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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[merlinscribe]

A reader writes: "Is He-Who-Is a Greater Power the likes of the Firecrown and The Starry Hunt? Is the Obsidian mirror a Place of Power similar to the Star Shrine or the Shrine in the Lake of Fire?"

Unicorns

[(Anonymous)]

I don’t know if you’d answer this, but would you tell us how long unicorns live? I’m thinking in particular of Shalkan of course, he is my favorite character!

Questions

[saynotsweetanne]

Some more from me!(Spoilers below so be warned all!)

1) Can you explain the relationship between Spirit of Elemental Darkness and Darkness? Is the Spirit a smaller, lesser version of the proper Darkness? And is Darkness synonymous with He-Who-Is?

2) Are there Spirits of Elemental Light?

3) What is the door that Ancaladar goes through in Abi'Abadashar? It seems implied it was a failsafe for an Endarkened attack, involving Time and Space. So are we to understand they used magic to push people 6 months and X miles away?

4) What time period is Abi'Abadashar from?

5) Does Idalia Caerthalien (I assume the daughter of Ashaniel and Andoreniel would be called thus) remember her previous life directly or more as she was informed of it as she grew in her elven body?

I'm sure I'll think of more eventually ;)

Types of Mages

[saynotsweetanne]

I'm attempting to get straight all the flavors of Mage in the world.


1) For a Wildmage, must the Gods of the Wild Magic *approve* of what they do in order to grant the power loan to them? (I call it a loan because it leaves them beholden to mageprice).

2) If the above is true, is that why only dragon-bonded Wild mages can be corrupted to use their power for the Dark? (High mages can also be corrupted because their power requires no approval outside of their intent and will)

3) In Vieliessar's time, are the Lightborn basically Elven Mages, but rather than having a Dragon to draw from, they have to find power from Flower Forests? IE: Are Lightborn Elven Mages even though they have no Dragon?

4) Am I correct in understanding Elven Mages need a power source that is of-the-light but they do not need the Gods of the Wild Magic to approve of what they do? (Compared to a Wildmage who might be declined when asking for magical help?)

5) High Mages: War Magick evolved during the Second Endarkened War, we know. But little context is given to how. Must a High Mage be human?

6) Tiercel narrates that "Healing spells weren’t a part of the High Magic, but they were a part of the Wild Magic," but Kellen narrates that one could "...hire a Mage to [...] heal their injuries."

Does or does not the High Magick heal? Perhaps that is just still lost knowledge to Tiercel?


Thank you! I'm sure I'll think of more... :)

[(Anonymous)]

How do the Elven mages of Vieliessar's time differ from the Elven mages of Tiercel's time? Previously it seemed that Elven mages were able to touch the Light without needing a Dragon. But it now seems in Tiercel's time that Elven mages can only awaken their magic if they bond a Dragon. Has the nature of the Flower Forests changed? Or has the nature of Elven magic changed after Vieliessar negotiated her pact with the Dragons?

[megan_may_poetry]

Big fan of your Obsidian books. Can't wait for May when the 3rd Dragon Prophecy is out! I'd like to reread the series before then. Where's the best place to buy a set? Just curious--what parts are written by you and which by Mercedes? Would be interesting to know more about the writing process on co-authored Fantasy books.

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.

[chichiri]

I'm rereading the Phoenix trilogy and was wondering, what is Tiercel's relationship to Tiedor Rolfort in the Obsidian trilogy? Is Tiedor Tiercel's great-great (add a whole bunch more greats) uncle?

After all these years.

[(Anonymous)]

Finally, made it through deliverance. It seems ridiculous to ask after waiting so long, but is there plans to continue the story? Lots of threads left open