Claire Rojstaczer writes: > I always assumed Bolk was what Dragaerans might call a God, given his > tendency, shared to my knowledge only by the Demon Goddess, to speak > differently to everyone listening. Also, he requires a master, which > seems to fit in with some of what Sethra says in Issola about Gods > gaining power from worshipers. If he *requires* a master, he must be a demon by Dragaeran standards. The Eastern use of that word clearly carries different connotations. In their encounter near the end of Brokedown Palace, Verra says that she and Bolk were once allies. -- 'Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.' -- credited to various people, I heard it from Robert A Heinlein.