SPOILERS IN GENERAL and ISSOLA In a message dated 6/14/2002 9:23:31 PM Mountain Daylight Time, tyan at twcny.rr.com writes: > Damn. I *like* the idea of Devera as a Lord of Judgment. I suppose she > still could become one. I find it interesting that it's always assumed Devera will "grow up." Perhaps she won't - perhaps the form she is in now is her eternal form. > p236. Although the dragon rushes to Aliera's aid, "mouth open {in > menace?}", cloud-guy-overhead was not (especially) evident in this > fight, which mildly suggests to me that the cloud is not Devera. Perhaps cloud-guy is another form of Daddy? Because I think Daddy has to be a god in order for Devera to be so powerful. If Aliera had the kind of power Devera does....... -shudders- So I'm thinking that in order for Devera to be what she is, Aliera's somewhat diluted "god-blood" got a boost by another god. Who has definitively been removed from the list of possible fathers? Stacy