Good point, about the time-line and Paresh telling of possible long-ago events. Rachel -----Original Message----- From: Jon Carey [mailto:greyw01f at hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 3:31 PM To: melalvai at kemenel.org Subject: Re: Dumas I don't see Aerich dying off--I am in the process of reading _Teckla_ and Paresh, a Teckla, is recounting his history to Vlad--he mentions Aerich, or at least, the Duke of Arylle, coming to the door and asking for his Master, presumably about why he wasn't receiving his tribute/tithe whatever. (Cause of a massive fire that killed everyone but Paresh). It was interesting to see how the character changes when it's not Paarfi recounting the history. But then, Paresh is Dragaeran, and so the story he tells might well have been before the Duke of Arylle is presumably killed in _Sethra_. Jon _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus