tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244825942034612802.post8038926371707084507..comments2023-05-02T17:46:04.421+01:00Comments on The World of Fighting Fantasy: Flaxenmane of SilvertonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244825942034612802.post-26997841311913000152016-04-09T22:04:25.418+01:002016-04-09T22:04:25.418+01:00I try to deal with this (but it's actually in ...I try to deal with this (but it's actually in french). I'm writing an adventure trying to explain that. Based upon the same assumption that Midwinter Carol that Jonthane is the son of the hero of Masks of Mayhem.<br />His daughter Telessa is named after Eldenurin's sword who delivered Elegana from a kidnapping by a demon monster (before Eldenurin faced Ishtra). Eldenurin is not the shaman of Masks of Mayhem but his apprentice. This leads me to put 25 years between masks of mayhem and Deathmoor...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361052045118023714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244825942034612802.post-63572445021192687902014-10-23T19:05:28.566+01:002014-10-23T19:05:28.566+01:00Thanks! I have YOU ARE THE HERO but haven't ha...Thanks! I have YOU ARE THE HERO but haven't had a chance to read it yet other than a quick flick through. I'll likely blog about it at some stage.Paltoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961821462981797028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244825942034612802.post-80206510529632066772014-10-23T18:53:10.203+01:002014-10-23T18:53:10.203+01:00and most welcome it is..cant get enough ff !.....r...and most welcome it is..cant get enough ff !.....research is where the joy lies...by the way, have you been reading the history of ff book YOU ARE THE HERO..?<br />edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633073283427830809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244825942034612802.post-83626625670807107292014-10-23T15:20:27.216+01:002014-10-23T15:20:27.216+01:00Less to do than I thought, so it's done!Less to do than I thought, so it's done!Paltoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961821462981797028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244825942034612802.post-40118856682404332742014-10-23T14:28:27.692+01:002014-10-23T14:28:27.692+01:00You are right! I've just finished a rather big...You are right! I've just finished a rather big bit of work and have, in the spare moments, been writing a blog post. An hour or two should finish it, so look out for it very soon (maybe even this evening).Paltoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961821462981797028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244825942034612802.post-69285298607148940152014-10-23T11:33:19.098+01:002014-10-23T11:33:19.098+01:00poor flaxenmane continues to decay in the dungeons...poor flaxenmane continues to decay in the dungeons of zharradhan marr while we wait for fresh nuggets and gems of FF info....time for some new posts on this blog methinksedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633073283427830809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244825942034612802.post-47159096551225999692014-09-12T15:48:34.448+01:002014-09-12T15:48:34.448+01:00For sure. They are actually books I don't know...For sure. They are actually books I don't know as well as others, especially Deathmoor. I need to research them further and they deserve a series of blog posts.Paltoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961821462981797028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244825942034612802.post-58738409730974085802014-09-12T12:21:35.163+01:002014-09-12T12:21:35.163+01:00Quite possibly. Definitely a lot to speculate on i...Quite possibly. Definitely a lot to speculate on in the 3 Arion books anyway!Kieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15247538294375375486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244825942034612802.post-33569185811331559302014-09-11T19:00:35.142+01:002014-09-11T19:00:35.142+01:00Perhaps the name of some hero or god, or such like...Perhaps the name of some hero or god, or such like that things are named after?Paltoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961821462981797028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244825942034612802.post-53142250743504699212014-09-11T13:20:29.908+01:002014-09-11T13:20:29.908+01:00Of course another puzzle is why an elf shaman is r...Of course another puzzle is why an elf shaman is running around with a sword that has the same name as a kidnapped princess. Co-incidence, or something more?Kieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15247538294375375486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244825942034612802.post-68844928242732955882014-09-08T17:00:02.495+01:002014-09-08T17:00:02.495+01:00The whole Arion thing needs a bit of working out, ...The whole Arion thing needs a bit of working out, that's for sure. MoM and DM don't really seem to mesh together very well. MoM seems more archaic somehow. But I like your idea of YOU ending up as the ruler of Arion!Paltoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961821462981797028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244825942034612802.post-89196588103336813862014-09-08T16:58:48.621+01:002014-09-08T16:58:48.621+01:00Re. Flaxenmane: I think there's no certainty t...Re. Flaxenmane: I think there's no certainty that SJ did intend it to be the hero from FoD, but it's a fun idea. He may have been having a little joke to himself about Ian's books always having YOU as a dashing adventurer and thought it would be fun to kill one off in his book. Or, more likely, he's just being subversive and is turning the usual way of things on their head.Paltoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961821462981797028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244825942034612802.post-38147072214690651222014-09-08T13:20:53.498+01:002014-09-08T13:20:53.498+01:00I suppose the main issue with this theory is it re...I suppose the main issue with this theory is it requires Steve Jackson to have decent knowledge of the contents of Ian's books and I've never really got the impression from interviews that the two of them knew all that much about what the other was writing. Still, it's possible Steve consulted Ian about it when writing Creature of Havoc. Perhaps it was even Ian's idea to put Flaxenmane in.<br />Even if Flaxenmane is not supposed to be the hero of FoD and ToT (I'm guessing the hero of CotSW is a different guy as the FoD hero seems clueless about the hammer and Bigleg), he is an interesting twist on the Adventurer stereotype. In any other gamebook, you'd be playing as this guy, sent on a desperate mission to a monster-filled dungeon to retrieve 3 vapours. But in this you are one of the monsters, starting off in the depths of the dungeon and munching your way through adventurers seeking the vapours.<br />Really it's odd we don't come across more of the adventuers from other books, there must be dozens of these guys about the place, but there aren't many references. Apart from Flaxenmane, Maior in BVP/TCT is one obvious example. The Shaman in Masks of Mayhem is probably the hero of Phantoms of Fear or at least a close relative. One thing I always wanted to know was what the relationship was between the ruler of Arion in Masks of Mayhem and King Jonthane and Queen Elegana in Deathmoor. My initial feeling was Robin Waterfield deliberately had a brother and sister co-rulership so male players in Masks of Mayhem could pretend they were Jonthane in that book, while female players could pretend they were Elegana. But the ruler in MoM ruled with the support of Ifor Tynin and there was no mention of having a sibling as co-ruler. It's possible the ruler drafted in their sibling to aid them with ruling now Ifor was out of the picture though. However Jonthane and Elegana are wet blankets who give a vitally important quest to a cretin like Fang-Zen while as the hero of MoM would have strapped on his helmet and set off to shove Arachnos' head up his arse.<br />In an amateur FF I wrote (A Midwinter Carol), I had Jonthane and Elegana as the twin children of the hero of MoM and I had the hero of Deathmoor mudereded by Pelagines shortly after retrieving Telessa. However, now I actually like the idea of the hero of Deathmoor marrying Telessa to become prince and eventually king (which is pretty believable considering Jonthane was willing to give Fang-Zen half his kingdom!). Telessa perhaps died some time later and so Deathmoor Hero allowed Ifor Tynin to support him in ruling which therefore sets him up as the hero of MoM. Which would then explain why the MoM hero goes to stop Morgana himself rather than getting help - it's the life he's used to after all.Kieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15247538294375375486noreply@blogger.com