[Dragaera] Hehehe

Shawn Burns shawnb at stanford.edu
Fri Oct 20 17:47:32 PDT 2006


 

 
> Given that these novels are all transcribed from what are 
> presumably tapes recorded by a tape-recorder of some type, 
> then that means that "Nightslayer" 
> could also be "Knightslayer", only spelled wrong.
> 
> We know that dragaerans have orders of nobility, ie, Dukes, 
> Counts, etc, but does that hierarchy include Knights?
> 
> Isn't a knight the lowest form of nobility in those cases?  
> In which case, wouldn't Vlad's father have purchased a 
> Knighthood (or perhaps a landless title, as is possible to 
> acquire in House Orca)
> 
> In any event, go Knightslayer!  It's chief power is probably 
> disturbing the sound that occurs when two halved coconut 
> shells are struck together :P
> 

Well, they're not merely transcribed are they? They are translated as well.
The two words would have to sound alike in Dragaeran first for this mistake
to be happening.

Shawn





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