*snip* >> >Having never read Dumas I am not sure who will die based on that, but I do >know that our good friend Tazendra must die at some point (but, it does not >seem like she will mind too much, as long as it is a glorious end.) She >has been marked for this end ever since she was referred to as Tazendra >Lavode. It has been repeatedly stated that in Vlad's time Sethra is the >last of the Lavodes. Sethra herself says this in Issola and then goes on >to say that there is one more, but he is not ready. (I believe that this >person is the lord of castle black, but this is just a guess.) So this >would lead me to believe that either Tazendra dies or quits the Lavodes, >the first being the more likely. Or this is just another time when there >is no historical accuracy. As for being reincarnated I find this doubtful. > Tazendra and whoever else shall be slain will most likely go to deathgate >falls. (They have certainly served the empire very well and unless Brust >acts too much like himself they will > have grand deaths.) > Remember, in Yendi (I believe), StY is Sethra's "only apprentice who hasn't tried to kill" her. James Griffin, Still Another Vlad faN _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus