Steve Hubbell wrote: > 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? Simple. She knew his father pre-Interregnum, and geneticists are often interested in genealogy (and therefore names) even if they aren't the daughter of the Heir. Also, I think the quote is "That sounds about right." > Going back to Taltos, why does Morrolan keep telling Vlad how he helped > Zerika II regain the orb and reform the empire. Take a look at the list archives. We discussed this quite a bit. The 5 cent version is: a) Different unreliable narrators. and b)"Much will be revealed in the rest of Viscount." Casey