3134 Here It Comes
on April 6, 2018
Chapter: The Little Librarian
Characters: Glon Smitharm/Bloodhand, Trevor Larkin
Location: The Great Library
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It totally seems like Trevor asked about them specifically so that Glon is aware he’s in sympathetic company.
Well … Agreed? I think he may have asked about them FIRST with that in mind, but Trevor strikes me as a bit more honest than that. And, I mean, reality-based, straightforward honest. He’s face-to-face with a half-Orc from the Black Mountain, and he has real concern and need for information. Of course he would ask something relevant and directly connected. Putting Glon at ease is something already accomplished.
I guess I’m trying to say, Trevor strikes me as the opposite of manipulative &/or indirect. It seems like he’s genuinely interested in first-hand and germane information, as well as honestly kind. I’ve no doubt he would tie his enemies in knots with his intellect, but this situation he appears direct & honest, no agenda beyond face value.
What’s more interesting to me in this exchange: Why is information about Maula, the Prince and the Black Mountain so directly important to him? He seems to be taking it more personal than I would have expected. I suspect a personal connection and backstory remain to be revealed.
He is honest, but I think Glon doesn’t realize it as yet, and needs to be convinced. Especially since he can never know who his allies are.
He does seem to be personally moved by the news. On the other hand, he’s a very loving being.
It may be he’s concerned about those who were leaders in the fight against Rannism.
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Plus, asking his name first came naturally because it followed his introductions. Would be odd to dive in with a request for news first.
I wonder if Trever has noticed his tail is on fire yet?
Trevor knows everything.
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Must have a high pain threshold 😀
Out of sight, out of mind???
Why is Glon still making a secret of his identity? Then again, under the circumstances one can’t blame him for being paranoid.
If word got out who he was, the Rannites would spare few pains to kill him. Likely including destroying whatever town he’s in at the moment.
Indeed. I suspect preserving Glon’s anonymity is also, in part, for the protection of those in the library. It’s not that Ranna’s agents wouldn’t round them up for aiding a fugitive on a whim anyway…but giving those agents as little to work with as possible is a basic courtesy in times as grim as these.
Isn’t Maula still alive and kicking? Or in her case, alive and killing?
She’s too mean to die that easy!
(I know Glon may not be aware she’s alive, I’m just trying to keep things straight)
Well, she’s alive. Beyond that, we don’t know.
She may not be up to kicking tail for the time being, but it takes more than an exploding mountain to keep her out of the fray for very long…Even so, her ability to intimidate others is still good enough to leave them open for a butt-whoopin’.
…BTW, I wonder if that Mistress has landed yet?…
She was part of the crossover story, appearing in this episode: http://yafgc.net/comic/2965-over-and-under-the-rocks/
When we left her at the end of the tale, she seemed to be doing all right.
My heart. I want to hug them both.
Especially Glon. I can only imagine the pressures he’s carrying on his shoulders, lately…on top of, it seems, believing his mother gone. Whatever Trevor’s iron(s) in this fire…and for obvious reasons, my speculations on the matter must remain unvoiced…they cannot possibly begin to compare to Glon’s own.
I wonder if the reason Glon is hiding his identity is because he doesn’t want to be asked questions he’s not ready to face or doesn’t yet have answers for.
It just occurred to me, just how many half orcs did live in Black Mountain? I mean, it seems like there was just Glon, and since Trevor is well aware of the local royal family, there’s no way he doesn’t know who his secretive guest if.
Quite a lot of orcs actually. Just look at how many orc soldiers have been involved with everything from lewie’s bid for power to jone’s arc. So. Hundreds, thousands of orcs?
I think toughluck’s point was about half orcs, not orcs
Exactly. Considering how orcs were plotting to overthrow Glon and how much contempt they had for half orcs, it seems that Glon is the only half orc there (plus his children, and there was Jone, too).
Considering that Trevor knows the exact composition of the royal family, as soon as he heard that a half orc from Black Mountain was there to visit him, he must have known that it was Glon.
If that is the case then Glon’s ruse is rather weak. Maybe the deeper mystery is why he is doing it.
I don’t appear to be able to reply directly to Aaron’s last comment, but I might offer the following thoughts here. Ranna has taken over, and her tolerance for dissenting voices is notoriously minimal. I imagine the penalties for aiding and abetting a deposed "ruler" of part of "her" world would be quite severe…and Glon himself is likely a person of interest in the "glorious new age" of consolidation of power to Rannite rule. I suspect it’s safer for Wallik to be Wallik…and safer for Trevor, C’rhynne and Leland to be able to honestly say that they met someone named Wallik, if asked. Suspecting they’re in the presence of the Black Mountain throne’s successor is one thing; having received confirmation of it, and not taken action, might be regarded as treason.
Best that our library trio be able to truthfully say "I had only unsubstantiated hunches that seemed a bit far-fetched" if questioned by the gorgons later….
He *knows* – it’s like he was CLEVER or something….
"Hey, wasn’t thin king a half-orc?"