The Grand Illusion
So in The Magic Of Recluce/Death of Chaos it’s mentioned a lot about how the grandfather of the Emperor of Hamor was an exile from Recluse, which I had always though was Rahl from the Natural Ordermage books. However, during a recent reread I realized that during his training in Nylan it was mentioned that Fairhaven still existed (although Ceryl was mentioned as long gone)… which means that was before Justen melted the town, and then he lived 200 years after that to the time of Magic. So I don’t think that grandfather can be Rahl. So my question is, do we know anything about who that grandfather was? Was he ever mentioned in a short story or something?
That’s a story I never got around to writing, alas. As you may have guessed, I’ve often mentioned things in various books that could be stories or novels,and some of them… I just didn’t get to… or haven’t yet.
I think I speak for many us that we hope you decide to write that story! Hamor has so much untapped history to explore!
Is there a story you planted in a book that you intended to tell, but don’t think you’ll get around to now? I’ve always thought we heard a lot about the consolidation of Bavaria or the fall of the Naedarens in the imager portfolio. Did those time periods ever get considered for a full story, or were they just for world building?