David Goldfarb <goldfarb at OCF.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: > From: "Lisa Grant Coffin" <lisa at spindot.com> >> I have a theory-query of my own........> > S > P > O > I > L > E > R > S > > B > E > L > O > W > ! > > B > I > G > > H > O > N > K > I > N > ' > > S > P > O > I > L > E > R > S > ! >>how about that Aliera was >> pregnant when she was 'displaced' at Adron's disaster. By Mario, of >> course. This leads to interesting possibilities about Devera's birth >> and subsequent level of talents and abilities. > > Um, are you and others aware that Steve has in fact revealed who > Devera's father is? It's in an interview at the Sequential Tart > website -- <http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/feb01/brust.shtml> > > Her father is Kieron the Conqueror(!) > > That's all the information given in the interview, but we can > speculate that he came out of the Paths of the Dead when Aliera gave > away his sword, as he promised/threatened in _Taltos_. > > Or maybe something even stranger happened. okay, if vlad has aliera's brother's soul, and aliera has kieron's other brothers soul, then it does make sense that devera calls vlad 'uncle' then. so perhaps aliera isn't mom, but merely 'auntie' .......although i suppose she could still be mom *and* auntie. eww. lol. anyone else?