In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.

Too many scholars think of research as purely a cerebral pursuit. If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we have wasted our study. Books can store information better than we can--what we we do that books cannot is interpret. So if one is not going to draw conclusions, then one might as well just leave the information in the texts.

Though, if you think about it, hostile, dethroned pseudodeities probably make disagreeable neighbors. You'll have to figure out something to do with him.

My outlines are always very goal-based. What do I want to have happen by the ending and how can I earn that.

I strive for nothing if not consistency

You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way. - Breeze

He smiled despite the grief he felt at the deaths of his men; he smiled because that was what he did. That was how he proved to the Lord Ruler-and to himself-that he wasn't beaten.