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Anonymous writes...
Dear Greg, I have a few questions.
1. The Magus was Archmage's apprentice, why did he stop teaching Magus?
2. Why did Archmage even have an apprentice? Why would he "need" one?
3. Who were Magus' biological parents?
4. Does The Magus have anything to do with Merlin?
5. Did you plan on having Magus die from the beginning? Would you "ever"
bring him back?
6. What was the name of "the lady in the lake," did she have a 'human"
type name? (like sarah or kristine)
7. Who do you think my favorite character is? (Hint: look at my questions)
Greg responds...
1. The Archmage was banished for treason against Prince Malcolm.
Sort of interrupted the semester.
2. Who doesn't need a flunky? God knows I wish I had one.
3. That's a story for another day. (BUT THEY WERE HUMAN.)
4. Not particularly.
5. No. At one point, I considered sending him off with Arthur on
his quest to find Excalibur. But then I realized that the next part of the
quest would have been to find Merlin. And then what? Arthur either fails
to be reunited with Merlin (anti-climax in the extreme) or the Magus dies in
the quest (which seems lousy, setting Merlin's life at a higher value than
the Magus') or I wind up dragging around two magicians from that point on
(yawn). It didn't fit. It wasn't right. When we got to the actual nuts
and bolts of the Avalon triptych, the true answer seemed clear. War has its
costs. I could give the Magus "a good death". A worthwhile death to save
the beings (human and gargoyle) he had dedicated his life to protect. I
think we did a good job with that. So, no, I would never cheapen that great
sacrifice by bringing him back. (Which doesn't mean we might not see him
again in flashback.)
6. Maude.
7. Uh, the Magus?
By the way, I was kidding about Maude.
(GDW / 7-17-98)