# I have my own "Name That Fantasy Series" question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-own-name-that-fantasy-series-question/459432 "2008-08-09T19:39:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-own-name-that-fantasy-series-question/459432/1 "2008-08-09T19:39:46Z")
I remember reading these in the mid-to-late 80s, IIRC. I don’t remember the title, the character names, or the author. The basic premise is that one of the main characters belongs to a secretive race or society of witches or sorceresses which is fleeing the world they’ve been on. This female main character somehow becomes separated from her people and basically stranded on that world. She meets up with a human warrior or knight who is determined to accompany and protect her until she finds her people, despite her protests (she considers him inferior for being a non-magical human or something like that). I think in the second book, they find her people, but the society rejects her because she travelled with the human and came to fall in love with him. Anyone have any idea? ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-own-name-that-fantasy-series-question/459432/2 "2008-08-09T19:47:49Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] I remember reading these in the mid-to-late 80s, IIRC. I don’t remember the title, the character names, or the author. The basic premise is that one of the main characters belongs to a secretive race or society of witches or sorceresses which is fleeing the world they’ve been on. This female main character somehow becomes separated from her people and basically stranded on that world. She meets up with a human warrior or knight who is determined to accompany and protect her until she finds her people, despite her protests (she considers him inferior for being a non-magical human or something like that). I think in the second book, they find her people, but the society rejects her because she travelled with the human and came to fall in love with him. Anyone have any idea? [/QUOTE] Sounds a bit like _the chronicles of Morgaine_ by C.J.Cherryh, not certain though. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-own-name-that-fantasy-series-question/459432/3 "2008-08-09T19:52:29Z")
Oh, gosh…I’m not certain, either. They sound almost close, but not quite. It’s been a LONG time since I read them… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-own-name-that-fantasy-series-question/459432/4 "2008-08-09T19:57:00Z")
The more I look at that series, **Busy Scissors** , the less I think that was it. I seem to remember the woman as being a younger member of her group, and eventually actually meeting up with that group (rather than being the sole survivor). None of the online images of the covers look like the covers I remember, either. I don’t really have a vivid picture of the covers, but I can say that nothing I saw online rings any bells. ---
**Author:** ![misling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@misling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misling)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-own-name-that-fantasy-series-question/459432/5 "2008-08-09T21:25:41Z")
Sounds sort of like the Witch World series by Andre Norton. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-own-name-that-fantasy-series-question/459432/6 "2008-08-09T22:10:50Z")
[QUOTE=misling] Sounds sort of like the Witch World series by Andre Norton. [/QUOTE] No, I know Witch World, and this wasn’t part of that. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-own-name-that-fantasy-series-question/459432/7 "2008-08-09T23:25:43Z")
Probably _Six of Swords_ by Carole Nelson Douglas. Mirror-eyed sorceress, can’t look into reflections herself, tears turn to gemstones. Warrior has a honkin’ big magical sword (one of six, 'natch). Floating island; worldwide catastrophe, etc. There was a magical cat in there, too, IIRC. Sequel _Exiles of the Rynth_ and other ones that I’ve completely forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-own-name-that-fantasy-series-question/459432/8 "2008-08-09T23:38:35Z")
[QUOTE=Lightray] Probably _Six of Swords_ by Carole Nelson Douglas. Mirror-eyed sorceress, can’t look into reflections herself, tears turn to gemstones. Warrior has a honkin’ big magical sword (one of six, 'natch). Floating island; worldwide catastrophe, etc. There was a magical cat in there, too, IIRC. Sequel _Exiles of the Rynth_ and other ones that I’ve completely forgotten. [/QUOTE] THAT’S IT! I had this very vague sense (so vague I didn’t put it in because I wasn’t sure if it was accurate) that cards were involved, and “Six of Swords” would explain that, plus I actually remember “Exiles of the Rynth” as a title.