Nytemuse wrote: > > > In my limited experience, I was led to think that Lanya and/or Terics were > female...but I could be wrong. > Yeah, I always wondered about the line of ascension. I could understand > why Aliera would be the next heir (being e'Kieron, and Adron's > daughter). Could the whole creating the Sea of Chaos have caused a > certain amount of shame or dishonor or distrust from the Dragon Council on > Adron's line, so that if a more suitable line was surviving, they'd prefer > them to be the heir? Or possibly does Norathar have any other redeeming > features or special accolades that would make her a better heir? >From what I recall of TPG and 500YA, Lanya is female. I seem to recall in Yendi that the e'Lanya line was originally the line meant to inherit the throne come the reign of the Dragon; this was a decision made by the Dragon Council. When it was suggested that the daughter of the Dragon heir was a bastard (said daughter being Norathar), the e'Lanyas went to war against Sethra and lost. The resulting investigation disqualified the e'Lanya line and thus Adron e'Kieron became heir. This is all pre-TPG. In TPG, we see Adron as heir, and Uttrik e'Lanya seems to have no problem with that. After Adron's Disaster, since Adron and Aliera are both gone, and the e'Lanya line hasn't been cleared of bastardy (is that a word?), the e'Driens get it, with Morrolan becoming heir. But then Aliera resurfaces, so e'Kieron gets it back, and then Norathar is shown to be legitimate, which gets the ascension back to the e'Lanya line. It must be fun to be a Dragon. Jose -- Jose Marquez jhereg69 at earthlink.net