Jose Marquez wrote: > 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. Yeah that generally fits with what I just read in Yendi, but I think a close comparison of the accounts in Yendi (and Taltos) and the account you're describing in TPG may show some fuzziness if not contradictions. That shouldn't be surprising, I suppose, but I'm trying to get it as straight in my head as the text(s) allow(s).