Why, if Pol is the prefix for a woman sorcerer and disciple, and Bel for a male, is Polgara's sister named Beldaran?
Will Ce-nedra live forever, because she doesn't seem to be tied to a particular tree?
Do grolim priests who can use the will and the word live forever also?
Why is there the mallorean if in the 5th book of the belgarion it is clearly stated that the earth shook and seemed to shift as where there where first 2 destinies there is now one?
How come the Angaraks are having aboud 80% of the world in posession? (including the dals, kingdoms of the north of mallorea and so on) and how can 'the west' fight them if there are so many?
Is the world round? Because it is spinning (book 3, belgarath explains why stars fall) but never is there talk about sailing from riva straight to mallorea.
Why is zandramas already turning into stars before the choice was made?
How can Polgara concentrate if she constantly has to listen to birds?
How come they catch up on zedar, even though they ride through entire sendaria on slow wagons, have to go to val alorn, have to wait for horses in vo wachune, and go talk to korodullin, ran borune and xantha?
How can Brill be knocked down on faldors farm when he is a trained and skilled fighter? How did he even know that he had to be there?
Just a few things that spring to mind. Does someone know?
*Bel = Beloved. Beloved+Daran = Beldaran. It is one of the linguistic inconsistencies, but considering Beldaran was not talented, and Polgara was the elder, it would have been odd for to Pols... Poldaran doesn't look as nice either.
*Ce'Nedra does have a tree, an acorn of which is presented by Princess Xera as a gift along with one from Queen Xantha's own tree.
*Grolim Priest who can use the Will and the Word can only do so in the lands of the Angaraks, where there is worship of Torak (feasibly they could also possibly function in Sendaria with their 'worship" of all the gods including Torak). Torak's disciples, Urvon and Ctuchik did indeed gain immortality upon their ascension to the rank of Disciple. Belzedar was already an immortal, Torak didn't affect him the same way. Certain of the more powerful Grolims, particularly the Heirarchs of Cthol Murgos also lived longer lifespans.
*The Resolution issue at the end of the Belgariad is the hardest one to swallow. The Retcon in Guardians of the West makes it out that Polgara's refusal of Torak wasn't the final confrontation after-all, just the final actual Battle between a Child of Light and a Child of Dark (they never fight each-other again) ((on closer examination, it is quite clearly Polgara's rejection of Torak, through Durnik's sacrifice, that forced him to fight Belgarion. had Polgara submitted, the result would have favoured Torak, as he'd have had that one person who loved him unconditionally, making him undefeatable).
*The leaders of the West do NOT choose to go to war with the Malloreans. The portage of the Cherek fleet into the Sea of the East is exactly for this reason. Should 'Zakath land enough troops in the West, his position would make him unstoppable. With the Cherek fleet massacring his troops whilst at sea, going to War with the Western Angaraks isn't
quite as daunting. Of course, Rhodar and Anheg make it clear. They have no chance to win a war of attrition with the Angaraks. Their efforts are merely a distraction to turn attention away from Belgarion, Belgarath and Silk's sneaking into Cthol Mishrak.
* I think its clear that their world is round, they mention something that we would understand as different time-zones (when the three of them are in Drasnia i think, escaping from Polgara, about how much earlier it would be in Riva, than where they were). I suspect the concept of sailing west to reach the east simply hasn't occurred to anyone yet... or if it has, the Cherek (only a cherek would risk such open ocean) ship was probably lost at sea. Also, considering where they need to go in Mallorea, sailing all that way and then still having to cross Mallorea to get to its western coast, would be poor time management.
*Polgara may indeed be listening to the birds a lot... certainly not continuously, lets not get carried away... she is a remarkably strong willed woman. Focussing her will, whilst hearing birds, was how she learnt in the beginning anyway. the bird thing was amongst the first things she learned, and anything afterwards would have been learned with the "distraction" having to be overcome.
*Catching Zedar... they DON'T catch Zedar. Ctuchik captured Errand and the Orb from him, its not made clear how long before Silk and Belgarath found this information out, that this occurred, but the party does NOT CATCH him. IN fact they don't see Zedar until Cthol Mishrak right at the very end of the series.
*Brill... two questions in this one. Brill's training is actually the cause of his being knocked out here. He is SO focussed upon Belgarath (the stuff of nightmares for all murgoes), and then Garion (who seeing how smart Brill is, its likely he'd figured out WHO Garion was), that Durnik sneaking up, as inept as it would be compared to brill or silk being stealthy, goes unnoticed.
How did Brill know to be there? Polgara mentions to Belgarath that the Murgo who stayed for the Erastide feast may have recognised her (and with that white lock how could they not), and Brill replaced one of the farm-hands who'd married and moved away. That Brill also worked for asharak/chamdar could also explain how he knew where to be, as Chamdar had watched Garion since infancy.
