Talk:Hans Eriksson
Hans' Death
Pretty sure he died with Saffi. Nothing in the source hints that he survived the attack. And the Revenant depicts him of the victim of a second attack after his reincarnation, which is visible in both art pieces but a bit clearer in the newer one where Hans is essentially the bunny which will be eaten. Similar to the joke in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with the Flower Pot.
- Yandere-sliver (talk) 09:25, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
- Fair enough. --Hunterofsalvation (talk) 12:25, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
- On the other hand: who did record Saffi's last words? --Hunterofsalvation (talk) 12:25, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
- Good question. I don't know if they were recorded or just spoken into the wind, so that we the players could hear it. - Yandere-sliver (talk) 12:29, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
- On the other hand: who did record Saffi's last words? --Hunterofsalvation (talk) 12:25, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
I am really not sure about this. The Monsters of Magic anthology, where their fate is described by the Will McDermott's short story, is impossible to get. I mailed the author himself to confirm or reject the assumption Hans died. Hi Hunter, by the way... CaranthirCZ (talk) 08:51, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
- Long time no see! Welcome back. --Hunterofsalvation (talk) 09:22, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
- I've that book, later I'll check. I'm pretty sure that the story and the card don't go well together though, because I seem to remember that Hans was too young to go hunting in the novel, while in the card he is surely a grown up man. --Firebead elvenhair (talk) 11:06, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
- Indeed, he is far bigger here. Still, if there is a real story published in the past, I'd take it for official lore. Nothing in this new small tidbit source hints he did NOT survive, either. ;) CaranthirCZ (talk) 13:46, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
- Are those anthologies still canonical or pre-revisionist? - Yandere-sliver (talk) 11:25, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
- You are mixing two terms together. Canon/noncanon, revisionist/prerevisionist. But as this book came out in 2003 (just before Mirrodin) you can hardly consider them prerevisionist. That period ended in 96/97.CaranthirCZ (talk) 13:46, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
- What is canon and what is not is always tricky with Magic, since it could change at an author's whim. The book came out in 2003, if this could help. --Firebead elvenhair (talk) 11:36, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
- Well, 2003 is not a revisionist issue... That being said, WotC really redcons stuff quite often. - Yandere-sliver (talk) 11:47, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
- 2003 is not a revisionist issue? What? Basically, everything that came out AFTER Mirage (1997) is revisionist. These anthologies should be counted as an official Magic revisionist lore. CaranthirCZ (talk) 13:46, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
- Well, 2003 is not a revisionist issue... That being said, WotC really redcons stuff quite often. - Yandere-sliver (talk) 11:47, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
- I've that book, later I'll check. I'm pretty sure that the story and the card don't go well together though, because I seem to remember that Hans was too young to go hunting in the novel, while in the card he is surely a grown up man. --Firebead elvenhair (talk) 11:06, 9 November 2020 (UTC)