: It helps the Light retrieve the Total Codex. Now, as
: others have pointed out on the forum, we don't really
: know why this was a huge deal--the narrator never
: mentions the Nine discovering anything amazing in the
: Codex. But we *do* know that The Watcher was already
: looking for it, and we know that Myrdred would take
: any opportunity to sabotage one of Bahl'al's missions.
: Especially since exactly the same thing happens in The
: Black Company.
When you say the exact same thing happened are you referring to Croaker finding Whisper's papers that revealed the Limper and The Lady's true names and then giving it to Soulcatcher who says that she'll give it to The Lady but instead keeps it for herself?
: I wonder if earlier versions of the TFL story spent more
: time on The Head's betrayals, or on those of whatever
: creature controlled it? The biggest subplot of the
: first Black Company book is Soulcatcher's systematic
: annihilation of the rest of the Taken; perhaps TFL
: started out focused on this, and then moved away from
: the Black Company model (as it did with Shades) once
: it really found its individual flavor.
: --SiliconDream
What were shades originally supposed to be that dealt with the Black Company? Otherwise I think this theory is alot more reasonable than the head being Moagim or Wyrd's son or whatever.
