At 06:28 PM 6/14/2002 -0400, Starshadw at aol.com wrote: Spoilers for _Issola_ >In a message dated 6/14/2002 2:54:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time, >rone at ennui.org writes: > > > > Monty Ashley, the man behind the Devera FAQ, theorized it was Devera, > > and Steven confirmed this on rasfw. >I've never heard this, either. Can someone post his theory and proof so we >can catch up? The Devera FAQ, with Monty's evidence, is available at <http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~phoenix/brust/devfaq.html>. For _Issola_, it has the following listed as a Devera appearance: *** [P]age 230. [start quote] We all stopped and looked, and discovered that we were, in fact, not the only ones moving directly at the Jenoine: the dragon was, too. "Well, that is hardly surprising," said Sethra. "Who is it?" asked Aliera. "You don't know?" "No, should I?" "Yes." "Well then, who--" "Not now," said Sethra. She frowned, and finally said, "Very well. Leave her alone, we'll adjust. page 235: The dragon, for no reason that I could see, stopped as if it had struck a wall, rolled over -- something that big does a lot of rolling over when it rolls -- and then came to its feet once more, and shook its head in a very human gesture. page 236: Then Aliera went flying backward, tumbling backward like a seed bag without the seed, landing next to the dragon. I thought she was dead, or at least injured, but she put her hand on the dragon's head, and, using it like a handhold, rose to her feet at once, shook her head in a gesture terribly reminiscent of the dragon's, then turned back toward the battle. [end quote] *** The authorial confirmation, "Monty wins the bannana." (sic :-) ), is at: <http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3B565028.844182AD%40dreamcafe.com> Mike