Yup, mages are a must-have, I guess. I've never been able to get through fat fantasy. My sister loves it, but I have a hard time. More of a short story girl, I guess.

Oh, bad to the bone, because your comments about kingdoms and all were so delightfully pithy, and I'd just listened to that song a few minutes before. :-) It's a nice thing; though I guess it's sort of an old(er) lady thing, now.