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#0, Thorn of the Rose
Posted by TRB on Oct-18-01 at 03:57 AM
I thought it might be worth asking if the Thorn was in any way inspired by the sword Alithiel, owned by Arithon of the series of novels by Janny Wurtz known collectively as the Wars of Light and Shadow. I was recently talked into reading the first novel, Curse of the Mistwraith, and the description of Alithiel immediately reminded me of the Thorn. After seeing the cover illustration of the most recent novel (I'll post a link in a follow-up so everyone can judge for themselves) I'm more than just reminded. They're very similiar, in color, design, and even the rune inscriptions, the differences being the lack of the rose motif and the runes running silver rather than red on Alithiel. I figure Gryph prolly would've stated it proudly on the Imagery page if the Thorn -was- related to Alithiel in any way, but even if there's no connection, it's a neat coincidence.

TRB

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