EQ Readthrough: Issue 4, Wolfsong

[elf]

Issue 4: Wolfsong
Questions for this issue:

• How often do you think they hold a howl and exchange stories?
• Could they have used a different method to take out Madcoil?
• What new insights do you think Leetah had about the wolfriders?

Main OQR post with prompt questions
Note: These aren't mandatory questions; they're meta prompts. If you don't care for any of them, or want to tangent from them to some other topic, that's fine too.

(Side Note: Sorry sorry sorry. The week got busy for me. Apparently, I should set up some kind of auto-reminder email or something like that. I will post the next readthrough post on Monday, not tomorrow, to give this one a bit of time.)

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Hmm. My icon choices say this hasn't been a week spent in my Happy Place.

Occasionally, I consider researching the pic of the wolfriders just before they find Madcoil, and trying to identify every elf on the page. (Pg 14, if that helps.) I believe the one holding Skywise's hand has been ID'd as Foxfur, but I've no idea who's talking with One-Eye. (And is that One-Eye's father? Wasn't he given a name in one of the books?) Dunno who's talking with Nightfall and Clearbrook, but I suppose it could be Rainsong even though she's not wearing anything I've ever seen Rainsong in. She is wearing the same style hat as Rain, and that seems to be common theme in families. There's also a young elf talking with Redlance, who could maybe-kinda be Dart (except I expect that's Moonshade holding baby Dart in the shadow of the tree).

If the unknown woman is Rainsong, and the kid is not Dart, then Madcoil killed at least seven of the tribe; more, if there are other elves not shown here. (And there are. Woodlock and Newsong for sure, even if Wing hasn't been born yet.) Seven, including the chief, is a lot to lose from a tribe of about 23.

Hmmm. How would it have been different, if, say, Joyleaf survived and Bearclaw died? I don't get the impression that she would be (or want to be) chief. Would Cutter have still taken over? How did the previous chiefs deal with taking charge of their own parents?

::ponder ponder::

Oh, and um... I want Leetah's dress. Only in teal, or purple. I also want to know WTF it's made out of. The clothing styles in Sorrow's End are a fascinating mix of pseudo-Apache and Medievalesque Fantasy, which look lovely until you try to figure out where they come from and how they wound up developing those styles together.

[mab_browne]

I recall some discussion earlier about how the female Wolfriders weren't so active, and I believe that it was Wendy Pini referencing this particular event, which must have been tremendously traumatic, even allowing for the Wolfrider's resiliency. The Wolfriders fully understand the way that reproduction works and if you read the extended editions, before he died Rain was experimenting with trying to 'force' children outside of recognition. Plus I imagine that WaRP were still working out some of the finer nuances of the elfin society as they got into their stride.

[blnchflr]

The best thing about this issue was seeing that the Wolfriders have had women chiefs - 5 out of the 10, right? That's awesome :o)

Oh, and I like that Leetah is "many times" Cutter's elder!

(I still haven't worked out how lifespans work in EQ - I understand the Woldriders don't get as old as elves can/the Sunfolk seem to achieve at least now and then?)