Questions?

[merlinscribe]

If you have general questions about the World of Obsidian and its lore, post them here and I will answer them as best I can. I say "as best I can" because I have been working on this series since the late Cretaceous period and I may no longer remember some answers.

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Another Volley of Miscellaneous Questions!

[saynotsweetanne]

As I continue to re-read everything in preparation for the release of Deliverance of Dragons I have more queries for you, sir!

1 On the cover of Deliverance, is that Tennetarie the White we see?

2 In the Dragon Prophecy we hear of the First Endarkened war, the Second (great) Endarkened war, and we read of the Third Endarkened war in the Obsidian Mountain trilogy. Tiercel's inner monologue refers to the conflict with Aharain as the 'Fourth Endarkened War'. However she is not endarkened, not a being of flesh melded with Darkness so much as Darkness encased in flesh. So Tiercel and Harrier's conflict with her is not an Endarkened war. What are your thoughts? Will Tiercel's take on it catch on? Or will it be called something else?

3 Tiercel surmises that Dragons do not die (of age) unless their bonded dies. Is this true?

4 Will there be a new map in Deliverance of Dragons?

5 Does Vie use a Tarnkappa when she first sneaks into Gunedwaen's hut?

6 Will we learn Pelashia's origins/parentage in Deliverance?

7 When did the elves move from having golden eyes to only black? We see Amrethion Aradruiniel has golden eyes in a vision, but Vie says everyone she's ever known has black.

Re: Another Volley of Miscellaneous Questions!

[merlinscribe]

1. It is certainly intended by Tor to represent Tannatarie the White.

2. I'm on the fence here. I don't think people want to think about the Endarkened, so they're unlikely to be onboard with calling something "the fourth Endarkened War." Whether people beyond Tiercel's time, looking back, will want to call it that, is something that could only be answered if a book were written from that time, but I don't think the title will catch on.

3. Yes. Dragons do not die of age. If their Bondeds die, they die, unless their Bond has become a part of a threefold Bond. Such a bond can be added to infinitely, and in that case the dragon could become virtually immortal even as a Bonded Dragon.

4. Alas, no. I wish there could be. I don't think they're even reprinting the map from the last book.

5. No.

6. Yes.

7. This question will also be answered in Deliverance of Dragons.