I believe that the one thing that makes Wizards special from anyone else who has the Speech or who uses some other kind of magic is that Wizards are the answer to the Lone Power. They exist to fight entropy, decay, death, the gifts of the Lone Power, and their vow immediately pits them against the Lone Power ... hence the Ordeal.
So, yeah, while I see that Sarah's ordeal _appears_ to be unusual, with no confrontational face-off with the author of evil (even an urbane, beginning-to-be-redeemed author of evil) ... it's going to be there, somewhere. Hopefully so subtle that it's not going to be obvious until the reveal at the anticlimax. :)
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Date: 2009-01-18 07:44 pm (UTC)So, yeah, while I see that Sarah's ordeal _appears_ to be unusual, with no confrontational face-off with the author of evil (even an urbane, beginning-to-be-redeemed author of evil) ... it's going to be there, somewhere. Hopefully so subtle that it's not going to be obvious until the reveal at the anticlimax. :)