> She's the first of the gods, and clearly of a different nature than any
> of the rest (the rest seem to all be upgraded humans or maybe
> Seroli, while she is...something else).
Where do you see that she's the first of the gods?
> She is the god who represents magic (which seems to be the force that
> makes gods possible to begin with), and it is explicitly said that she's
> at the center of the struggle against the gods' main enemy,
> which means if she isn't their leader, I don't know who is (I guess you
> could say she's the gods' Warlord, though :).
Where do you see it explicitly said that she's at the center of
the struggle against the Jenoine?
> Regardless, even if she isn't -the- most powerful of the gods, she's
> still the one Lady Teldra was created to destroy -- its recognition of
> her (and her fear of it), combined with the fact that she -is- the
> Goddess of magic [and it is the sword that eats magic] makes that
> clear.
I see nothing to make me believe that there is a one-to-one
correlation between Great Weapons and gods. It seems more
likely to me, both from the context in the books as well as
the name the Serioli gave it that Godslayer/Lady Teldra was
designed to kill gods in general, not Verra in particular.
I'd like to see more supporting evidence for your one-to-one
claim, if there is any. If it's just a pet theory, that's
cool too. Theories are fun... just don't claim that something
"makes that clear" if it's just a theory. :)
> Of course, it makes things interesting that the Necromancer, who isn't a
> god, is better at magic than Verra is...but these things happen. :)
Having just read this bit a couple days ago, I find I still
need to go back and clarify- is the Necromancer better at ALL
magic than Verra, or just the particular barrier spells for
keeping the Jenoine out and/or in? It seemed to me to be the
latter, rather than ALL magic. I definitely need to reread
that bit again.
-Rick
http://rick.978.org/