Threshold (Legends 2)
So who's read this?
Valecynos 08-25-2005, 11:32 AM
If you haven't read this story, turn back now! There be spoilers ahead!
I finished it a couple of days ago. I really liked it. For a while I thought that there might be a link between Hector and Meridion (though I can't really say what since this is only a Threshold forum), but at the end, there is no way I could have been right. I wonder if we will ever see some of these characters again, you know, if Elizabeth does any prequels. I was particularly intrigued by the woman and child, and by Cantha. Somehow, I get the feeling they are connected to other characters in SoA.
My question though, is when Jarmon tackled Brann into the Vault, did he himself lose his own eternity? I mean, surely he died, right? So did his soul get lost in the Void, or did he go on to the Afterlife? And what of Hector's baby? The fact that the child is named Elsynore must bear some sort of significance later on. So far, Elizabeth hasn't put anything down in her writing that would be considered frivolous, and having named the child seems important, so I wonder when she'll come up again. Or maybe she has and I've forgotten it? And then there's Sevirym, who was sent on the last boat, plus the other people who left with him.
I tell you, this left many more questions and didn't answer any! I love/hate that!
Re: So who's read this?
Rhonwyn 08-25-2005, 11:41 AM
Wasn't it great? EH did such a fantastic job with that story.
I think Jarmon did lose his afterlife by tackling Brann into the Vault, which is what made it so truly heroic. So many unsung heroes forgotten by those later in on history.
And I'm not sure about the baby, but we do see Hector's wife later on, the widow whose death Ashe witnessed as a child, the lady who willed herself to death because her heart had been broken for so long.
Anwyn, any chance that you saved the threads from our discussion of Threshold right after its release, with EH's input? I'll look around my computer and see if I have them saved anywhere. I remember EH really dropped a bomb in there and left a lot of rippling implications that not a lot of members were able to share, since few had read the short story at that time.
Re: So who's read this?
Ami Blackhawk 08-26-2005, 8:48 PM
I'm not sure whether to post this because this is a Threshold board, but just in case if you don't want to know about any big spoilers, here's a warning to turn back immediately!
Spoilers!!!!!!
If a F'dor was to possess someone who was able to breathe underwater, would they immediately be able to open the vault once they got to it? I mean, Hector dropped the key just a few feet away from the opening. If Hector was incased in minerals and made into a statue, shouldn't have MacQuieth been able to find him?
Re: So who's read this?
Anwyn 08-27-2005, 4:06 PM
*No such luck on my end, but I'll check with Ely*
As for finding Hector and the key.... Well, imagine even if MacQuieth found the incinerated/plaster mummy remains of his son, it likely wouldn't be very recognizable to him. At best, maybe he could find some discernable trinket or something that he wore on his person, and for some reason, was not as exposed to be melted in the heat, but I doubt it.
Secondly, with the upheaval of the island, you got some immense land masses moving, I doubt the ocean floor would have remained clear of debris enough to find the key.
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"Where there had been highlands, there was nothing beneath the waves but rubble and ruin, melted statues and stone gates jutting from great mountains of broken earth, the towers of Elysian castle now pebbles...."
Pg. 532, Requiem for the Sun
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My theory is that he and the key are buried under tons of rubble from the island's upheaval, still as inaccessible as ever.
Re: So who's read this?
Valecynos 08-30-2005, 11:41 PM
Yeah, Rhonwyn. I remembered about his widow as soon as I read her name. And, without giving too much away from other books, wasn't one of the main male characters (in the trilogy) related to Hector, and cousins with his children? I mean, we know that that character is related to McQuieth, so why wasn't the cousin ever mentioned? Did you follow that, or was I a bit too vague?
I'd have to agree with Anwyn. It would seem that the door to the vault and the key are lost now. I just can't see anyone being able to find them.
Re: So who's read this?
Elynsynos 08-30-2005, 11:52 PM
Just went through my stuff... I have 4 threads from Threshold, but none of them have anything of substance in them. I bet the good one was archived before I got to it.
Re: So who's read this?
Rhonwyn 08-31-2005, 10:58 AM
Yeah, I'm having a hard time finding anything on my computer because last week we had a bad storm go through that kept knocking out the power. My second hard drive where all my older stuff was saved decided to kick the bucket.
Re: So who's read this?
Rhapsody82 12-03-2005, 6:12 PM
Erm...Hopefully this won't be a spoiler to anyone who hasn't read all of the released SoA, but...
Val, you happened to be right Meridion and Hector are related...even if it is distantly...
Hector > MacQuieth's son> aforementioned main male character being of MacQuieth's line coughGwydioncough> Meridion being the offspring of aformentioned main male character coughGwydioncough
As I said hopefully this isn't a spoiler...and umm if it is, then I'm sorry
Re: So who's read this?
Grunthor 12-03-2005, 6:47 PM
If you're concerned about spoilers then post on the Symphony board.
However, at this point in the game there can be no spoilers here. This is the latest material to be released. So you can talk about anything that was release prior to Threshold.
When "The Assassin King" or the Ven Polypheme books are released that mateial will be off limits for this board.
After reading this I was depressed for a week. LOL
Re: So who's read this?
madhatter 12-04-2005, 10:38 PM
After I read this I couldn't go to sleep. Reading it caused me to become tense and anxious, but that's how I know for sure that it was great!
Avi is my family crest.
