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There is a reference to 'The Wheel of Time' books by Robert Jordan in the Forest of Tethyr. The wolfwere leader is called LAnfear, which is the name of a character in the books (also particularly evil) and the story that she wants coran but he loves someone else and hates him is a mirror of lanfear's story, and her last line - 'If I can't have you then noone shall have you!' is one of Lanfears last lines in the books.
I am just very pleased that among my favourite of books has been recognised in my favourite game and i just had to share it with you...i actually laughed out loud when i realised

I knew I recognized the name (and from where!) but I missed the parralell.

What came first, the book or the game?

Originally posted by JonIrenicus
What came first, the book or the game?

Book is way old. There are about 2-3 years between books... and he's on book ten... so call it 10+ years since the book in question was released. (IIRC, she died in book 5)

yup book 5
im curretnly reading book 8
however at £8 per book and up to the 15th book planned, its a rather expensive pleasure

The first book was published in 1988

Are there many more literacy tributes in BG2?

Only 15 books? In Sweden they have split'em up to nearly 30 of'em and charge us for 270 SKR each! (thats about 25 euro) I've got 10 of them, so I have to get alot of money to complete the series...

Edit: Hmm... make that about 30 euro.

30 euros???? thats nearly £20!!!

i read somewhere that all the books were split in two in europe....but £20 each is stupid!

only the first has been split up here, and i dont know if more are planned

Split up = Sucks

Sorry to hear they only sell them split. Personally, I wish I could get a hold of merged books, e.g. books 1-5 in one volume...

Of course, I've been told (often!) that I'm a read-aholic.

I bought the first 2(4) books in the swedish version and then bought the rest in English. I got #10 for only Lm7.50 which is about £11, $15, 150 SKr, which I thought was a GREAT price for 700 pages of book (althoug it was one of the most booring books in the series ) I just hope the next 5 will be better and that he'll finish the series before he runs out of imagination

@Ron_Lugge SPOILER about the book, high light: Lanfear is not dead by a long shot. Her body may have died but her spirit will never rest as long as the Dark One is alive and his bonds are breaking and can you imagine what a book all the first five would be like 4000 pages!!!! now that's something you can hold and actually get some excersize while reading

Im nearly finished BG2 again(4th or 5th time cant remember) and im gonna make a multiplayer WoT themed party next:

RAnd (fighter dualled to wild mage)
Perrin (berserker)
Mat (Fighter/THief)
Thom Merrilin (Bard)
Nynaeve (Cleric)
Elayne (Sorceror)

RAnd will only use longswords, Perrin Axes and hammers, MAt spears and staves, thom throwing knives, Nynaeve a Club and i dont know what weapon elayne would use...

What do u think?

Cool.

Doesn't Rand uses Two handed swords? That's atleast the impression I got.....

as for Elayne I'd say she'd use a staff or a knife. Maybe you should consider Egwene with a sling? She clearly knows how to handle one when she and Perrin first meets Elyas....

im not putting egwene in cos i dont like her

i got the impression that the blademaster's heron sword is onehanded. UNless you mean Callandor...thats 2handed...i could represent that with the rod of lordly might maybe?

Knife for elayne is perfect

I just loved the way Egwene ran over the Hall of the little tower but that's beside the point.....

I don't know about rand. I mean why doen't he use a sheild if he only has a one handed sword? Ok so he's less clumsy then but since he carries his sword accross his back I think it's a sword witha grip for two hands.... about the same as Al'Lan uses IMO... the !rod of holy might" is a gerat choice

he carries his sword at his waist on a belt....its Aram who has it in his back

Rand also has the sword of the evil CAirhienin king...which he also carries at his waist

While I'm not sure about Callandor, I'm fairly certain the Heron-marked blade / channeled flame blade are both one handed.

Don't forget - Rand doesn't have to powergame.

Alrite I'm convinced..... but I'll kepp imagining him to carry it on his back and using it as a two handed sword until I can find a text whihc proves me wrong you're probably right but I wanna see it myself..... the power wrought sword is for sure one handed though, if you only could get our hands on Xan's moon blade from BG1 that would make the best anim, but flametoungue is just as fitting

hmm yes, although i dont think the power-wrought sword flames....maybe just a sword that glows would do?

to prove you wrong garazdawi, look in book 7 when min is watching RAnd get dressed it says he goes to the cupboard and clips on his sword belt.

What chapter is that?

as for the sword I can't think of anysword that glows of fire in BG2 tat's why I said the flametoungue....

Originally posted by Mini Me
hmm yes, although i dont think the power-wrought sword flames....maybe just a sword that glows would do?

The power-wrougth sword doesn't flame - it is flame. From what I understand, its fire thats been forced into the shape of a blade... (Or at least, thats what it looks like.