Message no. 1

From:	"Mark Steedman" <M.J.Steedman@***.rgu.ac.uk>
Subject:	Re: Atzlan, names and Black Madonna
Date:	Wed, 1 May 1996 13:19:25 GMT

A Halliwell writes

> |
> |> Umsondo = ? [The Austrialian Elf from Secrets of Power v3?]
> |Unconfirmed but a possibility.
> You mean Urdli? He's in "Never Trust an Elf" as well.....
>

And now i think about it first appears eariler than book 1 of the
secrets of power. A fair number of guess have been made about
Hectate, and Umsondo. I have yet to see one though that has not got
problems. Jungle cat plain seems to have everyone stuped, sure he's
an awakened jaguar but does not appear to show up elsewhere.

The comment that 'umsondo' is Zulu might help. The names are usually
picked for a reason, eg Wordsmyth fit Ehrans character and 'lady of
the court' yeah well. He is also a watcher, though there is no real
data on what a 'watcher' is.



The other things i forgot.

A friend is sure he saw a ref to 'the cabal' in Black Madonna but i
cannot find one, can anyona else.

Hessler, at least as portrayed in Black Madonna is certainly an
immortal Elf and part of the 'Illuminate' as some call them,
probalbly a minimum 1000 years old and that probably means born 4th
world but i have not found any real pointers on when he was born in
the novel.

According to the background info he's German. As far as i know the
only refs are in Black Madonna, and that writeup in Prime runners
(they have to be same guy due to where he lives (Glastonbury, two
H/Zesslers there would be rather wierd both very wierd nice, old
elves), despite the name mixup's though the sourcebook version need
only be spikebaby elf)

I don't think Hessler ties in with the Atzlan conversation but anyone
got more guesses / info?

Mark