> -----Original Message----- > From: Jag [mailto:agrajag at dragaera.net] > As an interesting side note, its likely that the entire > reason Aliera's soul got ripped away and the teleport went so > wonky is that Sethra had only pulled in the energy to > teleport two people (Aliera and herself), but adding in Mario > was just a bit much, and as a result Aliera's soul got ripped > away. This sounds plausible. > Or, to me a romantic philosopher about it, maybe > Aliera's soul was reaching out to Mario during this time of > crisis, and as Mario's extra mass caused the spell to go aray > and send him elsewhere, Aliera's soul followed him and left > her own body in the process. I really like this explaination. :). So Mario ends up being teleported intact and Aliera ends some lost and disembodied. I wonder if Sethra was aware of what happened after the fact, or if she just assumes that something went wrong with her spell. Likewise Aliera. Is there anything that connects Aliera to Mario in Vlad's era? Perhaps much will be revealed in the Paths of the Dead. :)