: We have talked about this in depth before, but never
: seriously. What exactly is Mydred insinuating with the
: "strange bedfellows" crack at the begining
: of 'Shiver'? There is certainly some kind of
: insinuation here, and it makes Shiver pretty angry.
: As GURPS sugests, I think that Shiver was angry with
: Myrdred because he revealed that she was indeed
: Ravana, something that perhaps was not meant for
: mortal ears. And yet this still does not explain what
: the "strange bedfellows" comment was all
: about.
: I believe that Shiver and Ravana are either different
: souls trapped in the same bodies that Shiver. There is
: a plethora of stories one could write to explain this.
: For instance perhaps there was once a great sorceress
: named "Ravana" who, upon being mortally
: wounded, forced her soul into the body of her
: apprentice (Shiver) who was more than happy to
: assimilate Ravana's power. Another example could be
: that Ravana was a great sorceress but a hideous one
: and thus chose the most beautiful maiden she could
: find (Shiver, who also happend to be a vain and
: powerhungry one) and entered her body without
: realizing that Shiver's soul would be strong enough to
: resist her's to some degree. Thus the "strange
: bedfellows" could be refering to Ravana and
: Shiver, two women with radically different
: personalities, sharing the same body as bedfellows
: share a bed.
: Before you rebuke this as nonsence, consider Shiver's
: drastic moodswings and Ravana's alternate name,
: "The Voiceless One." he mood swings could be
: the differense between Ravana controlling and Shiver
: controlling. "The Voiceless One" could be
: taken to mean that, as Ravana's soul has no body of
: it's own, it does not have a true voice.
: This is pretty far-fetched but I thought I'd just throw
: it out here for you guys to chew on.
GURPS notes that the Voiceless One was awakened from an "Eternal Sleep", which I presume to be death. Shiver (in TFL) is thought to perhaps be a reincarnation of her, while her Voiceless One reawakened-former-self is running around elsewhere. Since they worked together under Balor, Shiver obviously knows she's Ravanna reincarnated, and for some reason doesn't like others to know.
