On the old forums I made a post about this, but since they no longer exist, I’ll write something again.
The final chapter of The Soldiers of Halla has been talked about and discussed quite a bit. Some love it. Others hate it. Some understand it fully. Others don’t get it. I’m not going to explain it all here because I’d prefer that readers draw their own conclusions. But I will make a few comments. First off, I don’t consider the ending to be a cliff hanger. Not even close. The story is very clear about what is going to happen next, and that is that Bobby will soon go to Solara and Courtney will not be far behind. To understand how the events described in the last chapter could have happened, you have to look at the end of the second to last chapter. Bobby lamented to Uncle Press that after all they had been through, it seemed unfair that the Travelers were not being allowed to live the normal lives they fought so hard for. All they wanted was a little bit of time to live those lives, which in the general scheme of Halla, wasn’t much . . . and Uncle Press agreed with him. How that was able to happen, and what all the implications are, I’ll leave that up to you to debate and decide.
I’ll say one other thing, and that’s about the guy who delivered Bobby’s journals to him in the hospital. Short of actually writing his name, I pretty much described exactly who it was. From the events that unfolded in the hospital room with Bobby and Courtney kissing and being interrupted, to his physical description, to Bobby recognizing him, to him saying that he had nine other journals to deliver, there is no other possible person that could have been…but Uncle Press.
Lead Traveler says:
i just noticed something. all these posts have gotten pretty off topic.
Isabeau says:
yeah… but you’re not really one to judge…haha, oh well, i guess people just like conversing on this site. i think a Pendragon video game would be awesome.
random person says:
it would be nice if you had something to play it on. i don’t. so that really sucks.
Isabeau says:
oh, we only have a Nintendo Gamecube, so we’re not exactly the most high-tech either
greg heffly says:
cool
joo says:
wadaaat! no 1 tauking y!
Bobby Pendragon says:
Ha! I knew it was Uncle Press, I just knew it! Well, I have to go back to Solara, see you all there!
gunny van dike says:
well it was obvious
Mozartghost says:
Yes it was…
gunny van dike says:
thats what i said
random person says:
hahaha. you aren’t bobby. sorry. if bobby was here he would say something totally cool and prove he was bobby to dj and dj would say that he was bobby and we could know it was bobby and he would put a picture of what bobby looked like to him when bobby spoke on here so you aren’t bobby.
Naymeer says:
Uh sure
bri says:
you know. you have a point random person. i think that would be the best way to prove to someone you are bobby or one of the characters cause if you presented yourself to bobby and you looked exactly like him (how dj imagined him) then dj could claim that you were bobby. if you could prove it. sort of like in the movie Anastasia.
joo says:
bobby pendragon iz nt rreal hi znt real
Isabeau says:
i wish he was though…Bobby Pendragon is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
Mozartghost says:
GOOD PEOPLE OF HALLA!
I need a Pendragon movie.
You need a Pendragon movie.
The WORLD needs a Pendragon movie.
Watch the trailer…
It’s at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5eR9J08JX0&feature=related
gunny van dike says:
bobby is a show off i like gunny and spader and aja
gunny van dike says:
did everyone suddenly disappear!
i will be a Traveler says:
how is bobby a show off? he seems like a scardey cat to me sometimes.
i will be a Traveler says:
he was made to stop sd like press (dj) said.
Isabeau says:
i love Bobby, he wasn’t a showoff. I’d like to see YOU write about all your faults and wrongdoings and show them to your best friend and girlfriend
i will be a Traveler says:
yeah gunny!
Mozartghost says:
What faults and wrongdoings! Are you criticizing the great BP (Bobby Pendragon)?!?
Well he made some mistakes.
So what!
He saved all of Halla!
gunny van dike says:
well technically he nearly destroyed three territories in the never war and he became really agressive in number 7 in number 8 he was mixing almost every territori not destroyed!
gunny van dike says:
http://www.RunescapePinGenerator.com/?me=96379
gunny van dike says:
go to it plss
bri says:
wierd. and yes bobby did make some mistakes but he was the main character and everyone makes mistakes. i don’t think dj meant it to be like he was showing off. when you read about him, he’s not boasting or anything like that: so how is he showing off? you never explained that part. and dj made him do that stuff so that we could understand more about bobby’s character. he nearly destroyed three territories in the 3 one:because he was caring and he couldn’t bear to see people die. he became aggressive in the 7th one (i guess):so he could save his own neck and others. he mixed things in one territory from others in the 8th one: cause he cared about the people who lived on Rayne.
that’s how i sum it up for you. and i don’t remember bobby ever showing off.
Nevva says:
That’s probably the biggest reason why I love Bobby Pendragon so much as a character. Because he is flawed. He makes errors and mistakes. How boring would it have been if he were a perfect guy who always made the right choice?
Bobby Pendragon’s incredible. We’re all flawed and we all make mistakes. It’s like the saying goes: We all make mistakes 🙂
Mozartghost says:
Yup.
Naymeer says:
… I don’t make mistakes, except that one time when I tripped a kid when we were playing football. Wait, he made the mistake of trying to trip me, he got in trouble.
opie2006 says:
i only have 2 favorite series and this is one of them then the other one would be 1 hatchet , 2 brians winter , 3 brians return and i think thers one more but i cant think of it but you should really write more you are an exelent writer im trying to write a book and so is my dad
opie2006 says:
if solora puts the travelers where they need to be when theyneed to be there thenwat deos it do to saint dan when he travals
Mozartghost says:
Typos man!
Naymeer says:
Opie, The river and Brians hunt.
bri says:
geez! how many brians are there?
i have heard only of brian’s winter and the river. also hatchet. i’ve also heard of dogsong but that’s not about brian. i didn’t know there was a brian’s hunt and return.
Naymeer says:
They’re really good, but I didn’t finish the river.
Mozartghost says:
Have any of you watched that awesome trailer yet?
My little brother hasn’t even READ Soldiers of Halla and he loves the trailer.
Naymeer says:
No, but on Youtube there are some teens doing the “Merchant of Death” movie, it is really stupid, yet really funny, and some may say it’s offensive because it may seem they’re making fun of pendragon, but the said they aren’t.
Naymeer says:
Yeah, I saw the “Trailer”. They only problem is, Pendragon’s not King Kong, Lord of the Rings, Surrogates or Terminator Salvations.
bri says:
what about Lord of the Rings?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
bibs says:
people i hav 1 doubt!!!
bobby didnt go bak to solara or wat!!!
did he live wid courtney aftr destroyin saint dane!!!
plz tell me:)
Naymeer says:
He had a chance to start over from when they were kissing, not get interrupted by uncle press.
Mozartghost says:
I think…
bri says:
wow. are you two the same people?
Naymeer says:
No
Mozartghost says:
Absolutely No.
bri says:
then you think what, Mozartghost?
Mozartghost says:
What Naymeer said…
Tum-Tigger says:
This book lacked of Siry. Every other traveler got action in more then one book, except him. Just a few lines of dialogue
Naymeer says:
He was only in three books and he was major in the 8th.