Alexx, in response to Jon's post, said: > Yes indeed. My estimates place the ealiest mention of her at about > 33,000 years before the Interregnum. > > Note that Sethra Lavode *was* alive for much longer than that, at > least 200,000 years, possibly more. But she died and became undead > before any of the books we have currently (though not that *long* > before, relatively speaking). We can assume that Dzur Mountain has something to do with Sethra's longevity, but what about the SiG? Any ideas or hints we've been given? Now I'm just curious.... > > This next question is just a simple matter of curiosity: Why did you, > > Steve, choose to not have Morrolan accompany Zerika to Deathsgate? It would > > have been so easy to write them in, especially having had them pass so close > > to each other, that excluding him, especially after Morrolan's comments in > > _Taltos_ seems peculiar. > > Theory 1) To bug me. > > Theory 2) Because he has a cool plan to resolve the apparent contradiction, > which will be revealed in the final volume of Viscount. The other theory of course being that Morollan either lied or bent the truth to a near-unbelievable angle when he told Vlad he was there. I suspect we'll be told in the future, or that Steve is being his usual, helpful self in revealing facts which contradict previous assertions. I think he receives perverse pleasure in throwing these tidbits at us, which only makes me like him more.... Chris "So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear, Farewell remorse! All good to me is lost; Evil, be thou my Good" - John Milton - 'Paradise Lost'