> > > > >I confess that I am still puzzled as to why Aliera's soul was > > > > >sufficiently valuable to be retrieved from the Paths by such > > > > >extreme and unprecedently measures. > > > > Well, she /is/ the offspring of a Goddess and the guy who > turned into > > > > a Lesser Sea of Chaos.... > > > I await her earthshattering effects upon the world. > > Read the end of _Issola_, where she effects the defeat of the J. > > I find "I asked Daddy to do it" to be dramatically lacking for > this purpose. "I asked Daddy to do it", "I took a chance that Pathfinder could keep me >from being dead in order to save the empire from a Dragon/Jhereg war", whatever she's going to do in the future, etc ... I think the risks taken were pretty well worth it... and will probably become more worth it as time passes. Also, I suspect that there is some "I owe her from 200,000 years ago" involved in the decisions made. Kisc