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.
bri says:
i like Siry. though in my mind i pictured him with long straight, blonde hair, not a brown afro.
Nevva says:
And he’s white on the third BTW cover. He’s supposed to be black…that kind of confused me at first. I thought, “Wait…Siry’s supposed to be black.”
Not the end of the world though.
Naymeer says:
No, he wasn’t supposed to be african american ( I don’t like the tearm ” Black”).
Nevva says:
Yes, but it does specifically say in the book, that Siry is dark skinned:
“His skin was dark, like Remudi’s. I guess on Second Earth we’d call him black.”
Naymeer says:
Well, on the cover of BTW he had darkish kind skin, like tanned because the place he lives is like a jungle and have to do stuff outside.
bri says:
what’s BTW? i’ve racked my brain but i can’t think of anything. and i pictured him with a perfect tan. but on the cover of the Traveler’s Before the War books he has a brown afro and white skin, no tan at all.
bri says:
wait! forget my question! i just figured it out.
Nevva says:
What do you have figured out Bri?
Brad/Traveler # 11 says:
I think Bri figure out that BTW is short for “Before the War”.
Nevva says:
Ahh, right. Makes sense.
bri says:
yeah. that’s what i figured out.
Tum-Tigger says:
He is supposed to be darker.
But he was major in one book (his own territory), wheras most everyone else was major in several. In fact, I think the whole thing could have been done without him. Alder played much more of a part holding off the dados in 8’s climax, all he did was sit around and hope for the best.
Nevva says:
Yes, but if not for Siry and the Jakills, Ibara would never have been warned and therefore, would not have been the least bit prepared for the dado invasion.
C’mon, give ’em a bit more credit than that! 🙂
Naymeer says:
Whoa! Don’t be dissing Siry! ellie was an even less of a character than him!
Nevva says:
Siry’s probably one of my favourite Travelers. Awesome guy. I think my favourite thing about him was how much he cared about the Jakills. He was a great leader to them and and above all, friend.
I agree with Naymeer. Don’t diss Siry!
Naymeer says:
yeah, before the War storie was really good too, he saved at least a hundred lives.
Nevva says:
True. And what I love too is his passion for his people and Ibara. He always felt something was being kept from them, and all he wanted was to give them the truth and have the choice of how they wanted things. Of course, it wasn’t what he expected but he was willing to voyage out and become an outlaw, all to give truth to his people.
And I agree. I really enjoyed his BTW story. They were all great. Really liked Spader’s too.
bri says:
i like Siry. he’s awesome.
Lead Traveler says:
WHAT ABOUT SIRY?!?!?!?!?! I SWEAR IF I DIDN’T SEE THE BTW COVER WITH HIM ON IT, I WOULD STILL HAVE A CRUSH ON A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Naymeer says:
You had a crush on him?
Mozartghost says:
Are you serious!?
Lead Traveler says:
yes. in my imagination. and before i saw the covers of the 3rd (?) BTW book.
evangelion says:
OMG i knew it. its just like the beggining of the first book. who interrupts Bobby when they are kissing? uncle Press… go pendragon
Ian says:
it makes me sad that I finished the series already 🙁 i wish there could be books to see what saint dane did during the series though.
bri says:
yeah. that would be awesome.
Vo Spader says:
Hobey-Ho! That would be amazing!
Anyways, I’m sad that I finished the series too… I absolutly LOVED Spader! You Rock!
i will be a Traveler says:
hello again.
i wish there was another sequel to pendragon too.
Naymeer says:
Yeah, like the story of what happened if Bobby wasn’t taken with uncle press. Like uncle press interrupted to take him to the game, I think that would of been good.
Emily says:
I just finished the series and almost cried . not because of the ending because its over. I was like atached to the series. I stayed up till like 2 in the morning finishing those books. but the last one i put to the side for as long as i could befor i finished it because i didnt want to finish it. WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Emily says:
what if DJ made the series over again except in Saint Danes perspective. It would be like that series called Wicked!
bobbys soul mate says:
i just read the comments on this page and am amazed at the power of someones opinion.I like loor though. she got quick ninja moves!KA CHOW!
Comet says:
@Emily
That would be cool. What if everything that happened in Wicked happened to Saitn Dane? ……Forget I said that
Lead Traveler says:
i agree with Naymeer, and Emily. that would be awesome.
Naymeer says:
Well, mabey what happened with all the ravelers when they were younger
Mozartghost says:
@Emily
OH YEAH!
or if Naymeer survived the Final Flume ride.
bobbys soul mate says:
im back. would you have killed naymeer? Iv never hade that much rage build up against some one. wait,didnt he get dropped into the flume? then he wouldve arrived with the other people?right?
bobbys soul mate says:
i emailed DJ the idea of a new series. I hope he says yes pretty quick!
Naymeer says:
NO!!! Don’t kill me!!!! And I would have rather thrown neeva over. He He
bobbys soul mate says:
i dont even now you! i probly would have gone for saint dane just because of who he is. He need to go to anger managment classes! WAHAHAHAH!
@Naymeer
i have a better laugh than you!MWAHAHAHAHa!
Tyla says:
I think he ended the series perfectly. I figured it was Uncle Press when Pendragon said he looked familiar, ya know? D.J. MacHale DID make it rather obvious who it was. Personally, I love the whole series. Spader, Aja, and Courtney are my favorite characters. I like ‘can do’ attitudes. 😀
bobbys soul mate says:
loor has a toatal can do atitude! But he did end the series rather obvios. Its like talkin about a dog. and saying, “It was a small, furry, barking animal.” id be amazed if i didnt get it! I mean if hed just sayed uncle press entered the hospital room, it wouldnt have had that speacial twing. You know? So bottom line is that i toatally agree with you Tyla.
Naymeer says:
Well, you can’t throw saint dane over board, he would just fly away.
Naymeer says:
As a bird.
Bashin says:
I probably shouldn`t have read it but I did. I hate a question flouting around in my head. But now I have even more!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sage says:
im on the 9th cant get ahold of the 10th
sage says:
🙁
sage says:
anyone there
bobbys soul mate says:
ello. dude i toatally understand not being able to get ahold of a book. for the 8th book i had to wait 2 months! just hang in there!
SpiritOfSolara says:
Heeheheheh….. You will LOVE the last book!!!
ALL WILL BE REVEALED!!!!
i will be a Traveler says:
IN A KIND OF CONFUSING WAY!!!!!!!!! (to me anyway)