--- lazarus <lazarus33pjf at cox.net> wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 16:38:13 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: > > >>I'm remembering now everyone dying off. > >>I speculate now, that everyone will die except > Khaavren (who is obviously > >>alive in Vlad's time). I guess it won't be so bad > if they all get good death > >>scenes. And surely they'll be reincarnated. > > > > > >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.) > > > > > > Actually, it's possible she survives, and simply > quits being a LaVode. > Doesn't the Dragaeran language uses gender-indefinite pronouns? Doesn't that means it's completely possible Vlad assumed Sethra was referring to a male, when she was referring to Tazendra? We don't know how long Sethra feels someone must be a Lavode before they're *ready* for what she wants them for. Be Seeing You, Nathan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com