*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. I don't believe that Tazendra will die at the hands of Sethra. (If that’s what you are implying, otherwise ignore the rest of this rant) Tazendra is not technically nor has she ever been Sethra's apprentice if I interpreted the situation correctly. Even in LOCB sethra the younger is referred to as Sethra's apprentice and if Tazendra were also her apprentice then that would leave me to believe that it would be noted. It would seem that if this occurred there would be a rivalry and at the very least P. would mention it to point out that there was no such rivalry. I believe that being a Lavode is not the same as being an apprentice. In FHYA there were many lavodes, and I believe, at least at one point, that Sethra was not the leader of them. >Actually, it's possible she survives, and simply quits being a LaVode. >BTW, can you set your line length? That's very hard to read. Thanks! I usually chose not to defend myself; instead attempting to initially explain my position as much as it is reasonable, and let my words defend themselves, but since I was writing on this thread anyway... If you read the opinion that I submitted, and you quoted, you shall see that I have underlined a sentence where I admitted to this possibility. Perhaps it was hard to read because of the problem with my line length (a problem that I was not aware of and am glad you brought to my attention. I am using yahoo and am not aware of how to set the line length, if anyone would care to enlighten me on this subject, I shall have the problem promptly solved.) so you missed it. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software