Philip Hart wrote: > These were my interpretations as well. However, I should add from Chapter > 34 (or Vol II chapter 17) of FHYA: > > "In concentrating her powers on sending Aliera after the Orb (thinking > that this would ensure at least one potential Emperor of the Dragon line, > which she had thought would immediately take the throne), Sethra ..." > > So here is evidence for Sethra having the more or less opposite view. Or, more likely, Paarfi's unreliability as a reporter, either through being mistaken or deceived. I doubt that anything Paarfi claims to know about Sethra's motivations can be relied upon completely. Then again, I doubt that Paarfi is the most reliable source of information about anyone's motivations. Regardless, I enjoy reading his fabrications and speculations. :) Casey