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Post by deuce on Oct 8, 2018 3:40:01 GMT -5
In Red Shadows, Solomon Kane carves the initials "S.L.K." into the bandit Jean's face. To wit:
"The first we know of this man is when we find Jean, the most desperate bandit unhung, nailed to a tree with his own dagger through his breast, and the letters s.l.k. carved upon his dead cheeks. Then the Spaniard Juan is struck down, and after we find him he lives long enough to tell us that the slayer is an Englishman, Solomon Kane, who has sworn to destroy our entire band!"
The English Puritans of Solomon's era (ie, the Elizabethan period and earlier) were not much given to middle names. However, that doesn't mean that SK's parents couldn't have given him one for whatever reason. They were probably headstrong and peculiar, like their child.
What are the guesses as to Solomon's middle name?
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Post by Char-Vell on Oct 8, 2018 7:41:42 GMT -5
Laurence.
Larry for short.
Larry Kane: New Englands premier adventurer.
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Post by zarono on Oct 8, 2018 7:44:25 GMT -5
Lazarus
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Post by Char-Vell on Oct 8, 2018 7:45:15 GMT -5
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Post by themirrorthief on Oct 8, 2018 8:24:58 GMT -5
I think it was just an initial for a middle name. Solomon L Kane I like it
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Post by emerald on Oct 8, 2018 11:13:45 GMT -5
On the more serious side, Leviticus or Lancelot.
On the less than serious side, Lane. Solomon Lane Kane has a ring to it...
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Oct 8, 2018 11:56:18 GMT -5
On the more serious side, Leviticus or Lancelot. On the less than serious side, Lane. Solomon Lane Kane has a ring to it... London, perhaps? REH was a Jack London fan, and the name dates to the medieval ages. Solomon London Kane - hmm, don't sound half bad. I like your lighter guess, Emerald - so how about Levity? Or Levi?
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Post by themirrorthief on Oct 8, 2018 21:18:44 GMT -5
well you know its a biblical name for sure...he was a puritan
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Oct 9, 2018 7:10:45 GMT -5
well you know its a biblical name for sure...he was a puritan It's a possibility - but he already has 'Solomon', and Kane is a different spelling of 'Cain', kind of his angel on one shoulder and his devil on the other. So the middle is a toss-up!
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Post by KiramidHead on Oct 9, 2018 19:40:16 GMT -5
Solomon Lankester Kane... my random Exorcist reference for the day.
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Post by themirrorthief on Oct 9, 2018 21:08:22 GMT -5
Solomon Loki Kane
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Post by themirrorthief on Oct 10, 2018 9:05:30 GMT -5
I guess I killed this thread when I mentioned he whose name must not be spoken!!
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Oct 10, 2018 9:39:19 GMT -5
I guess I killed this thread when I mentioned he whose name must not be spoken!! At least you didn't say Lollipop!
His face grim, Solomon Kane strode into the hostel, glaring icy daggers at the ale-guzzlers. Making his way to the bar where the innkeep and his plump wife were filling bowls with mutton stew, he sunk onto a wooden stool. "Stew," he muttered, his distant voice recalling chill, wintry winds. His eyes were staring at dark figures in his mind only he could see. Turning at his voice, the keep's wife beamed. "Lollipop - gimme some sugar! Henry, get a clean bowl!"
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Post by themirrorthief on Oct 10, 2018 9:46:09 GMT -5
Then Kane took the heads of the two disquised demons before stomping out. He did not tarry to clean up the mess either
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Oct 10, 2018 9:51:19 GMT -5
Then Kane took the heads of the two disquised demons before stomping out. He did not tarry to clean up the mess either ...pausing at the door, the Puritan turned, glaring daggers at the astonished patrons still sitting in shocked horror before their mugs of grog and bowls of forgotten mutton. "Don't ever call me Lollipop," he grit. Slamming the door, he drove a poniard through the latch and set fire to the inn, the sinning revelers yowls and screams music to his ministerial ears... As he watched the contortions of his victims, a sudden though hit him. "Freaking damn," he muttered. "I left my hat on the bar."
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