Calimbor wrote:One: Why didn't the elder gods not just kill Eron ? as was explained in some of the earlier books, the elder gods had the power to destroy anything "they" had created, the only thing on sennadar not included in that was the persons the firestaff "created"....so why not just kill Eron and let Spyder deal with Tarrin?
When Ayise (the first goddess of Sennadar) created the other elder gods shared her power with them, she gave up a lot of influence, especially concerning mortals in many ways. That's why she was unable to interfere. Eron was from Sennadar, a mortal, and outside of her direct influence. Aside from outright
killing him (Ayise is still the mother of all life), she couldn't do squat, and it would have caused far more trouble if she had interfered like that.
As for Erons and Spyders fighting prowess, and the heavy sleep, you have to realize that Tarrin had been the guardian for several
years before Spyder took over again, which would have given her more than enough time to recuperate, especially after she slept for
weeks on end when she first passed the amulet on.
But it has been several more years since they switched back, and any mortal body that isn't being kept awake magically would succumb to the much needed sleep when the magic was removed. Even a ten thousand year old Spyder.
Also, dispite speed, there's truly only one
Selani that could have quickly and easily killed the average werecat, or especially Tarrin, and that's Allia. And that's only because she specifically trained Tarrin, and has learned
his fighting style to a degree that gives her intimate familiarity with it. Any other Werecat, especially if not
only using
The Dance would pose a most severe problem for your average Selani, both because they wouldn't know how to truly harm a werecat, and because of werecats inherent traits.
Of course, Spyder's not a Selani, she's Urzani, and just her age gives her a gargantuan advantage: she has seen more combat experience than all of the other major characters of the Firestaff/Pyrosian Chronicles universe together. Including Trianna.
She's as fast, if not faster, than any Selani, has had more time than anyone to hone her fighting skills and perfect her body, and knows more about combat than Eron could have possibly learned since he left home, and would've whipped Eron around like a toothpick in a tornado under normal circumstances.
Now, Eron has had a
lot of unarmed training over the years since he left his home, plus he's a werecat, and one of the strongest and fastest out there, dispite his young age. He still wouldn't have stood a chance in hell
under normal circumstances.
It's simply that he never gave her a chance. He removed her magic,
all of it, including anything from items, like the cloak or her amulet. And he's far stronger (physically) than her without her magic, and with the heavy sleep she lost more and more of her speed, attention, and focus during the fight. Spyder would have had to incapacitate Eron within a few seconds of their meeting, by the time she realized that, it was already too late.
Which in the end, was the whole point. Never face a superior opponent without taking away his advantages. As Fel said, Eron never beat Spyder, she did it herself. If she hadn't been wearing the charm that kept her awake at all times, if she had had a good nights sleep before Eron showed up, well, you can guess...
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