> -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Kronengold [mailto:mneme at io.com] > It is explicitly stated within _Paths of the Dead_ that StY > is being groomed for exactly that purpose. Actually, what's said (by Paarfi) is: "...in her apprentice. For that, of course, is what Sethra the Younger was: the latest in the long line of apprentices to whom the Enchantress had wished to teach her art, hoping that, someday, one of them would assume the power of Dzur Mountain, whatever that might be, and permit the Enchantress to retire peacefully." So Paarfi speaks of Sethra Lavode's intentions, but not Sethra-t-Y. I would not assume from this Sethra-t-Y knows Sethra Lavode's intentions or that Sethra-t-Y would want to take Sethra Lavode's place. > other than myself, who commented that -Tazendra- was unlikely > to survive the books, for a number of good and sufficient reasons. Which are? I cannot recall any indication that that will occur.