On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Jose Marquez wrote: > 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. Maybe BW ate an e'Kieron... Note that in _Phoenix_ we see Aliera using PF in some capacity when she does pre-Empire sorcery.