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Flora Temeranti In Patrick Rothfuss’s books, ‘The Name of the Wind’ and ‘Wise Man’s Fear’, a large number of plants, including fruit, vegetables, crops and medicinal herbs, are mentioned by name.  In the tradition of many fantasy writers, the foods eaten by the characters in the novels are called by names familiar to us and used for the same purposes.  Good examples would be potatoes, carrots and apples, used by both Tolkien and Rothfuss.  Both authors use some anomalous species of their own invention; Tolkien has invented the mallorn trees and kingsfoil, Rothfuss names selas flowers and denner trees.  Given that this is a fantasy work, the authors are at liberty to use whatever species of plants they desire, real or imagined.  For a work to have internal cohesion, it is necessary for the science of a book to have its own internal logic, thus the rules of sympathy and sygaldry are explained within the book and these follow their own internal logic throughout the...

Let There Be Light L Faelight On the day that the Faelight was turned on and the cthaeh was caught in the shadow of his tree, something else rather important happened. The Sithe were formed to guard him. ‘If any of the fae can be said to work for the good, it’s them. Their oldest and most important charge is to keep the Cthaeh from having any contact with anyone. With Anyone.’ That their oldest and most important charge was given to them on the day that the prison was constructed for occupancy is irrefutable because until the intended prisoner arrived, there would have been no need for any such guards to exist. As to who would have charged them with their new task? well that can only have been on the explicit orders of the creator of the prison tree (and it’s attendant cage of light). The prisons chief warden would only be one they deferred to, one who would have the requisite authority to command this task of members of the powerful fae to join his faction, much like Selitos would be ...

1 ~ A-Gender . Welcome back, we have now pretty much mapped out the first Corner , but our storylines are starting to pull apart now, we have our roots in Newarre and our trunk in Vintas but now the Paths before us want to branch in different directions at once, but we can only follow one path at a time and the wise student will follow The path of the Book before them. That is of the Lethani. This 2corner will begin with the Adem. They are probably the strangest of all the races of man that we encounter and hold their secrets tightly. Stillness and silence are the heart of Ademre, something no barbarian could understand. Still, we can but try. Man Mothers When approaching a puzzle that goes against the grain, it is natural to adopt a guilty until proven innocent stance. But you must always remember that this is Fantasy Fiction, not Fantasy Fact. That's a whole different ball game. Played in the room at the end of the corridor.  Therefore I have a rule. Since this is Not Planet Eart...