[Dragaera] So, what did really happen at the end of Chapter 15 of Hawk?

[Andreas Davour]

Huh. I had not considered it to be a figure of speech, but that makes more sense than the literal interpretation.

/andreas
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On Wednesday, December 10th, 2025 at 6:13 PM, Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks, I hadn't noticed that before. I can't see a literal meaning for it. I think it's a figure of speech from Vlad's world, something like our "All hell broke loose."
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> Jerry Friedman
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> On Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 11:46:41 AM MST, Andreas Davour via Dragaera <dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> wrote:
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> As I wanted to read Lyorn in chronological order, I just re-read Hawk. I remember being confused about this the last time I read it as well, but then I quickly became preoccupied by the resolution to the big caper. Now, it stuck with me.
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> So, Vlad is sitting in that room with the Council members and their sorcerers, and the suddenly the door is burst open.
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> But, then what happens? Nobody charge in through the door, and instead they cast a sleep spell and put chains on Vlad and so on.
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> Did I miss something there? What was it that blew open the door?
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> /andreas
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