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FORKNI-L Digest - 2 Apr 2001 to 3 Apr 2001 - Special issue (#2001-109)

Tue, 3 Apr 2001

There are 33 messages totalling 1007 lines in this issue.

Topics in this special issue:

  1. Nick's Crusade (10)
  2. A Possible Answer to LK? (2)
  3. Evil (2)
  4. YKYou've.. (2)
  5. Viking-American Easter Eggs
  6. FK Easter Eggs (2)
  7. KtK question - blood drive
  8. You Know You've...
  9. Remember me? (2)
 10. FK (6)
 11. Admin: Rules _ARE_ enforced
 12. Elders
 13. Nick's Age
 14. My Two Cents' Worth on the Book Situation...

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 14:28:17 -0700
From:    SLH <jerezfino@y.......>
Subject: Re: Nick's Crusade

--- Tammie Foley <X7xAngelx7x@a.......> wrote:
>In 1208, Pope Innocent the III declared a crusaid
>against the Albigensians <snip> Its very possible this
>was the Crusade Nick was apart of.

Has anyone ever pinpointed an approximate date for
Nick's birth or was it ever implied in any ep?
Supposing that Nick was 30ish when he was brought
across, that would place his DOB around the
mid-to-late 1190s. If this were to be the case, then I
think it unlikely that he would have participated in a
Crusade in 1208.  I've always thought it most likely
that he took part in the Fifth Crusade (IIRC the Sixth
Crusade dates somewhere around 1228, therefore not
enough time would have elapsed for him to participate
in that Crusade and return before being brought
across).

However, the crusade against the Albigensians lasted
well past this date.  The final battle against this
"heretical sect" was waged at Montségur in 1244.
Whether or not Nick was involved in any of the battles
with the Cathars is open to debate, but I think it
could have been possible.

:) Boomer

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 22:28:35 +0100
From:    Linda Hepden <Kezia.Hepden@b.......>
Subject: A Possible Answer to LK?

Idly watching the trailers while waiting for the news to start this evening,
I suddenly woke up when the voiceover for British cop show "The Bill" went
something along these lines:

"Nick Klein is doing a job he loves.  (On screen image of a uniformed
British bobby...)  A job he really believes in.  The trouble is, his father
doesn't approve...."

Kezia's imagination promptly goes into overdrive and comes up with:  Nick
and LaCroix are - more or less - reconciled, enough to be living as father
and son, in South London, using the surname of Klein.  Nick is now a
uniformed officer (a 'bobby') with the Metropolitan Police Force, working
out of Sun Hill station in the south of London....

Okay... I'll buy it!  There's just one thing annoying me.... I only live 30
miles from London, and I was there *yesterday*.  Aaack!  Typical, isn't it?
(And does this mean I now have to start watching The Bill?)

Kezia, perplexed by her own wierd imagination...

I'm afraid you'll just have to put up with my occassional flights into
reality

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 17:31:17 EDT
From:    Paula Newman <RAVENSFYRE67@a.......>
Subject: Re: Nick's Crusade

David writes:

>The massacres in the Languedoc took place between
>1208 and 1220--much too early for Nick to have
>taken part in them.

Not necessarily.  If we assume Nick is about 35 or so in 1228 he could have
participated.  He may not have been old enough in 1208 but that doesn't mean
wasn't sent  sometime in between.  It was my impression that the incident in
QoH took place when he was still fairly young.  Around age 18 or 20.  This
would place the year he was sent between 1213 and 1215.  Even with the
lengthy travel time of the era he would have had plenty of time to make it to
the Holy Land.

Paula


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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:38:57 -0500
From:    Nancy Kaminski <nancykam@m.......>
Subject: Re: A Possible Answer to LK?

> Linda Hepden wrote:

> Kezia's imagination promptly goes into overdrive and comes up with:  Nick
> and LaCroix are - more or less - reconciled, enough to be living as father
> and son, in South London, using the surname of Klein.  Nick is now a
> uniformed officer (a 'bobby') with the Metropolitan Police Force, working
> out of Sun Hill station in the south of London....

<snicker> I can buy it---except that I just can't see Lacroix assuming the
name "Klein", which is German for "small." C'mon, would he consent to being
called "small" in *any* language? <g>

Nancy Kaminski
nancykam@m.......

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Date:    Sun, 1 Apr 2001 22:43:20 +0100
From:    IIIMMIII <lllmmlll@b.......>
Subject: Evil

Oh yes, its totally off topic. Oh yes I know that forwarding stuff is
totally evil. And still, I liked it so much, I nearly bought the company
....

<prolonged resonant laughter with just a touch of insanity and obsession
creeping into the edges, as is customary amongst her kind>

Silver

"Vires Per Virtutem"

If I Ever Become an Evil Overlord:

1.. My legions of terror will have helmets with clear plexiglass visors, not
face-concealing ones.

2.. My ventilation ducts will be too small to crawl through.

3.. My noble half-brother whose throne I usurped will be killed, not kept
anonymously imprisoned in a forgotten cell of my dungeon.

4.. Shooting them swiftly is *not* too good for my enemies.

5.. The artifact which is the source of my power will not be kept on the
Mountain of Despair beyond the River of Fire guarded by the Dragons of
Eternity. It will be in my safe-deposit box.

6.. I will not gloat over my enemies' predicament before killing them.

7.. When the rebel leader challenges me to fight one-on-one and asks, "Or
are you afraid without your armies to back you up?" my reply will be, "No,
just sensible."

8.. When I've captured my adversary and he says, "Look, before you kill me,
will you at least tell me what this is all about?" I'll shoot him, and then
say "No".

9.. After I kidnap the beautiful princess, we will be married immediately in
a quiet civil ceremony and I will consume the marriage on the spot, not wait
for a lavish spectacle in three weeks time during which the final phase of
my plan will be carried out.

10.. I will not include a self-destruct mechanism unless absolutely
necessary. If it is necessary, it will not be a large red button labelled
"Danger: Do Not Push".

11.. I will not order my trusted lieutenant to kill the infant who is
destined to overthrow me -- I'll do it myself.

12.. I will not interrogate my enemies in the inner sanctum -- a small hotel
well outside my borders will work just as well.

13.. I will be secure in my superiority. Therefore, I will feel no need to
prove it by leaving clues in the form of riddles or leaving my weaker
enemies alive to show they pose no threat.

14.. I will not waste time making my enemy's death look like an accident:
I'm not accountable to anyone and my other enemies wouldn't believe it.

15.. I will state clearly I do know the meaning of the word "mercy"; I
simply choose not show them any.

16.. One of my advisors will be an average five-year-old child. Any flaws in
my plan that he is able to spot will be corrected before implementation.

17.. All slain enemies will be cremated, not left for dead at the bottom of
the cliff. The announcement of their deaths, as well as any accompanying
celebration, will be deferred until after the aforementioned disposal.

18.. My undercover agents will not have tattoos identifying them as members
of my organization, nor will they be required to wear military boots or
adhere to any other dress codes.

19.. The hero is not entitled to a last kiss, a last cigarette, or any other
form of last request.

20.. I will never employ any device with a digital countdown. If I find that
such a device is absolutely unavoidable, I will set it to activate when the
counter reaches 117 and the hero is just putting his plan into operation.

21.. I will design all doomsday machines myself. If I must hire a mad
scientist to assist me, I will make sure that he is sufficiently twisted to
never regret his evil ways and seek to undo the damage he's caused.

22.. I will never utter the sentence "But before I kill you, there's just
one thing I want to know."

23.. When I employ people as advisors, I will occasionally listen to their
advice.

24.. I will make sure to have had sufficient therapy to no longer suffer
from "unconscious self sabotage".

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 15:04:38 -0700
From:    StormBorn <smolly4@q.......>
Subject: Re: Nick's Crusade

I think the Crusade most fitting Nick's timeframe would be the Fifth
Crusade.  I'm not going to give a summary of it here, because it was rife
with political maneuvering and I don't want to be responsible for nearly
1,000 headaches, *but*:

In November of 1219, the Egyptian city of Damietta was seized by the
Crusaders; on September 8, 1221, it was retaken by the Egyptians/Arabs.  So,
in 'Last Act', when Erica speaks of seeing Nick wounded and nearly dead in a
Moorish castle, he could have been wounded during the re-conquest of
Damietta.

Now, why it took him seven years to make it to Paris...?

 Molly/StormBorn
Cousin, Ravenette, Dark Trinity, Seducer, Forum Fanatic, FK Pagan
NA Forever!
Abnormally fond of dead guys
smolly4@q.......

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 15:49:50 -0700
From:    Kyer <kyer@p.......>
Subject: Re: YKYou've..

The Countess said:
> Well Kyer, your warped reality extended itself to me since I just went to
> check my 'Sting' mp3 collection for that song <snip>You think he's a secret
> fan or something?

Hmm...I think he's more than that.  Isn't that Sting guy a bleached blonde?
And that skin....could it be [Kyer pulls on Sting's face]
---a rubber mask!  I knew it!   LaCroix!

(This explains Nick's weird rock & roll dream.. Does Sting play drums?)

:)=
Kyer, kyer@p.......
And--darn it--I can't blame lack of sleep this time.

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 15:58:03 -0700
From:    Kyer <kyer@p.......>
Subject: Re: Viking-American Easter Eggs

Stormborn
> I wasn't planning on decorating eggs this year, but thanks to you guys I've
> now gotten a vision of a basket of eggs dyed dark red with little paper
> fangs...

You need three.  One with golden wool on its top, the second with white
Q-tip fuzz, and the third with black wool.  Makes a Dark Trinity. <eg>
Or find a Weebles Wobble set that supplies a stethoscope (Nat), an Elvis wig
(Don) and black jacket (Vachon) and get the whole Die Hard set.  Screed, of
course, does not need a hairdo job.  <veg--sorry, Libby!)
Oh Man!  Are there enough FK characters to make an even dozen?  You can have
an entire carton's worth!

:)=
Kyer

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:08:40 -0700
From:    Kyer <kyer@p.......>
Subject: Re: Nick's Crusade

StormBorn
> Now, why it took him seven years to make it to Paris...?

You have watched the FK episodes and you can still ask that question? <g>
Molly, Molly, Molly.
Consider how many major towns and ports between Damietta and Paris.  Then
speculate that perhaps half of the population would have been female, a
fraction of that with Neck-O-The Week beauty..  Remembering that Nick did
not look at all hesitant when Janette showed up---you figure out the rest.

I'm surprised it *only* took him seven years.

:)=
Kyer, kyer@p.......
who is feeling downright evil today.  Must be all the cursed sunshine.

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:04:32 -0700
From:    StormBorn <smolly4@q.......>
Subject: FK Easter Eggs

Kyer wrote:
>Screed, of course, does not need a hairdo job.  <veg--sorry, Libby!)

Ah, but even better--there are miniature (as in 1"=1') shopping carts that
we could fill with foil wrapped chocolate eggs to go with the Screed egg.

> Oh Man!  Are there enough FK characters to make an even dozen?

Nick
LaCroix
Janette
Schanke
Nat
Screed
Vachon
Urs
Tracy
Divia
The Caddy (lay it on its side and attach tailfins)
Grace

Actually you could make 13--as we never saw Myra, she's the 'invisible egg'!

Molly/StormBorn
Cousin, Ravenette, Dark Trinity, Seducer, Forum Fanatic, FK Pagan
NA Forever!
Abnormally fond of dead guys
smolly4@q.......

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:19:58 -0700
From:    Kyer <kyer@p.......>
Subject: Re: FK Easter Eggs

Molly
> Ah, but even better--there are miniature (as in 1"=1') shopping carts that
> we could fill with foil wrapped chocolate eggs to go with the Screed egg.

(I can't believe I am using up my daily quota for this, but...)

Now I'm going to be dreaming of a fanged, naked-topped egg in a miniature
shopping cart chasing after Gummy Rats. < would slap forehead but for fear
of konking herself out and lengthening the time to dream such things.>

:)=
Kyer, kyer@p.......

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:50:01 -0400
From:    Portia 1 <portia1@m.......>
Subject: Re: YKYou've..

Well...I had a strange dream a number of months go which involved a
former...association? between Nick (pre-Toronto) and a performer who very much
resembled Sting.  (I was full of cold-medicine and had stayed up late the night
before watching Sting on "Behind the Music"...) "g"

Portia

Forever Knight TV show <FORKNI-L@l.......> wrote:
Hmm...I think he's more than that.  Isn't that Sting guy a bleached blonde? And
that skin....could it be [Kyer pulls on Sting's face]
---a rubber mask!  I knew it!   LaCroix!
:)=
Kyer, kyer@p.......

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 18:54:48 -0500
From:    "Nancy E. Kaminski" <nancykam@m.......>
Subject: Re: Nick's Crusade

> StormBorn wrote:

> Now, why it took him seven years to make it to Paris...?

Because he got his directions from Mapquest and kept looking for "Unnamed
Service Road"---and being male, refused to ask any locals for better directions.

Nancy Kaminski
nancykam@m.......

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 18:36:21 -0600
From:    Angela Gottfred <agottfre@t.......>
Subject: Re: KtK question - blood drive

> > That having been said, I encourage EVERYONE who can
> > physically do it to give blood.

I third this! <waves at Susan G.> Six months ago, someone I loved receive
multiple units of blood. I was ineligible to donate because I was
recovering from the flu; my only comfort was that I'd already donated many
times in the past.

Being a donor can have fringe benefits beyond tea and cookies-- a couple of
weeks ago, I was surprised to be turned down for donation because I was
anemic. (I checked for fang marks, but no luck ;-) Now I'm on the fast
track to recovery.

Your humble & obedient servant,
Angela Gottfred

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 21:22:43 -0500
From:    Eve Dutton <umdutto3@c.......>
Subject: You Know You've...

This is actually more like "You Know Your Cousin Has Been Watching Too Much
FK When..."

I first noticed something was going on when Michael began using the phrase
"When I was your age..." Not so very unusual, I suppose--except for the fact
that Michael is eleven and I'm, well, twice that. Finally my curiosity got
the better of me and I took the bait. "When you were my age?" The little
fellow nodded sombrely. "Of course," he added, "that *was* almost eight
hundred years ago..."

Hmmm.

Since then his behaviour has begun to take on a strangely familiar pattern.
I just had to share some of this:

He now asks friends to call him Mike. Only immediate family is allowed to
refer to him as Michael.

He likes to keep sport bottles of cranberry soda in the fridge, and every so
often he will come into the kitchen, uncap one with his teeth, and chug it.

Sunglasses. Even in the house. Even at night.

He drenches *everything* in either ketchup or barbecue sauce before he eats
it.

He wants music lessons. More specifically, piano lessons.

If displeased, he will hiss at you and bare his teeth when he thinks you're
not looking (he did it to me just now).

And finally, the other night he asked if I'd mind if he borrowed a book off
my shelf. When I agreed, he grabbed one and scuttled off, proudly clutching
"Intimations of Mortality".

Some members of the family are a little concerned, but I'm not. It could be
a lot worse... my cousin could be a Cousin. *evil grin*

All right, I've wasted everyone's time enough. ;)

Eve.

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 23:03:23 EDT
From:    Wolfy Knight <Wolfy380@a.......>
Subject: Remember me?

I'mmmm Back!
yes, i'm returning once again for how ever brief....

well.... talk more latter, night!

~Wolfy Knight

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 23:26:59 -0400
From:    Emily Lacey <laceye@a.......>
Subject: Re: Evil

>If I Ever Become an Evil Overlord:

Actually, with the possible exception of number 23, I think that
LaCroix would agree with each of these...and probably has utilized
most of them...
--
Emily Lacey
laceye@a.......

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Date:    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 00:08:28 EDT
From:    Jeannie Ecklund <Gersknightlady@c.......>
Subject: Re: FK

If you never watched an episode of FK before which 9 episodes would you want
to see?
Which do you think would show who and where Nick came from.

Jeannie

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 21:37:33 -0700
From:    StormBorn <smolly4@q.......>
Subject: Re: Remember me?

Welcome back, Wolfy!  The last time I was on the list your sister (was it?)
was ill--how is she doing?

Molly/StormBorn
Cousin, Ravenette, Dark Trinity, Seducer, Forum Fanatic, FK Pagan
NA Forever!
Abnormally fond of dead guys
smolly4@q.......

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 21:47:15 -0700
From:    Kyer <kyer@p.......>
Subject: Re: FK

> If you never watched an episode of FK before which 9 episodes would you want
> to see?

Queen of Harps
Dance by the Light of the Moon
Near Death
Killer Instinct
For I have Sinned
Partners of the Month
Father's Day
?? (with the rock star)
Night In Question

> Which do you think would show who and where Nick came from.

All of them do---with the exception of those like Ashes to Ashes that
centered on LaCroix or the one with Janette's past.  I chose the top ones
because the show Nick as he was before, how he 'fell', why he chose that
fate, how he came to have doubts of his choice, how he was hurt by the ones
who helped him make the choice, his reconciliation with LaCroix, and his
doubts about his..doubts.

Kyer, kyer@p.......

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 21:46:03 -0700
From:    StormBorn <smolly4@q.......>
Subject: Nick's Crusade

Kyer wrote:
>> Molly, Molly, Molly. Consider how many major towns and ports between
Damietta and Paris.  Then speculate that perhaps half of the population
would have been female, a fraction of that with Neck-O-The Week beauty..
<snip> I'm surprised it *only* took him seven years.<<

You're probably right, however, I like to think of it as "The Lost
Years"...more mystery that way!

> who is feeling downright evil today.  Must be all the cursed sunshine.

Nah, it's your Inner LaCroix emerging.  Better pound yourself over the head
with a convenient walking stick.

and Nancy K. wrote:
>>Because he got his directions from Mapquest and kept looking for "Unnamed
Service Road"---and being male, refused to ask any locals for better
directions.<<

LOL!  Or, applying Kyer's theory, all the locals he asked were attractive
females?

Molly/StormBorn
Cousin, Ravenette, Dark Trinity, Seducer, Forum Fanatic, FK Pagan
NA Forever!
Abnormally fond of dead guys
smolly4@q....... or stormborn@l.......

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Date:    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 01:34:21 EDT
From:    Jeannie Ecklund <Gersknightlady@c.......>
Subject: Re: FK

<< they show Nick as he was before, how he 'fell', why he chose that
 fate, how he came to have doubts of his choice, how he was hurt by the ones
 who helped him make the choice, his reconciliation with LaCroix, and his
 doubts about his..doubts.
  >>
Thanks Kyer I was wondering whick ones showed all his pre stuff.  I haven't
seen the episodes enough to know all the important shows by title.

Jeannie

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Date:    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 03:57:21 EDT
From:    KnghtWtch@a.......
Subject: Re: FK

In a message dated 4/3/01 12:24:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Gersknightlady@c....... writes:

<< f you never watched an episode of FK before which 9 episodes would you want
 to see?
 Which do you think would show who and where Nick came from.
  >>
Much too tought to answer.  It would be like being asked which one of your
children do you want to give up.

KnightWitch ;-]=


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tendencies.
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Date:    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 06:50:57 -0700
From:    Lisa McDavid <cecily1349@y.......>
Subject: Nick's Crusade

Actually, Nick doesn't have to have been on a
particular crusade, although I think JP did give one
when asked in a chat.  Taking the Cross (as it was
called) and going off to join one of the garisons in
the Holy Land counted as going on crusade whether
there was an organized campaign or not.  It wasn't
particularly unusual for young men who mainly wanted
excitement or for those who thought it would provide a
fire escape from their sins. <wry smile>

McLisa
mclisa@m.......

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Date:    Mon, 2 Apr 2001 08:57:29 -0500
From:    Kristin <kris1228@s.......>
Subject: Re: FK

Yes, this is very tough... here's ten of my faves though:

Dark Knight pt1&2
Games Vampires Play
Sons of Belial
Crazy Love
Be My Valentine
For I Have Sinned
Last Act
The Fix
Night in Question
Dance by the Light of the Moon

These are the ones on and before 1228 when Nick's mortal and comes to the
vampire life:

Dark Knight pt1&2 <--- shows Nick's first kill and hunger
Near Death <--- shows LaCroix actually bringing Nick across and how Nick
made his choice
Dance by the Light of the Moon <--- shows Janette seducing Nick into
becoming a vampire
Killer Instinct <--- shows Nick's first days as a vampire and LaCroix
teaching him skills
Queen of Harps <--- focuses on his mortal life (pre-vampire)

Hope this helps,
Kristin
http://knightvision.4ever.cc
"When you only have eyes for the Knight..."

> >If you never watched an episode of FK before which 9 episodes would you
want to see?
 Which do you think would show who and where Nick came from.

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Date:    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 07:06:34 -0700
From:    Lisa McDavid <cecily1349@y.......>
Subject: Admin: Rules _ARE_ enforced

The rules are the rules and they're the same for
everybody.  I make allowances for mistakes and
borderline cases, but deliberately, seriously breaking
the rules _will_ get you set nopost. That means you
can read the list but not post to it. The nopost
continues until I get an undertaking to keep the
rules.

McLisa
listowner, Forkni-l and Fkfic-l
mclisa@m.......

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Date:    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 07:19:10 -0700
From:    Emily Hanson <emilymhanson@y.......>
Subject: Re: Nick's Crusade

Well, if you assume Nick was 35 in 1228, his birth year would have been 1193.

--- SLH <jerezfino@y.......> wrote:

> Has anyone ever pinpointed an approximate date for
> Nick's birth or was it ever implied in any ep?


=====
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Date:    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 10:29:04 -0500
From:    Tim Phillips <Timp@d.......>
Subject: Re: Elders

> How old does one have to be in FK terms to be a vampire elder?  LC seems an
> obvious candidate, but what about Janette and Nick?  Since Nick's sire still
> has a strong hold over him, could he possibly be considered an Elder if LC
> is still alive?

  When Nick and Vachon first met, Nick acted like an elder and
seemed to expect Vachon to do what he said.  And Vachon didn't
seem to have a serious issue with Nick's attitude.
   Whether that is due to the fact that Nick is something like twice
his age or whether Vachon understood Nick's protective attitude
toward Tracy and didn't wish to needlessly aggravatate Tracy's
partner, is a question that is still open to me.

                Tim
 Tim Phillips
 timp@d.......

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Date:    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 10:42:33 -0400
From:    Portia 1 <portia1@m.......>
Subject: Re: Nick's Crusade

I've always liked to picture him as no older than this, but I actually prefer
33, myself. Oooh, just had a thought!  If he were 33, I'll finally have caught
up to him at the end of this month!  Hmmm...should that make me depressed??

Portia, unsure

Forever Knight TV show <FORKNI-L@l.......> wrote:
> Well, if you assume Nick was 35 in 1228, his birth year would have been 1193.

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Date:    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 07:38:08 -0700
From:    StormBorn <smolly4@q.......>
Subject: Re: FK

These are the nine that I'd show to someone, just because I think they're
among the best eps (IMVHO), not because they tell all of Nick's backstory.
BTW, a *great* FK reference source, including detailed descriptions of
flashbacks and a timeline, is http://loftworks.com/fktoc.html , The First
Unofficial FK Site.

My picks (in no particular order):

Unreality TV
Feeding the Beast
For I Have Sinned
Only the Lonely
Killer Instinct
Fate Worse than Death
Father's Day
Curiouser and Curioser
Be My Valentine
Fever

Um, OK, that's ten...sorry!

Molly/StormBorn
Cousin, Ravenette, Dark Trinity, Seducer, Forum Fanatic, FK Pagan
NA Forever!
Abnormally fond of dead guys
smolly4@q....... or stormborn@l.......

Molly/StormBorn
Cousin, Ravenette, Dark Trinity, Seducer, Forum Fanatic, FK Pagan
NA Forever!
Abnormally fond of dead guys
smolly4@q.......

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Date:    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 08:08:12 -0700
From:    StormBorn <smolly4@q.......>
Subject: Nick's Age

Warning!  Heavy-duty assumptions ahead! <G>

Since Ger is capable of playing younger than his age, and since a
35-year-old man in the Middle Ages may have looked, to us, a little bit
older than a modern 35-year-old looks, I'm assuming he was between 29 and 33
when he was brought across.  Since many Catholics were (and are) named after
the saint's day they were born on, I'm speculating that Nick's birthday was
<drum-roll, please> December 6th, 1195.

Molly/StormBorn
Cousin, Ravenette, Dark Trinity, Seducer, Forum Fanatic, FK Pagan
NA Forever!
Abnormally fond of dead guys
smolly4@q....... or stormborn@l.......

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Date:    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:21:17 EDT
From:    Marel Darby <Frostsaint2@a.......>
Subject: Re: Nick's Crusade

In a message dated 02/04/01 23:12:56 GMT Daylight Time, smolly4@q.......
writes:
>>  So, in 'Last Act', when Erica speaks of seeing Nick wounded and nearly
dead in a Moorish castle, he could have been wounded during the re-conquest
of Damietta. Now, why it took him seven years to make it to Paris...?<<

I always assumed --can't remember why --that he'd been captured, and it
could've taken years for his family to sell off land and possessions to raise
the punitive ransom. It might explain why the Brabant stately pile looked as
bare of furnishings as Harrods after the January sales. <g> In the dim,
distant days when I studied the Crusades at college, one of the finest books
on the subject was authored by Stephen Runciman: scholarly, but very vivid
and accessible.

Marel

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Date:    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:35:24 -0500
From:    Tim Phillips <Timp@d.......>
Subject: Re: My Two Cents' Worth on the Book Situation...

Add my penny and we have 3 cents.

I don't know what is happening with this book, either, but I am
curious.

I think this is the same project that I was helping Lady Sukh out
with by editing a FK episode guide.  I have very detailed copies for
most of season 1 and 3 and a chunk of 2.

Lady Sukh abruptly got into a bind where I understood that folks
had fallen through in writing episodes for the guide as they were
trying to wrap things up to get to the printer.  I offered to help with
whatever I could and told her to get a list of the episodes she
needed done to me and I would get them ASAP.

I did a few and then lost touch with her after asking what else
needed to be done.

I have attempted a couple of times to re-establish contact with no
luck.

During our conversations, I remember she spoke of medical
problems (her back??).  I have assumed that she was ill or that real
life was interfering.

If anyone knows the Lady personally, I for one would appreciate
just a blip of an e-mail that says she is well if all that is happening
is a time-crunch.

If the entire project fell through, I would like to discuss with her the
possibility of distributing the chunks of the guide I have into the list.
 They would make fantastic pieces for Knight School, but since I
didn't create them by my own single effort, I don't wish to turn them
free since they represent work that people aside myself did for
reasons that might not match my own.

So, if anyone knows Lady Suhk, please find if she is still OK and
let her know that the crew would appreciate hearing from her at her
earliest convenience.
    :-)
                Tim


 Tim Phillips
 timp@d.......

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