-----Original Message----- From: Casey Rousseau [mailto:casey at trinityhartford.org] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 4:47 PM To: Dragaera Subject: RE: started rereading _TPotD_ >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." I hope not too much will be revealed. It's so much more fun to keep guessing. Also, if too much is revealed then I have to give up my pet theories. Such as that Tazendra is the sorceress who blows herself up, leaving that Teckla alive to learn sorcery and become part of Kelly's group and steal Cawti away from Vlad. Rachel