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- From: 2120158@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU ()
- Subject: Re: Why the Orb burns anybody at all?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.235710.14821@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:57:10 GMT
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- In article <s1140056.721449845@giaeb> s1140056@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Jeffrey O. (*JEFF*)) writes:
- >JDRUM00@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU writes:
- >
- >>>1) I may be wrong but didn't it say that Garion's family could touch the orb.
- >>> Well, why does the restriction apply to only the members of the family that
- >>> are descentants of (what's his name, the guy that married Pol's sister)?
- >>> Maybe the orb doesn't care if you are a descendant or an ancestor.....
- >>> Remember, Pol and her father were of the line.
- >>>
- >>> Of course, Pol wouldn't be in a direct line but close.
- >>
- >>No, it's not 'Garion's family', per se, who can touch the Orb. It's the
- >>line of RIVA (who's the guy who married Beldaran, Polgara's sister).
- >>Polgara isn't related to Riva except by marriage; she is (or was) his
- >>sister-in-law. This doesn't mean that Belgarath or Polgara are related by
- >>blood to the line that can touch the Orb. Riva, just for reference, was
- >>the son of Cherek Bear-Shoulders, King of the Alorns...no relation at all
- >>to Belgarath or Polgara.
- >>
- >>Thought I'd clear that up, just for chuckles.
- >>
- >>=-=-> Jennifer Drummond
- >
- > Riva Iron-grip, one of the sons of Cherek Bear-Shoulders, King of the
- > Alorns, married Beldaran, Polgara's sister and Belgarath's daughter. This
- > effectively makes Riva Belgarath's son-in-law and Polgara's brother-in-law.
- > Belgarath and Polgara ARE related by blood to the line that can touch the Orb.
- > Makes sense, doesn't it?
- >
- > Belgarath IS the Rivan King's (or Garion's) great-great-great...-great
- > -grandfather, and Garion is Polgara's great-great-great...-great-nephew.
- > Ce'Nedra is also Polgara's and Belgarath's great-great-...
- >
- >
- > Am I missing anything?
- > Jeffrey Ong.
-
- I think the thing that you are missing is that the requirements for touching the
- orb is to be of the line of the Rivian King and to bear the Mark.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- (I know that the mark is a sign of the next king, I'm almost certain it also
- covers the orb.)
-
- Later,
- Matthew.
-