[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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