Storyline

Norian and Griffin get my vote for people not worth saving. the worst "Good Guys" ever. I think they are where the saying "with friends like these, who needs enemies?" came from

I got a feeling Thorsten will be just as bad in the next saa tallar books. We already know there is no happy end for Anna Kay and he is responsible.

and Larry, I'm sure you caught that Charles told Breanne that they had "done this" (separating) four times before! To fight other versions of The General. (Blood Finale)
Wow! How many possibilities does that open up!

I don't remember Charles saying four times, but just saying that they had done it before to fight other versions of the General.

The thing I did pick up that was weird about the whole 3 become one thing, was that Charles was the first General. Love beat him that time, only she didn't know it until final battle with this General. what doesn't add up is this:

If Charles was the first, then this General should be the second, because Charles said he worked with Strength and Love to rebuild what he destroyed, then erased the memory of this and implanted the Legend of the Three to start over. When Breanne returned from recreating the universe she told Charles, she would kick his ass if he ever fucked with her memories again. The would lead me to believe that the only other General was Charles.

Questions that I have is now that its over:
is Charles still a construct or is he now a legitimate god?
What was Charles' plan to defeat the General before Breanne made her own up?
do we really need the 4, if Breanne/Love is now so powerful and has weeded out all the bad guys for the most part?

JD - I went back to check and Charles did say they had separated four times before and then Ashe asked if they would get it right "This Time".
As to Charles being the first version of The General I think maybe the difference between Charles and this General was how He was brought into being. On purpose by another god (Acrimus). And The General depended heavily on Acrimus, he didn't have experience with wisdom, love, hope or many other things. He was just HATE.
Charles version was able to identify with Love in the end and he was able to learn and grow.
Anyway, just an opinion....

Someone was asking earlier who Thorsten parent was....
Quislus was parent to Thorsten and Kiffirin. Of course Acrimus was Quisilus' father so pretty much the same.
I'm guessing Wisdom remade Thorsten to get him away from Acrimus and Quislus. Imagine what more damage could have been done.

I think Charles erased just the memory that he was destroying gods and that he was in the process of killing Love and that Strength was next. He wanted to work with them to bring it all right and didn't need them remembering he was the bad guy.