really off-trope with Morrolan not being part of the original Dollivar-Kieron-Aliera set when he's so integral to it now. (Or was he? I don't remember what we learn about his reincarnation history, if any ...)
I don't think he's part of the reincarnation batch, no... and I don't we know anything about his reincarnation history, either. Maybe there's something we don't yet know, tied up with the prophecy about him in the Paarfi books, but I don't think there's anyone from the Kieron-Dolivar-sister generation left for him to be (unless it's, like, Drien, but that doesn't seem like the sort of thing Brust would go for -- too easy).
Reading these in the extremely random order that I am
This reminded me that when someone asked Brust about recommended reading order a couple of years ago, he said that in addition to the publication and internal chronological, he is hoping it would be fun to read the books in Cycle order once he's done with the series -- which, man, I can't wait to have all the books to be able to try that!
it seems to me that Vlad in Issola is more abrasive toward his friends and more -- obtuse, I guess, or self-deluding, about how he feels about them than he was before he left
It does seem like that to me as well, especially compared to the personal epiphanies in Phoenix, which would've been the last time he saw them. And I guess with everything that's happened, being on the run and also the not-fun stuff he goes through in Jhegaala, it makes sense for him to be a bit more feral?
"Morrolan was blocking my view of the fight"
Hehe (though he does at least acknowledge the possibility that Morrolan may have been "blocking more than my view". So magnanimous of Vlad XD
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I don't think he's part of the reincarnation batch, no... and I don't we know anything about his reincarnation history, either. Maybe there's something we don't yet know, tied up with the prophecy about him in the Paarfi books, but I don't think there's anyone from the Kieron-Dolivar-sister generation left for him to be (unless it's, like, Drien, but that doesn't seem like the sort of thing Brust would go for -- too easy).
Reading these in the extremely random order that I am
This reminded me that when someone asked Brust about recommended reading order a couple of years ago, he said that in addition to the publication and internal chronological, he is hoping it would be fun to read the books in Cycle order once he's done with the series -- which, man, I can't wait to have all the books to be able to try that!
it seems to me that Vlad in Issola is more abrasive toward his friends and more -- obtuse, I guess, or self-deluding, about how he feels about them than he was before he left
It does seem like that to me as well, especially compared to the personal epiphanies in Phoenix, which would've been the last time he saw them. And I guess with everything that's happened, being on the run and also the not-fun stuff he goes through in Jhegaala, it makes sense for him to be a bit more feral?
"Morrolan was blocking my view of the fight"
Hehe (though he does at least acknowledge the possibility that Morrolan may have been "blocking more than my view". So magnanimous of Vlad XD