Dragaera

Speaking of Vlad and Kiera

Thu Feb 20 08:33:39 PST 2003

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Warlord wrote:

>  
> > In a message dated 2/19/2003 8:22:37 PM Eastern Standard 
> > Time, Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> writes:
> > 
> > [attrib lost]
> > >> Can anyone make sense of Kiera's subsequent comment,
> > >> in _Orca_ I think it was, that Verra had said it was
> > >
> > >I'm almost sure the comment was in _Taltos_.
> > 
> > The vial itself only appears in _Taltos_, but it's discussed
> > in _Orca_, page 283:
> > 
> > "And what was that whole business with the blood of the
> > goddess?  Not that I haven't figured out who the goddess is."
> > 
> > "I can't tell you that, Vlad.  She said it was important for
> > you to have that vial, and that she, herself, didn't know 
> > why."
> > 
> > [And the next three lines are one of my favorite quotes.]
> > 
> > 
> > --KG
> > 
> 
> Now that I think back (rolls eyes for effect, see other thread),
> "blood of a goddess" is all that I remember mentioned. Naturally,
> the first assumtion is Verra, but do we have confirmation on 
> that ?  If not, well, Sethra was offered god-hood. Could the
> blood be hers ?

Offered but never accepted.  Remember, Sethra isn't allowed to leave if
she ever returns to the Paths, so her blood wouldn't help at all.