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Thu May 31 2001 at 1:48:48
Some more trivia:
A couple of
Pendorian
species have disappeared, as it were, in later editions of the Journal Entries. Among these are the
Gerion
and the
Tellakelvar
. The
Gerion
were "a semi-feline race with serpentine lower torsos," according to an 1991
FAQ
issued by
Elf Sternberg
. They are named after the monster
Geryon
, who appears in
Greek mythology
and
Dante's
Inferno
. The
Tellakelvar
remain yet more mysterious, though the same FAQ translates their name as "The Last, The First to Run."
Elf says he got the idea for the
Tindals
from a picture in
Heavy Metal
magazine, which depicted a blue-skinned woman with tentacles for arms. The general facial structure of the Tindals is never described in the stories, though their fur-markings and large batlike ears are. (I, for one, imagine them as slightly feline.)
"
Uncia
" was originally "Unczia".
Regarding those Tellakelvar ... a 1991 version of "
Unmask!
" refers to a Tellakelvar with the pronoun "
hir
", and uses the gender-noun "
cir
" similarly to the way "
fem
" and "
mel
" are used for other species. Therefore, it may be taken as read that the 'Kelvar are
herms
-- or, at least, do not have the same sexes that most Pendrii do. The same story refers to a Tellakelvar as having a mane.
Donna's nickname of "
Hyzen
" comes from the
Lapine
language of
Richard Adams
's novel
Watership Down
,
and means "shining". Richard Adams also wrote a novel entitled
Shardik
,
about a
tribe
who worship a
bear
named Shardik as their
god
. However, Elf has said that he's never read the latter novel, and came up with the name independently. (I don't blame him.
Shardik,
unlike
Watership Down,
is quite tedious and not very enjoyable.)
The first two Centaurs on Pendor were named Paul Lewis and Carroll Lewis.
Lewis Paul
was an 18th-century inventor.
Lewis Carroll
... well ... that much should be obvious.
The name
Pendor
itself has two possible origins. In
Tolkien
's original
Quenya
, the word "peldor" would be a close approximation to "
ringworld
"; the name of Shardik's ringworld may simply be a linguistic variation in Pendrii
Quen
. However, there is also a
Dragon
named Pendor in the Journal Entries -- whose name, I suspect, comes from an island in
Ursula K. Le Guin
's
Earthsea
novels; an island populated by dragons.
How about those Tellakelvar again? Later editions of the stories which refer to them have them replaced with other species -- most often Tindals, but not always; the "Tellakelvar cir" of "Unmask!" became a femSsphynx.
The two common types of
powered armor
on Pendor --
Shirow
and
Stark
-- are named for
manga
artist
Masamune Shirow
and comic-book character
Tony Stark
aka
Iron Man
. Shirow is one of
Japan
's most famous
mangaka
, creator of
Appleseed
and
Ghost in the Shell
-- both of which got mangled badly when produced as
anime
. Shirow powered armor on Pendor appears to be modeled after the
Appleseed
"Landmate" designs.
Kennet Shardik's title is
Vatare ilyé Pendoro.
Contrast this with
Ilúvatar,
literally "All-Father", a name of
God
in Tolkien's works. Shardik is the "Father of All Pendor," and
not
the "All-Father of Pendor," which would be
Ilúvatar Pendoro.
Older versions of the stories, such as the 1991 versions referenced above, are available in the sex-story archives of some
porn
Web sites. A
Google
search for any
Pendor
-related term should turn up plenty. I suggest that you disable
JavaScript
/
ECMAscript
in your
Web browser
before clicking through, however: many of these sites use
abusive JavaScript
tricks.
Goodbye, Kris
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