In a message dated 8/13/2003 8:04:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, alexx at TheWorld.com writes: > 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.) Ok... "My Wild Theory" here, and I say wild since I am truly a novice having read only Brust and not yet been privileged to reading Dumas ... something I will correct in the VERY near future. Anyway, here it is: The "Lavode" who's not ready... Why, I believe it might be the Child Catwi is Carrying... We know Sethra has an affinity towards Vlad, damn right sisterly in both the faces we've seen her in... Thief/Undead... The Lavode is not ready because he/she has not yet been born. Gibel