Friendshipspren Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 Ok so Alanik says that human cytonics have influenced Urdail mythology and vice versa and specifically talks how UrDail cytonics influenced a book by an ancient human author , something about a ring . Is she refering to Tolkien's Lotr and elvish implied to be based of UrDailic ? Quote But before that we worked together for centuries. Cytonics from my planet made contact with yours long before either of us were spacefaring. You inspired myths that we still treasure, and your people wrote about mine in their own mythology. One of your ancient writers even preserved bits of our language, so that when we began to travel across the universe, some of your people could speak to mine.” I’d never read the book, though now I wished I had. There were still a few copies on ReDawn. Something about a ring. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shard of Reading Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 That is quite possible. Now I’m imagining the super nerds of the LotRs being surprised by the fact that learning to speak elvish actually paid off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftl Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 Wait, does that make the UrDail elves? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shard of Reading Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 7 hours ago, ftl said: Wait, does that make the UrDail elves? That’s what I was thinking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSuperLee Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 7 hours ago, ftl said: Wait, does that make the UrDail elves? Well, the UrDail build cities in massive trees, and if humans were only interacting with cytonic UrDail, then they may all have had massively expanded lifespans (since in Defending Elysium that seems to be something achievable via cytonics,) so yeah, seems fairly likely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govir Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 On 10/31/2021 at 3:23 AM, ftl said: Wait, does that make the UrDail elves? I immediately got Elven vibes off of them when she mentioned they had been to earth. I also completely missed the line about the ring, tying it directly to Lord of the Rings. Quite funny then that their people are later referenced as being Angels / Demons in earth mythology. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthStar Posted November 7, 2021 Report Share Posted November 7, 2021 On 10/31/2021 at 3:23 AM, ftl said: Wait, does that make the UrDail elves? Spensa does refer to Alanik as having "elfin" features in Starsight! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philomath Posted November 9, 2021 Report Share Posted November 9, 2021 I definitely got LoTR vibes from her comment. But for some reason I also pictured them as Moonshadow elves from the Dragon Prince series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1 Taln Fan Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 It is a purposeful LoTR reference, Janci has confirmed it. “Green Scythe: How did you and Brandon decide to put in the LoTR reference? Janci: I said CAN I PLEASE DO THIS and Brandon didn't stop me.” 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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