: Well, this is just for background, and not meant to be
: taken as serious Myth stuff, but in the Black Company
: novels (from which a number of Myth ideas were
: inspired), all of the Taken (the model for the Fallen
: Lords) seem to possess the ability to cast a
: "ribbons of color" spell, which has the same
: effects as you've found in the text. There's even a
: reference to something called the "Pastel
: Wars" where whole armies were decimated that way.
: I think the Limper, who could well have been the model
: for the Watcher, was particularly good at these but
: it's been a while since I read them.
"The Pastel Wars"?
*experiences a sudden drop in his desire to read this series*
Interior decorators turned evil overlords, eh? :-)
--SiliconDream