: Being the typical teenager I am, I am forced into reading
: a certain amount of books per quarter of school. This
: term, I'm reading the Fantasy catergory, and picked
: "The Lost Years of Merlin" by T.A. Barron as
: my choice. This proved to have a very interesting
: connection to Myth, as you will see . . .
: So I'm reading along, nothing too myth-related happens,
: when all of the sudden, a certain name jumps out at
: me: Rhia. This sounds remarkably close to the Trows'
: (is the plural 'Trø'?) ancient city of Rhiannon, and
: lo and behold, two or so lines down, there it is. Here
: is the exact passage, on page 112: "Your name is
: Rhia?"
: Again she started walking, passing through a strand of
: long-needled pines, sturdy and straight.
: "Rhiannon is my full name, though I don't know
: why. The trees call me Rhia."
: Waaaaait a minute, TREES? I don't know if this is simply
: me, but does this not scream "Forest Giants"
: to you? But then again . . . why would they call her
: Rhia and not her full name? Maybe it is too painful to
: hear the name of the entities who "poisoned the
: soul of iron".
: And now a little more background. Turns out that there
: used to be giants in this land, with skin like
: "that of rocks". Uh oh . . .
: "rock-like" skin? I somewhat remember a
: quote, possibly even flavor text, that describes Trow
: skin as "rock-hard" or "stony".
: Think about this, then: Weren't the Oghres close
: relatives to the Trow? But here's another catch . . .
: the giants in this book were almost entirely hunted to
: extinction, which is quite similar to the Oghres. We
: need a geneaology flow chart, or something like that.
: This stuff is incredibly confusing.
: After a little more traveling, they meet a 'little'
: giant, Shim. His description matches that of a Dwarf,
: and it's almost scary how much he talks like one as
: well.
: In this land (Fincayra), there are the Seven Great
: Treasures, most noticeably Deepercut, a magical sword
: which can bestow great powers to the person in control
: of it. *ahem* Balmung, anyone?
: This book just leaps out at me as a Bungie inspiration. I
: welcome feedback, yet I pray that I don't start a
: massive theory debate that would rival those of
: Forrest and the others. Good luck, can't wait to see
: what you crazy kids make of this . . .
: Kaltair Tank ~TC~
Interesting connections. I would also point out that Rhiannon is the name of a city AND a person in old Cletic mythology.
-Joyeuse the damned
