The Speculation Thread!

[rowana.livejournal.com]

I suspect this may be one of many.

This is a thread for ideas about the next book. What's Gen going to do about Nahuseresh? What will happen to Costis? Is Sophos really dead?

Those and other questions can be discussed here. :)

Comments

[dh684.livejournal.com]

Yes, I tend to agree with you. They halved the guard and I was under the impression that Gen intended to personally safeguard the queen himself and I don't see him easily delegating that to someone else especially if she's pregnant without good cause. Perhaps, if things have stabilized signficantly from their end. Do Baron Erondites and Sejanus still present a threat? If Gen is going after Nahuseresh (sp?)and the Mede Empire, it's because of more than just a personal vendetta.

Someone on another list described KoA as a holding book and I agree with that in the sense that I suspect that it's the lull right before the storm. (Not that Gen's navigating the pitfalls of the Attolian court wasn't a challenge). But now that Gen is king in name, I think in the next book, we'll begin to truly discover the scope of his powers. Can that happen without him truly being in the thick of the action? That I don't know.

[mandasarah.livejournal.com]

Do Baron Erondites and Sejanus still present a threat?

Baron Erondites probably does since he hasn't got much left to lose besides his life. And since he just might hate Gen, just a little, he might think it worth his life to exact revenge on Gen.


I don't think Sejanus poses much of a threat though, since he's locked away and not allowed news of the outside world.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Excellent points, dh.

Ah, but Megan said it's hard to get rid of those Erondites. Sejanus is too great a character to just rot in prison.

[sprite6.livejournal.com]

Yes, I tend to agree with you. They halved the guard and I was under the impression that Gen intended to personally safeguard the queen himself and I don't see him easily delegating that to someone else especially if she's pregnant without good cause.

Excellent point. Hmm.

What if they went to war? Helen leads her troops in battle, and I imagine Sounis does too. (Irene can't in the same way, which is one reason she was jealous of Helen.) Wouldn't the Attolian barons expect Gen to lead? Wouldn't Teleus and the guard expect it? If that happened, he might have to be separated from Irene anyway.

If Gen is going after Nahuseresh (sp?)and the Mede Empire, it's because of more than just a personal vendetta.

True, but there's plent of reasons beyond the personal. The Mede is a huge threat to Attolia; if Gen could neutralize that threat by going into the Mede empire, he might think it worth the risk.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't the Attolian barons expect Gen to lead? Wouldn't Teleus and the guard expect it?

Not necessarily, they might consider it more important to keep the King safe, which means having him not go into battle.

Do Helen and Sounis lead their troops in battle? I can't remember. I didn't think so. Maybe I'm going insane.

[(Anonymous)]

Wouldn't the Attolian barons expect Gen to lead? Wouldn't Teleus and the guard expect it?

In KoA didn't Costis say something about how there Barons were just expected to have a showy-tpye of skill ability - like to impress the ladies with but not much beyond that. Sort of like Nah who was likely knew how to use a sword but when it came to a battle was all glory and no blood? My friend has my book so can't check it out.

But then Baron Eron. could use the baths because he was a soldier....maybe he was a decorative soldier?

-EmpMai