> Ok, my question is, in Taltos when Aliera first meets Morrolan, she > recognizes the name as being related to Morrolan's fathers name... How does > she do this if his name is taken from a foreign language? I assume she knows the language and translates it in her head, coming the the conclusion of his parentage. > Noish-pa lived or at least visited the East, since he was able to "show" > Vlad stars and clouds, etc. Is he or maybe his parents part of Morrolan's > circle of witches? I think it is in Phoenix where Noish-pa and Morrolan > first meet (according to Vlad's account of things). Yes, I believe they meet there for the first time. It's possible that a relative of Noish-pa's was a part of the Circle, and would be interesting, but I think Noish-pa would know about it. > Going back to Taltos, why does Morrolan keep telling Vlad how he helped > Zerika II regain the orb and reform the empire. He also stated he was at > Deathgate Falls fighting off brigands while Zerika made her decent. Is it > Vlad misquoting him or was Morrolan trying to impress Vlad with a little(?) > white lie? Or maybe Paarfi is mistaken on who actually accompanied Zerika on > that adventure and Morrolan's whereabouts and involvement in it (maybe, for > some reason, his involvement is a state secret which Paarfi is out of the > loop on, and also explains why Morrolan seemed to make so little progress on > his trip west... Not sure on this one; I plan on waiting for the rest of _Viscount_ before assuming Morollan, Vlad, or Paarfi were writing with the left hand.... Chris "If you can't live without me, die already." ~Cynthia Heimel