A question for the board: what the Others actually want, if they want anything

Started by Lord Vickon Ryswell on 17 August 2026 in Lore & Roleplay · 0 replies

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Opening post by Lord Vickon Ryswell · 17 August 2026#1

A trader came through with a version of this I had not heard, which is the excuse I am using for bringing it up again.

Strip the songs away and it comes to this: what the Others actually want, if they want anything. I think it will turn out to be simpler and sadder than the songs have it.

The thing that unsettles me is that the people best placed to know went to considerable trouble to leave no record. Men do not do that over nothing.

Anyone who is certain about this has not thought about it long enough.

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