I just finished re-reading Alanna the First Adventure today and i was wondering... what happened in the Chamber of Ordeal that took Duke Gareth's finger?? I'm not sure if anyone here would know besides Tammy, but i figured i'd ask

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several theories:

1) That losing a limb was one of his greatest fears, and in facing it, he lost his finger.

2) The more sound you make in the Chamber, the worse it is. He maybe cried out just a very little, so only lost a finger. Joren screamed really loudly (maybe) and died.

3) It was something really stupid, like he got it slammed in the Chamber door and it had to be amputated. But he doesn't mention that aspect, in order to make the Ordeal seem scarier and more mysterious to young, impressionable, pages. "I lost this in the Chamber of the Ordeal" sounds much more portentios that "I slammed this in the door of hte Chamber of the Ordeal"

mhh i like number 3

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agreed. number three is the best choice

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Doesn't really sound like Duke Gareth though, but then again, you never can tell!
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well, I'm not saying I agree with the theory of the chamber door and all but it it *could* have been him when he was eighteen. All young and excited. Actually, it's kinda' hard to imagine Duke Gareth young. Couldn't he have been born an old man

Actually, I can't imagine a young Duke Gareth either. Maybe he was born an old man.

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>Actually, I can't imagine a young Duke Gareth either. Maybe he was
>born an old man.
YES! Duke Gareth was born an old man...when i was little, and i would hear stories of my dad when he was little, i always imagined him like he was, except shorter.
>
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He was so scared...

He tried to keep quiet, but bit through his lip.

That hurt, so he bit through his finger.

In hindsight, he was very, very grateful the ordeal wasn't longer....

Seriously? I don't know. Alanna's hands all got tore up, when she was fighting through the net, but that was outside influence. I think in the ordeal, everything they experience is 'real'- it can hurt them, or kill them, if they don't fight. So maybe a sword got past his defence, or the idiot blocked with his hand, or something.

Haha. Yeah. He probably blocked a sword blow with his hand.

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Maybe he chewed his finger off, or a dog (one of his fears) came and chewed it off for him?

-Ivers-

I like #3, Tamora Pierce would probably know.

I like 3, too.

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haha, Number three is great! Yeah, i should PM Tammy and ask her.. i've been meaning to actually, i just haven't gotten around to it

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It probably bit him for being too stiff.

they always say the "great iron door", so maybe he got his finger stuck in it.......hehe!
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'It probably bit him for being too stiff.'

ROTFL!!!! just the idea 'the chamber BIT HIM'.....wow, maybe I've had too much coffee today

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Was that from sickmindedness or absurdity?

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I sorta like #3 myself, but the truth is, he lost it in combat during the Old King's wars!

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oh tammy -- why do you always have to burst our bubble?? After all, we're just speculating because we are obsessive about you. And want to know everything... Too bad we can't...oh..it wouldn't work anyway. Forming a space colony with you (and Tim) as our president would be just a tad far fetched, yes? So. Stop bursting our bubbles and stop (well, not really) making us start them by giving us a sentence and then letting us dangle drooling for more.
Cheers!

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but it would be fun to form a space colony!!! with tammy as our kindhearted dictator and an army of war elephants!!!

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Sounds fun! As long as the space colony has internet access.

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So one of his Ordeal...things...was a battle in the Old King's wars, and he lost his finger fighting in the "battle"?

Nah, I like 3 better.

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I think that he was fighting during one of Jon's grandfather's wars and then lost his finger.

Yes, but it mentions in AtFA that he lost his finger in the Chamber of the Ordeal.

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So his fear was fighting in a war? Why was he becoming a knight then?

I think what Tammy means is that he lied he didn't lose it in the chamber he just told the new pages that to scare them.

That makes sense.

*gasp* Duke Gareth, lie? It's a travesty?

Actually, that does make sense, except I can't really see him lying.

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Me being sarcastic mostly.

LOL! an army of war elephants?? No one could beat us then!! hehe

Thanks Tammy for clearing that up!!

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An army of war elephants. -gapes-

And then: -goes insane- ME WANT TO BE ELEPHANT TRAINER!!!! ME BE ELEPHANT TRAINER???!!!! PLEASE ME BE??!!!

i would like to know myself what happened to his finger...

read Tammys post above then that says what really happend to his finger

ah, good ol' Tammy. come to save the day and put our wonderings to rest. but is it really a good thing to do that? honestly. i think it's more fun to just sit around and speculate than it is to actually have answers. where would we be without speculation? can someone please tell me?

(personally, i think we'd all be sitting in our chairs, drooling. yep, drooling becuase we have to brains. ...do we have brains?)

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Darn! I was really rooting for three. It sounds much better than him losing it in the wars.

Oh, well, it can be 3 in our world.

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J/T
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I got hungry. Sorry

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hmmmmm....now im hungry

I'm always hungry.

that's wonderful. i'm sooooo happy for you.

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I'm glad

Mmm, Gareth with mayo.

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AAAARGH, AMANDA!
If you were Siv, I'd say another mindwarp had been added. *clutches head*

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J/T
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AMANDA!

*purges brain*

well that was certainly enjoyable. *shudder*

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