote: "Ch 23 - Yep. The Rock and book were the rock he gave Caulder and his journal - but he is as ignorant as we are as to how that's supposed to help the magic.

And the magic has claimed Nevare's fathe..."


Yes, that's still bothering me. The rock i agree must be a valuable mining element that might turn the Gernian attention away from this trading. (or worse, send them to war with Landsing again). The journal i'm sure was meant to be read by Lady Burvelle and go to the queen. Perhaps she will have sympathy for elder trees.



I was surprised about the father being taken by the magic as well. It really is so similar to what happened before: his dad sent him to Dewara so he would stand up for himself, then the magic made the dad emprison his own son in the hope Nevare would stand up for himself and leave. the magic has more Gernian thinking than the Speck might like.


message 10: by David Sven (new)

David Sven (gorro) | 567 comments Hanne wrote: "his dad sent him to Dewara so he would stand up for himself, then the magic made the dad emprison his own son in the hope Nevare would stand up for himself and leave. the magic has more Gernian thinking than the Speck might like. "

Oooh, I like that observation.


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