Dragaera

Musings, Sethra, Aliera, Verra, and being impolite with the word 'yendi'

Fri Jul 26 16:41:01 PDT 2002

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> 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 
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> 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