Day 106
Standard Year 1118

Elthoria

In which Jethri receives a history lesson.

I had forgotten that Rinork’s grudge against Ixin was against Norn ven’Deelin in particular. It’s an interesting life she must have led (and led well, to have survived some parts of it).

I notice that when Master ven’Deelin was speculating about reasons Infreya chel’Gaibin might have adopted Tan Sim, they were all about how chel’Gaibin and Rinork might have benefitted; she doesn’t apparently consider it likely that it was done for Tan Sim’s own sake. It seems that Tan Sim, like Jethri, has a mother who doesn’t want him. (Come to think of it, the two mothers were explicitly compared last chapter, and it didn’t do Iza any favours.)

It’s amusing to have Master ven’Deelin’s opinion of the wizard’s match as a misfortune; it provides a different angle from the one from which the series usually approaches that subject.