I have mentioned objective correlatives (scroll down) twice before. Here is a third. Dwyr the Hook advises Runei to keep a special watch on Abrams and Runei will consider it. After dismissing Dwyr, Runei ponders his next move in the on-going chess game between him and Abrams and smiles. The chess game is an objective correlative for the inter-imperial conflict.
Flandry's Testament, as I call it, refers to the game of empire or life with pieces going back into the box standing for death.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteI never thought before that putting the pieces back into the box after a chess game was a metaphor for death. I think that idea would be more clearly indicated by REMOVING captured pieces during a game of chess.
And of course Runei would be considering BOTH his next move in that chess game with Abrams and against the Empire on Starkad.
Ad astra! Sean