... You write a bad knock-off of the Catholic Church and you omit baptism? The first Sacrament of Initiation? That's... something all right.
Okay, while it is reasonable for the Church of Artor to have ornamental ploughs or depictions of ploughs in their places of worship, they will not be confused with the altar anymore then a Catholic church's crucifix is confused with an altar. Good heavens, the word 'altar' literally means 'table'! If it is not a table, it cannot be an altar!
For the sake of my sanity I'm going to assume that the Plough being referred to is commonly carved into the altar.
Or possibly the in-universe language uses the same word for both 'altar' and 'sacred plough', but I'm not sure Doughlass put that much thought into it.
So, how does Faraday know the masons were skilled? Are the stones perfectly shaped, do they fit near-seamlessly together, are they shaped and arranged into designs? Inquiring minds wish to know...
Okay, I can sort of buy Timozel not knowing what an enchanter is, but the way it's presented does sound very annoying. Couldn't Jack have just said 'This is the tomb of the ninth Enchanter-Talon', prompting Timozel to ask what an enchanter is?
... What's the point of building tombs for people who aren't expected to stay in them? Also, the way the information is presented it sounds kind of like they're going to be visiting the land of the dead. You'd think Faraday and Timozel would have some serious questions about this plan!
Ah, yes. How annoying it must be to get asked to explain whether or not you are seriously proposing a jaunt through the afterlife.
Again, why build a tomb for someone who's not staying there? Wouldn't it be cheaper to use the preexisting -
Lord have mercy, this entire complex was built in the name of conspicuous consumption!
Uh, Jackass? How exactly did their dead bodies stroll down the stairs?
I'm thinking Timozel is the smartest person here. This is reading like bad things are about to happen.
Silver oxide is black-brown in colour, so yeah, the staff is most likely silver. (Though I'm not sure why 'blackened' is before 'tarnished' when she'll have seen more old and tarnish-darkened silver then silver that's black with the stuff.)
'Seems' techincally, but yes.
And they built twenty-six of these!? So much for the wonderfully benevolent Talons!
You know, in a better book that would be creepy. In this one... I can't help but suspect Doughlass doesn't see this as corruption.
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Okay, while it is reasonable for the Church of Artor to have ornamental ploughs or depictions of ploughs in their places of worship, they will not be confused with the altar anymore then a Catholic church's crucifix is confused with an altar. Good heavens, the word 'altar' literally means 'table'! If it is not a table, it cannot be an altar!
For the sake of my sanity I'm going to assume that the Plough being referred to is commonly carved into the altar.
Or possibly the in-universe language uses the same word for both 'altar' and 'sacred plough', but I'm not sure Doughlass put that much thought into it.
So, how does Faraday know the masons were skilled? Are the stones perfectly shaped, do they fit near-seamlessly together, are they shaped and arranged into designs? Inquiring minds wish to know...
Okay, I can sort of buy Timozel not knowing what an enchanter is, but the way it's presented does sound very annoying. Couldn't Jack have just said 'This is the tomb of the ninth Enchanter-Talon', prompting Timozel to ask what an enchanter is?
... What's the point of building tombs for people who aren't expected to stay in them? Also, the way the information is presented it sounds kind of like they're going to be visiting the land of the dead. You'd think Faraday and Timozel would have some serious questions about this plan!
Ah, yes. How annoying it must be to get asked to explain whether or not you are seriously proposing a jaunt through the afterlife.
Again, why build a tomb for someone who's not staying there? Wouldn't it be cheaper to use the preexisting -
Lord have mercy, this entire complex was built in the name of conspicuous consumption!
Uh, Jackass? How exactly did their dead bodies stroll down the stairs?
I'm thinking Timozel is the smartest person here. This is reading like bad things are about to happen.
Silver oxide is black-brown in colour, so yeah, the staff is most likely silver. (Though I'm not sure why 'blackened' is before 'tarnished' when she'll have seen more old and tarnish-darkened silver then silver that's black with the stuff.)
'Seems' techincally, but yes.
And they built twenty-six of these!? So much for the wonderfully benevolent Talons!
You know, in a better book that would be creepy. In this one... I can't help but suspect Doughlass doesn't see this as corruption.