I was sure Croaker said something about his looks scaring people off... Oh well, guess I have an excellent excuse to reread the books :-) While I wondered about Croaker's background, the reasons why he came to the Black Company - I was glad Glen Cook never delved into it. The Croaker of the books is almost certainly not the same man he was when left home. Whoever he was before is 'dead' - I agree there. I think his sister might have been happy to see him at first - the surprise and shock would be a novelty. The possibility of 'long lost brother' returning with riches... Then the resentment would set in. Croaker isn't rich, but he did go off and have a life while she stayed and dealt with any fallout from whatever it was that drove him into the Black Company. Croaker's life is depressing enough without adding more disappointment. -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 4/25/17, Richard Chilton <rchilton@auracom.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Glencook-fans / Black Company as TV series To: "Michele Riccio" <mishka_30@yahoo.com>, "Science Glen Cook: Author, Fiction/Fantasy" <glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 9:43 PM It wasn't Croaker who said that but Murgen - who said that Croaker never realised that he looked that way. And who knows? Maybe Croaker was. That could have been the reason he didn't say "hello" to the woman who was almost definitely his sister when he reached his home town in the first Book of the South. The man he had been was dead to his family and wasn't going to welcomed back by his family no matter how much fame and wealth he returned with. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Science Glen Cook: Author, Fiction/Fantasy" <glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com> To: "Science Glen Cook: Author, Fiction/Fantasy" <glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 2:00:35 PM Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Glencook-fans / Black Company as TV series So long as Croaker looks like a balding murderous child-killer (which is how he describes himself at some point) I'm curious to see how they port the story from novel to TV.