In Arthurian legends there is a pellinor, is it a pelliot based on it? Pellinor was a king who challenged Arthur, he becomes known as a black knight, and then is defeated by Arthur, and joins him, in the end he is killed by gawain.
The small science is very similar to Barding. It would be kind of cool to think about Bards and Grisha interacting.
I happened upon them by chance many years ago while looking for a new fantasy series to immerse myself in.
I enjoyed the world building, characters and story in the first couple of novels and then it went downhill. I absolutely hate that the last book seemingly rushed the story to a conclusion while completely skipping over the resolution of what happened to the evil Bards of Ettinor and Desor that had allied with the Dark One and laid siege to cities like Innael.
I need help finding books! All help is appreciated!
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Iโve just watched a video about Arthur and the Black Knight/ Sir Pellinore and as this name came up I naturally thought of Pelennor and was wondering whether Tolkien ever talked about his inspiration for the name. Then the breaking of Arthurs sword is also mentioned (in some texts I think it is Excalibur, in others not). There too I thought about Tolkien and Narsil.
It is obvious that Tolkien as a medievalist would have known these texts and the similarities are probably not mere coincidence but I was wondering whether any of you know if Tolkien ever wrote/ talked about this.
Thanks for any answers or further musings on the topic! :)
I've been looking for a new series to read and I stumbled across these books but wasn't sure if I should buy them. I'd love to get a second opinion from someone who has read the books.
Hey guys, first post on here but I've come to a standstill when trying to pick a new book to read.
I have a particular theme in mind: fantasy stories where the protagonist has strong natural powers and must learn how to use them. I'm fascinated with how some writers explain magic and love learning alongside them as they face adversity.
If you're not sure what I mean, the following books share this theme and are my favourites but I've read them so many times I'm loathe to do so again:
-The Pellinor series is my absolute favourite, everything was perfect but I wished Croggon had described more of her training. Possibly my favourite books of all time.
-Eragon; loved them especially when he was in training with the elves
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The Obernewtyn Chronicles; again a strong female lead discovers she has powers that are unique and cross-discipline (on this note, not books but I loved the animated Avatar/Korra series)
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The Black Magician Trilogy
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The Old Kingdom Trilogy
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The Study Series; didn't have powers exactly but the strong, smart lead and education was interesting
-The Companions Quartet; a bit childish but otherwise interesting - especially imagery around sword/shield techniques of using her powers
Any suggestions that match this theme would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I've got a sudden and bizarre urge to read them again. Unfortunately, I am about 9000 miles away from my book collection and I don't really want to buy them again, as eBooks.
That said, I adore the world and the storytelling. Can anybody think of a good series, similar to that one, to satiate my sudden need?
Recently, I've been devouring the kingkiller chronicles, way of kings and alloy of law.
Thanks guys!
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God save me, I canโt stand the English! I challenge anyone in this room to name one worthwhile thing that ever came out of the British Isles, besides William Shakespeare, Charles Darwin, and Tiptree jams! England is home to the most unattractive people on Earth! You are the perfect example. You are a very homely man, and donโt get me started on your queen-! It comes down to natural selection- to Darwin, like everything else. Isolated for thousands of years on an island roughly the size of Texas, inbreeding in unavoidable. We may look no further than to Sir Hiram here, who seems to have misplaced his chin. And not only that. I could gather the collective intelligence of the British โpeopleโ is a teacup! I shall have you sacked, I shall have this place burned to the ground, and I shall spit on its ashes!
Recently I began Eschenbachโs who clearly evolves into Malloryโs Sir Percival, the adorably naive grail knight. But, a great deal of time is also spent on Sir Gamuret, Parzivalโs father, and how heโs world-renowned badass, winning fame, glory, and riches not only in Britain, but from Spain to Baghdad. This doesnโt really mesh with Percivalโs father in Mallory, Sir Pellinore, who is a fine knight, but better known for his hunt of the questing beast and getting got by the Orkney clan, and is wholly unrecognizable by the time TH White gets his ink on the character. My question, then, is whether anyone can illuminate if Gamoret and Pellinore are indeed the same character, or was Percival put up for adoption in the intervening centuries?
After a massive late night Wikipedia binge I came across pages about Arthurian Legends, one of these being the Knights of the Round Table. One of these knights is Pellinore, A welsh king and father to a couple other Round Table knights. I was just wondering if the character of Pelinal was at all based off of Pellinore.
This is probably nothing but a simple similarity in names but i thought i might share this in case anyone has an idea.
Which one is more future proof?
The list I came up with and have bought is 4.garmore 4.pellinore 4.athels 4.alienor 4.cloudeing eagle 4.little battler tron 4.brennius 3.dindrane 2.gareth 4.greeting drummer 4.dantegal 4.flame of victory 4.elixir sommelier 1.spring breeze messenger
I just want some feedback on this list (yes I know I donโt have pgs I just donโt want to run them, my locals are mainly accel decks with fronts and very little crit gainers so itโs just how I feel I want to run it)
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Looking for bits for my army in general but specifically want to find cool 3D printable bits for fodder.
A fiction book. Fantasy. I read this when I was about 15 in 2007. I think it was age appropriate, so could have been a young adult book. I think it was a 3 book series (not 100% sure).
Some aspects of the plot / a scene I remember: The main protagonist was a female teenager. A man with a flute / musical instrument (I think he used magic of some sort) came and possibly created a fog or mist. The girl got lost and disoriented in the fog and ended up following the music. A specific partial quote was the man saying that when there is fog sound doesnโt travel as expected and you do not know which way to travel. I believe she then went on an adventure with the man but I canโt remember much beyond that one scene. She didnโt trust him. But I think he taught her magic. She was quite poor and it was set in medieval fantasy era.
Either borrowed the book or bought from Waterstones. It could have had a purple theme to the cover (possibly).
Sorry there isnโt much to go on here. I am hoping I will remember it is I see the cover / author / series name / book name. I would like to reread some of the books I read at that time, that is the main way I will know if it is the correct book.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies ๐
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
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Just started the second book of The Once and Future King; The Queen of Air and Darkness. Grummursum and Palomides are ridiculous. These two and Pellinore make up the Arthurian Three Stooges. Is this story of them impersonating the Questing Beast played for laughs in earlier/other Arthur texts? I don't see how it could be portrayed any other way. What a silly idea. For some reason I had assumed that the whole story would be played as a serious drama. I'm pleasantly surprised.
Theyโre on standbi
