Dragaera

Paths of the Dead prelude, notes.

Tue Jan 21 13:44:50 PST 2003

At 12:34 PM 1/21/2003 -0800, David Silberstein wrote:
>On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Ruhlen, Rachel Louise (UMC-Student) wrote:
>
> >> From: David Silberstein [mailto:davids at kithrup.com]
> >>
> >>Page 4:  Can anyone figure out how you get "Luchia of North
> >>         Leatherleaf" from Emma Bull?  Leatherleaf sounds botanical,
> >>         but I could not associate it with either Pansy or Violet
> >>         (I am not sure which one is Emma and which one is Lorraine),
> >>         and I have no idea what else might be a match.
> >
> >Not sure, other than to point out the connection between "leather" and
> >"bull".
>
>It also occurred to me that a papal _bull_ is written on parchment;
>might a piece of parchment be a leaf of leather?  But that feels
>overstrained, besides the fact that the papal bull derives from
>"bulla", which is the seal rather than the substance written on, and
>fails to explain "Luchia".
>
>Hmm.  "Lucia" derives from "light".  St. Lucia's feast day is Dec. 13;
>is that Emma's bithday?

I probably shouldn't spoil your fun, but Emma's middle name is Lucinda.