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#1 zohar666 Dec 31, 2009 5:58:29	I finished reading tSoK and a few questions are still hanging in the air. I hope Keith could answer some of these without spoiling the next book. 1- All that preparation for Daine being possessed by his ancestor just so he could fail in his plan? Bad payoff if that particular plotpoint ended here. 2- What happened to Drego? Thorn "killed" him? We will see more of him in the next book? 3- I rebembered a comment from Keith about the Dreaming Dark series that the aberrant power of Daine's dragonmark completly destroyed Lakashtai spirit (correct me if I am wrong). But on tSoK, the dragonmark just bind the spirit. Why the change? 4- Who killed Jode? (we never se the actual person who did this). 5- The Thorn of Breland series will be a trilogy or a series of books without an ending point?
#2 focusgents Dec 31, 2009 18:38:54	1-I'm confused with your term "his plan." What plan are you talking about, and are you talking about Daine or his ancestor? 4- It's implied that the illithid killed Jode, but I don't think that's explicitly stated. 5-The solicitations make it out to be a trilogy.
#3 Hellcow Dec 31, 2009 19:51:21	I finished reading tSoK and a few questions are still hanging in the air. I hope Keith could answer some of these without spoiling the next book. 1- All that preparation for Daine being possessed by his ancestor just so he could fail in his plan? Bad payoff if that particular plotpoint ended here. Show Daine may have failed in HIS plan, which was to shift the balance of power between the dragonmarked houses and the rest of the world. Whether that was the role the powers that preserved him had in mind remains an open question. And if you consider the end of the book, a piece of him is still very much around - just in the hands of a different being.
#4 zohar666 Jan 01, 2010 8:48:34	That's up to Wizards. Unlike The Dreaming Dark, it is not conceived of as a trilogy with a solid beginning and end. Each book is a self-contained mission, and this will be true of The Fading Dream. So there may be more Thorn books, if sales are sufficient. So you are saying that we won't know the whole history of Sarmonderalix in the next book and besides that we take the risk of never knowing if Wizards cancel the series? Thanks for the aswers Keith and Happy New Year to us all.
#5 DarkSamuraiKyo Jan 09, 2010 11:04:42	That's up to Wizards. Unlike The Dreaming Dark, it is not conceived of as a trilogy with a solid beginning and end. Each book is a self-contained mission, and this will be true of The Fading Dream. So there may be more Thorn books, if sales are sufficient. So you are saying that we won't know the whole history of Sarmonderalix in the next book and besides that we take the risk of never knowing if Wizards cancel the series? Mmmmm....basically pretty much that's what he saying...
#6 Hellcow Jan 09, 2010 11:34:53	So you are saying that we won't know the whole history of Sarmonderalix in the next book and besides that we take the risk of never knowing if Wizards cancel the series? I'm saying that the third book is not intended to be the end of the series. That doesn't mean you won't get more answers. There's a limit to how long you can draw out a mystery and have it remain interesting, after all.