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Torkael
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 Posted - 04 Nov 2006 : 07:47:30
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I just realised something about the current rulers of Algarond, Cormyr, Evermeet and the Silver Marches.
Other than all of them being women...
- Their names all start with an A; Alassra aka the Simbul, Alusair, Alustriel, Amlaruil...
- All of them are seen as just rulers and are doing their best to keep their kingdom in one piece after certain events.
- 3 of them are Chosen
- 3 of them are well over 100 years old
- All of them would be doing something else rather than look after a kingdom if not for their responsibilities.
- This one isn't exactly confirmed but according to some, all of them have long hair 
Another observation with three other Realms characters: Araevin, Galaeron and Liriel
- All three of them are magic users and went through a lot of change after discovering new sources of magic.
- They had enemies who wanted to control their powers.
- Obviously, they're all elves.
- Plus they all had human friends
- If you consider Melegaunt human enough, the human friends often wind up dead.
- They are all considered outcasts.
- None of their main enemies were truly defeated.
I'm sure there's more of such similiarities, but sometimes I wonder if how many were done consciously and how many were not.
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 04 Nov 2006 : 11:13:20
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| Naming the founding villages of Netheril after the members of Ian Gillan's band from the early 80s is a lack of creativity, but fun...I always get the chuckles when I read of Gers etc |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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Posted - 04 Nov 2006 : 14:02:43
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| Oh don't remind me of that one. I could never take that box seriously after that reference. And that is in spite of being a Ian Gillan fan for years. |
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Sian
Senior Scribe
Denmark
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Posted - 05 Nov 2006 : 12:19:53
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| sorry to say but thats the same as with the conspiration teories about WTC ... theres loads of loads of info about it ... and if you look close enough you see 'some few' things that macth ... and then argue that that means that there is a higher meaning ... there aren't |
what happened to the queen? she's much more hysterical than usual
She's a women, it happens once a month |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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Posted - 05 Nov 2006 : 23:06:02
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Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
I'd say it's coincidence.
I agree. The simplest explanation (it's just chance) is probably the correct one.
Besides, note that in both examples, the one has to be selective with the starting characters--many novels have simliar characters and plots, so if you look hard enough (and set the right parameters) you can see "striking similarities" in just about anything. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 03:09:33
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
if you look hard enough (and set the right parameters) you can see "striking similarities" in just about anything.
'Tis quite true... I once had this cake assignment in Communications II: we had to either compare or contrast -- not both, just one -- any two characters from the stories we'd read that semester. I made the assigment more difficult on myself: I took a guy who murdered an entire family when one person recognized him as an escaped convict, and a kid who quit his supermarket job in protest over the way his manager treated some girls in bikinis, and I compared the two. I had to stretch on a couple of the points, but my teacher was quite impressed, anyway, and said that no one had tried that one before.  |
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Coincidental similarities?
