![]() ![]() We also see conniving, backstabbing, greed for power, and pride in ample measures. Thus, Simon does not often stop to inquire why the people he is bludgeoning or stabbing would do the things that they do.įortunately for us, there are a number of other characters in the book more interested in these things, and more adept at drawing them out, so we get to see a remarkable amount of moral complexity. Simon, son of Kalman, is moderately introspective, but neither talkative nor gifted in seeing into other men's souls. ![]() ![]() Almost everyone has a reasonable motivation somewhere along the line. There really are few comic book villains or heroes in the Traveler's Gate trilogy. With this one detail, Wight started to flesh him out into a real character. I did not expect this, in House of Blades, Indirial was mostly a looming figure, painted in shades of black. I was moved by the very human reason that spurred Indirial to intervene: Indirial was a father, and he didn't want to see a child die if he could help it. ![]() Not only that, but we now get to see something of the character of Indirial, the Valinhall Traveler who chose to save Simon's life on that rainy day. If anything, this initial tragedy is even more gripping, now that we know something of who Simon is. The Crimson Vault starts with the same scene that initiates Simon's hero's journey in House of Blades, from the point of view of one of the other participants. ![]()
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