[Dragaera] Is Kelly foolish?

[Jerry Friedman]

From: Louis Eastman almagaiz at gmail.com

> > (And Adron says in Chapter 33 (I think) of FHYA that he, unlike 
>Tortaalik, would
>> > use the Orb in the battle.)
>
>...
>
>> There's a hint in Ch. 33: when the Orb is disabled and the Emperor is killed,
>> Adron is described as feeling the same thing as Tazendra, Roila Lavode, and 
>the
>> other sorcerers around.  I'd imagine that having or not having a link to the 
>>Orb
>> would make a difference to those feelings.
>> 
>> Yes, after the interregnum, people had to be loyal to the Empire to get a 
>>link. 
>> But I don't see any reason to think disloyalty breaks the link once it's 
>made. 
>> No one ever mentions that possibility in FHYA, LoCB, SL, or /Phoenix/, or
>> anywhere else that I remember.  And I still think Loraan's conversation with
>> Habil is clear.  They both expect he can use the Orb while betraying the 
>>Empire.
> 
>
> My point would be that A) why isn't their link severable if he has one, and B) 
>that aside, if whomever holds the Orb can fry the mind of whomever
> is linked to the Orb, Tortie would've cooked his brain like Valabar's fish. So 
>either Adron didn't have a link, and sensed something was wrong via
> his spell, or that he had a link and Tortaalik passed up an opportunity to 
>crush him, which I doubt he would've done. Again, we have to doubt
> everything Paarfi says- for all we know he and his men did lose their link.

Well, I think the part about Habil and Loraan makes it clear that Paarfi thinks 
you don't lose your link by rebelling, and Adron's feelings during the 
assassination tend to corroborate that.  It doesn't seem like something Paarfi 
would be wrong about.  Every citizen of the Empire has a link, and there's 
always a rebellion going on somewhere--I imagine well-educated people would know 
what happens.

Jerry Friedman