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But lest we sound nervous or bitter in our attempt to set
history right, we shall emphasize the positive - the timeless
contribution of Armavir, as we shall call him - the author of
most, if not all, of the poetry and songs contained in the
CHRONICLES. For the elves have assigned this poetry to
the pen of one Quivalen Soth8 (for me to imply any relation
between this fictitious poet and the infamous Lord Soth
might be libelous, so
5. See note 1 above. Henceforth in the text, I refer to our hero as
"Armavir."
6. A race of tree surgeons and thieves. True history also has its footnotes.
7. A race unworthy of a footnote.
8. Not "Quivalen Sath," a deceitful (and typically elvish) name change.
For evidence see "Song of Huma," as first printed in CHRONICLES, I, pp.
442-445.
I shall not do so); the kender are as indifferent to who
wrote the poetry as they are to anything of honesty and high
seriousness; the dwarves as indifferent as they are to
anything nonarchitectural or nonmetallic;
and the humans seem to be represented on the issue by
Caramon Majere (who at last report believed an ode to be a
form of salted cracker) and his wife Tika (of whom, alas, I
thought better than this betrayal, this INSULT!)
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