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. All in all, though, he wasn't a bad sort, only easily
influenced.
It was for Caramon that the poet wrote "Three Sheets to
the Wind,"28 not to mention a few less successful lyrics
thankfully forgotten. Line 68 contains a punning reference
to one of these lesser songs - certainly Caramon's favorite
of the lot, and composed while the poet himself was
hoisting still another sheet at the site of the old inn:
DRAGONLANCE, DRAGONLANCE,
I SEE TIKA'S UNDERPANTS.
Not immortal, but high art to Caramon, who was known
to faint or suffer nosebleeds when cornered and badgered
into listening to "The Song of Huma"29 or "Crysania's
Song."30 Not immortal, but I fear durable enough to come
back into memory and embarrass the maker. I include it
only to caution those who tend to idealize historical figures:
Armavir was certainly no saint, and of course the couplet
was not merely a performance for Caramon's benefit, but
also contained an element of truth (see note to lines 46-50).
Lines 73-77: THE NEXT THE LEADER . . . DOES
NOTHING. Tanis (Armavir preferred infinitely his elf name
"Tanthalas," which derived from the same root as the verb
"tantalize"; tantalized the half-elf was - by all the
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