On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Jose Marquez wrote: Issola Spoilers: > Random tangent: Anyone know if reincarnation in Dragaerans occurs by house? > I.e. Dragons only come back as Dragons, etc.? Where am I going with this? > Well, does anyone know what Aliera's name was back at the beginning, when she > was Kieron's sibling? If Zerika was the most powerful Shaman, and Aliera was > *a* powerful Shaman.... it's a leap, but could Aliera's soul be Zerika's? The > tribes were splitting up right about then, so it's plausible that three of the > most important people of that time, Kieron, Dolivar, and whoever Aliera was, > became the founders of their Houses, Dragon, Jhereg, Phoenix? This entire > argument hinges on who Aliera was, since I can't remember if her name back > then was ever explicitly mentioned. I personally like the idea that Aliera's previous life was Drien. Drien is described as "a contemporary of Kieron the Conqueror" and "the first Shaman who was also a warrior" (or something like that; I don't have my copy of _Issola_ at the moment to check against), which is close to what Aliera said in _Jhereg_. -Dennis