Yeah Kenhodan seems to be Toren.
However, Cats Eye is probably not Herrick, for the simple fact Herrick was a Wild Wizard.
Otoh, Herrick's transformation was forced, we don't exactly know how, and it sounds like Herrick's death killed him.
Otgh per the pearls: "In the final battle, Toren and Herrick faced one another directly in hand-to-hand combat. Ultimately, Toren could not possibly have won the fight, since he was effectively the last member of his last army still on his feet. In the event, the battle between them -- which involved another artifact of the House of Ottovar [tum, te, tum, te, tum] -- not only dropped both of them but killed almost every man (and creature) of the army Herrick had brought to the ball, as well. Unfortunately, the Carnadosans still had several armies left, and Toren's had been the last army the Good Guys™ had."
Makes it a bit ambiguous if Toren and Herrick were both Dropped.
Herrick was always weaker than Wencit due to his cheezing the rules via Dark Gods.
Again per the pearls: "Herrick's wild wizardry was never fully awakened. It turned out that if a man who had the potential for wild wizardry was willing to sell his soul to Carnadosa, she could open his wild magic "channels" without the sort of personally traumatic event Wencit has described to Bahzell and Brandark. (Mind you, it wasn't a pleasant process for Herrick even with Carnadosa letting him cut corners, but it could be done, and in a relatively short period of time.) On the other hand, Herrick's "channels" would never be as deep, as powerful, as what would have happened had his wild wizardry been awakened "naturally." Thus, even though he was at least several centuries younger than Wencit, and so (theoretically) a more powerful wild wizard, he was never actually able to match Wencit's power. Nor, obviously, had he been given anything like as long to learn to master the techniques of wand wizardry. Which meant he never dared to face Wencit directly."
Which means to Herrick, if he lived, would of know eventually Wencit would get too weak to fight him off.
Now its possible Cats Eye isn't Herrick, as any child he sired would of been also a potential wild wizard from what we've seen. Otoh, the Cats Eyes might be what happens when wild wizardry is forced, Herrick was never explicitly killed and was described as 'Dropped' the same way Toren was. And waiting until Wencit got old seems like a viable plan if you're truly patient.
Otoh I feel like living that long in an evil kingdom has to be hard, especially when the plural of Wizard is war.
ksandgren wrote:I don't disagree with you, Drak.
But it would appear that Kenhodan is as well and it appears that "the one other I've awaited until now" is Gwyna. If Kenhodan is of that house, then the prophecy can be fulfilled through him despite Cat Eye's expectation that it will be his heir.
