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Cboutin3 Posted 12 years ago
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Is it clear that the 'he' refers to Tanis?

Tanis arrived shortly thereafter and rescued Porthios from his prison, and also told him that he and the Silvanesti warrior Samar had rescued Alhana from her Qualinesti prison with the magical aid of Dalamar.
  

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cboutin3 Tanis arrived shortly thereafter and rescued Porthios from his prison, and also told him that he and the Silvanesti warrior Samar had rescued Alhana from her Qualinesti prison with the magical aid of Dalamar. Yes. The verb had rescued excludes Porthios from the action of rescuing Alhana from her Qualinesti prison.

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  • cboutin3 Tanis arrived shortly thereafter and rescued Porthios from his prison, and also told him that he and the Silvanesti warrior Samar had rescued Alhana from her Qualinesti prison with the magical aid of Dalamar.
  • Yes.
  • The verb had rescued excludes Porthios from the action of rescuing Alhana from her Qualinesti prison.
  • In other words, Porthios was still in his prison when he (Tanis) and the Silvanesti warrior Samar had rescued Alhana from her Qualinesti prison with the magical aid of Dalamar.
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cboutin3 Tanis arrived shortly thereafter and rescued Porthios from his prison, and also told him that he and the Silvanesti warrior Samar had rescued Alhana from her Qualinesti prison with the magical aid of Dalamar.
Yes. The verb had rescued excludes Porthios from the action of rescuing Alhana from her Qualinesti prison. In other words,
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It would be my first guess and assumption.
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cboutin3 Tanis arrived shortly thereafter and rescued Porthios from his prison, and also told him that he and the Silvanesti warrior Samar had rescued Alhana from her Qualinesti prison with the magical aid of Dalamar.
It must have been Tanis. Otherwise, why should Tanis have had to inform Porthios that he, Porthios, had rescued Alhana from her Qualinesti priso
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