Philip Hart wrote: >commune with based on her ancestry). This sort of begs the question, why >risk the well-bound Morrolan, but on the one hand since PF and GS seem to >be related the gods would at worst get two for one, and on the same hand >perhaps the gods could somehow know M would escape. > > This last comment reminded me of Verra's conversation with the gods regarding Morrolan (dammit, why am I always away from my books when I get these thoughts?!), in which she mentions his sorcerous potential and how it could go further into the study of Pre-Empire sorcery. One of the gods mentions that Morrolan won't be able to create chaos (alluding, I assume, to that ability that seems restricted to the e'Kieron line), but Verra replies that they might find a way to work around that. All of the sudden, I wonder about that vial containing the blood of a goddess and I wonder what the exact origins of the chaos-creating ability might be. Maybe Verra spawned that particular line, and so the e'Kierons are able to create chaos because of Verra's blood. Or maybe Devera is the goddess (hey, it could happen! Time travel!) whose blood Morrolan assimilated, and thus he might get the double benefit of leaving the Paths alive as well as the ability to create chaos. I think the preceding demonstrates that I've been at work too long (any time at work on a Saturday is by definition too long) Jose -- Jose Marquez jhereg69 at earthlink.net