where would you live?

[Constance green]

if you could live anywhere in any of the eddings books where would it be?
Id love to live in drasnia, and be a spy of course.

 

[Steffi]

I would like to either live in Aldurs Vale in Polgara's/Poledra's Cottage or in Zakeths' Palace for the opulence.....

 

[Faceless Woman]

Fun, but I'd rather live in the Vale and be a sorceress.
That or the pink cave.


*note: that was a reply to Constance*

 

[Constance green]

i dont if id like to be a sorceressk, to much resonsibility, though i can think of some fun things id do lol

 

[Constance green]

have you ever read the 'you know you've read to many eddings if' list on their website?

 

[devilsgrin]

have to go with Tol Honeth... not so big or busy as Mal Zeth, but more attractive and just as corrupt. Or Perhaps Melcena... a flawlessly manicured island. And of course be a merchant prince - one for whom spying, politics and money are all part and parcel.

Vale of Aldur just sounds too boring... sure its breathtakingly pastorally beautiful, but nothing happens there. A bi-millenial visit by Aldur's spirit... a few deer come and go...but nothing actually happens there apart from 'studying'

 

[Faceless Woman]

Perfect for me. That's exactly why I want to live there.

 

[Talysia]

If not the Vale of Aldur, then I think I'd like to live in Riva. (shocking, I know) Still, from the descriptions that Eddings gives, the whole city of Riva is bleak and purposeful on the outside, but full of music and colour on the inside. I think I'd like a place like that.

 

[HappyHippo]

hmm, that's a tricky one!

I think I'd like to take over from Vordai in the fens, and commune with the fenlings in the damp.

Alternatively, I'd love Kell *zaps a Grolim or two* becuase I'd be interested to see if I could hear the hum of the seers communicating.

 

[Constance green]

lets face, i dont relly think id care where i lived if i had the choice to lol

 

[Faceless Woman]

Why are all these in Belgariad / Mallorean? What wrong with, say, Tamul? Tamul is nice. If you're a businessman.
Of course, it's basically Tolnedra, but that isn't the point.

 

[HappyHippo]

sorry, I tend to think of belgariad/mallorean because I've read them more than all his other stuff. also, his medieval societies are transferrable; as you've pointed out, Tamul is Drasnia, and he always has a viking society, and a mongol-y one, and a high fantasy medieval one with the archaic speech patterns (showin' off the education?).

I'd like to try Spokane, Washington, where he sets 'The Losers', because he makes it sound like hell on earth! If I'm going for a non-Garion location, but still fantasy, I'd like to try.... Thalesia. All those big brawny men in armor with long hair... GRRR! *eyebrow waggling*

 

[Talysia]

Hmm, Elenium/Tamuli series? I'd have to say Chyrellos - the free city. A mixing pot of all the Elene cultures. Mind you, Eddings doesn't really go into too much detail about Deira, does he, or have I missed something out? It really has been a while since I read it last...

 

[Constance green]

If I'm going for a non-Garion location, but still fantasy, I'd like to try.... Thalesia. All those big brawny men in armor with long hair... GRRR! *eyebrow waggling*[/quote]

Ohhhhh yaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!! I can see that!

 

[Curugon]

Tol Honeth would be an interesting place to live, seeing as it was modeled on ancient Rome. And easy access to Nyissa to stock up on those... um, prescriptions.

 

[The Ace]

Kell, definitely.

 

[Rosemary]

For a practising sorceress the Vale of Aldur would be ideal. Not too many interruptions, peace and tranquility for the reading of arcane spells and fantasy books now and again!

 

[Micolus]

i´d go with the wood of the dryads.... but if i have to choose non-garion i think ill take Matherion capital of Tamul or Sarsos in Astel

 

[devilsgrin]

Hmm, Elenium/Tamuli series? I'd have to say Chyrellos - the free city. A mixing pot of all the Elene cultures. Mind you, Eddings doesn't really go into too much detail about Deira, does he, or have I missed something out? It really has been a while since I read it last...

Free City? Chyrellos? The Church City is hardly a "Free City"... Yes its free of a monarch - but the Archprelate most certainly qualifies as a theocratic sovereign.

 

[YuYus dumber Brother]

And why is everybody missing Valesia? In th eTamule series it is the island where pleasure is number one and the list of stuff to do and sex is on top of that list. No jealousy and such.