Dragaera

Dragons

Thu Aug 29 11:29:11 PDT 2002

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).