hunters_forest | Coldfire re-read: looking back at Demon's Wake (Reply)

Time flies - we've already completed the first book of Crown of Shadows and so tonight it's time to look back at Demons' Wake.

Andrys. What do you think of him so far? (Moderator neutrality keeps me from being too outspoken myself ;-)

Damien, by now, is amazingly tolerant where Tarrant is concerned, but at the same time he turns adamant where others - like the Patriarch - are concerned. He knows the temptation of using the Hunter for his own goals, but he tries to prevent that same temptation to be offered to the Patriarch. Do you think that was a reaction to his own dressing-down, or is it something else?
prettyarbitrary, trobadora and I have been wondering about Amoril. He's not all that bright - or he'd have learned enough from the Hunter to not fall for the Unnamed - his personal hygiene is questionable, as are his manners. Why on Earth did the Hunter take him on as an apprentice? And why offer him the same blood bond as he offered to Damien?

Narilka is back again, after not showing up once in WTNF. Was it a surprise to you to see her again? Did you expect her to play a role when the Hunter let her go? I remember that I was quite surprised to see her again; her storyline seemed finished in BSR to me. Not that I have any complaints about seeing her again!

I have to say it once again - Calesta's failure to get his priorities straightened out when it comes to world domination (toy with your enemies later) bugs the hell out of me. He never worked for me as a villain because of it; he simply doesn't feel like a real threat.