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more quickly than elves, and though Kitiara was
impressively arrayed, Tanis might have been enough of an
elf to look toward the long run. I don't think the decision
was political, like the self-righteous little farewell note
maintains. In fact, I cannot see how Tanis could even have
made that decision - indeed, any decision - without
consulting his accompanying skull or using (without
payment or gratitude) Armavir's considerable ghostwriting
skills.
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Fizban. Although not entirely unsympathetic, his was a
figure blown completely out of proportion by the tendency
of many of the Heroes to mythologize. Though far too
taken in by Tasslehoff's deceptive charm, apparently he was
a shrewd old con artist himself, managing to parlay a
standard "wise old man" image and an equally standard (but
cleverly engineered) disappearance and reappearance into a
claim of godhood and, no doubt, all the benefits that might
accrue from such a position, while conveniently missing
most - if not all - of the danger.
About that disappearance: it has never been emphasized
enough that Tasslehoff was the sole witness of the
mysterious event; whenever it has been mentioned, the
reliability of the source has (incredibly) never been
questioned
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