On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 19:01, David Silberstein wrote:
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> >Baritt (the only comparable one I can think of right now) was
> >assassinated ("Permanently"- Yendi), but how well was he linked to
> >Pathfinder- what I mean is, would he have aged and died naturally, or
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> Aliera seems to think that Pathfinder was destined to come to her;
> indeed, that it had been trying to find *her*.
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> I note that the Orb failing to protect an Emperor was seen as a sign
> that the Cycle had turned. Analogously, *if* Baritt was the secret
> bearer of Pathfinder, its failing to protect him may have been because
> it thought that Aliera was a more fitting bearer, for whatever reason.
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> In other words, Aliera's resurrection may have precipitated Baritt's
> death (once Aliera was alive again, Pathfinder no longer protected
> Baritt). This may have been the case even if Baritt was not the
> bearer of Pathfinder.
This is interesting, considering that Morrolan and Vlad ran into Baritt
in the Paths when they were going to bring Aliera back from the
not-quite-living. Perhaps they saw him there because their current
actions were causing his eventual/past[1] death.
[1] I love the way time works in the Paths
Jag