Gaertk at aol.com writes: > > Gobs and gobs of spoilers, so here's your spoiler space. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All the Dragaerans were originally experiments, and so > presumably started off near the Jenoine research compound. Only one compound? Maybe not near, given the Jenoine's attitude towards "location" -- maybe only tagged, for easy pickup. > That reminds me; the impression that I got from Sethra's > history lesson was that the gods sided with the Dragaerans > against everyone else, which I consider to be a big mistake, > and perhaps its starting to catch up with them. Of course, > Verra seemed to be leading the early gods, and I'm not at > all impressed with her god-like intellectual abilities. That's my impression, too, although keep in mind that Verra is Vlad's (ancestors') patron goddess. > I remember someone on the newsgroup arguing that Zerika > should arrest Aliera as a pre-emptive move, since BOTH of > her parents destroyed significant amounts of geography. Wow, my mind went blank for an extended moment. I was about to ask, wait, who is her mother and what did *she* do? > > Zerika most likely was one of (if not -the-) the most > > powerful Shamans of the Tribes; she, possibly Sethra, > > maybe a Serioli, and maybe Verra (I don't recall if Verra > > I wouldn't think a Serioli would be invovled, but then > myth claims the Orb was made by Jenoine, which is even less > likely. Cite? p37 of Issola has Sethra attribute the Orb's creation to Zerika, under the directions of the gods. - tky