> > >(Problem is, there's Vlad throwing raw chaos around, which is something >only the e'Kieron line of Dragons is supposed to be able to do. So >either bring in Taltos as descriptive as well as a name, or else it's a >natural talent in Easterners.) > >Karen Not at all it is a soul thing, vlad's soul used to be Kieron the conquers' brother who would not play along with his Kieron's plans for the empire and formed the jerehg. this is why when they went to the paths of the dead for aleria's soul Kieron asked whether vlad had anything to say to him. this is also why when Vlad asks Aliera how reincarnation and genetics interact she looks at him oddly and says -very oddly - or something to the effect. JAA -- Department of Biological Sciences Palumbi Lab Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University Blinks Oceanview Blvd Pacific Grove, Ca 93950 jalipaz at stanford.edu phone: 831-655-6210 Often statistics are used as drunken men use lampposts... for support rather than illumination. Albert Einstein