All posts by CyBeRdrgn

<p>Too many words and concepts I don't understand, in an area I am not even familiar with. At least with TBM I am familiar with Magic concepts, though all those changes of the names of ordinary things threw me around quite a bit. </p>

<p>I found AotF confusing. I generally read only books with Dragons and Magic, or SciFi where the author has obviously done some research (Verne is a classic). Anyway, I can't make head or tail of AotF. </p><p>I hope Trudi stops creating new worlds and concentrates on polishing the old ones. I already have enough trouble with translating Ceryni. Is that a rat or something else? I can't figure it out. </p>

<p>OK. I guess you're going to have a lot of trouble finding anyone to help with this wiki, then. I don't think I will ever get to know the trilogies well enough. I don't like them enough to read more than a few times cover to cover. In particular I do not want to re-read TST at all. I like TBM, but TST is not my cup of tea. </p>

<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="scratches_head">scratches head</span></h1>

How do I tell if an article is complete or not?

Wow. "Unbeknownst". I can't remember the last time I saw that word used. xD lol

Eh... xD Whatever.

<p>Details. I find English to be useful because it allows me to be vague without sounding that way at times (unless you're paying attention.) xD </p><p>Long sentences being confusing and hard to understand: </p><p>"Yesterday I decided that it was high time, so I got on my bike, took a ride to get some odds and ends from the hardware store before finally ending up heading for the barber and had my hair cut short." -- just a simple example. Ended up being particularly vague, too. xD </p>

<p>It probably has something to do with your native tongue. :) </p><p>Generally, in English long sentences tend to be a little confusing and hard to understand. English isn't known as the best of languages for conveying specifics. </p>

<p>Hmm. Compared to Adults? Maybe somewhat better than average. Say around 14-16. Not many problems, but I'm usually stingy at giving marks and I haven't seen enough of your work. :) </p>

On the last book. I only edited the bits I know about. The rest I didn't touch. There was a mention of him learning to block out thoughts from his fellow stone workers when he first learnt in book 2.

<p>The problem with that, Magicaid, is that its so vague. What is the first thing you'd say if someone on the internet said their age is somewhere between 20 and 40? Apply that to Sonea's case. </p>

Sounds right.

<p>Or maybe she' older than 17, due to slow maturing, but also due to slow maturing looks a lot younger? </p>

<p>Magicaid is right then. That should put her at about 16, or at most 17. Childrens voices change and boys develop their Adam's apple at about 15-17. It would be obvious that she's not a boy if she still has a soprano/alto speaking voice. </p><p>All things considered it may be fair to place her age at just under 17 at TBM:Novice, since she joined with the Summer intake. </p><p>Anyway, I was wondering why the character infobox has age in it, but the main character's age wasn't given. </p><p>Would you consider perhaps having a statement/estimate of the character's age once for each book/trilogy? I think that would be better than a range or starting age (at introduction). </p>

That's right. I forgot that bit. Was there anything that placed the ages of the other novices?

<p>Well, if she's young enough to be mistaken as a boy even when she speaks, the oldest she can be is early teens, most probably just before puberty. Puberty would explain why her powers didn't appear earlier. I'd say maybe around 11-12, seeing as how she's so independent. </p>

Hmmmm. I don't recall Trudi specifying a particular age... I'll read it again later.