[Dragaera] The Phoenix Guards

[Alexx Kay via Dragaera]

Needle-at-the-top could be taken as a Paarfi-an way of saying "pegging the
needle", i.e. "He who goes extremely fast".

> Ok, so I just started re-reading TPG and I came across something that made
> me burst out laughing while I was shaving.
>
> Steve, you never fail to entertain.
>
> "At the other extreme were the privately owned and built coaches, such as
> the famous twenty-two horse carriage of Lothinor, Duke of
> Needle-At-The-Top...(which) was capable of such speed that it nearly made
> the jump across the Lonely Ridge in the Kanefthali Mountains."
>
> That "nearly" is what made me laugh as I pictured the scene in my head.
>
> Anyway, anyone know what needle at the top means?  I assume it has
> something to do with a car manufacturer, like, Mercedes Benz, or Maserati
> or something?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Carey, B.A.(Hon), CHRL, CHRP
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