----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Hunter" <matthew at infodancer.org> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 5:35 PM Subject: [SPOILERS] _The Lord of Castle Black_ > Well. > > That was fun. > > [SPOILERS below] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <snip> > * The comments of the Gods in _The Paths of the Dead_ regarding > Phoenixes come to mind, particularly how "two hidden can combine > to produce one visible". This seems a clear indication of a > recessive gene, which is by no means a surprise, yet for that > interpertation to apply we need have only one Phoenix (whose > descendents carry the recessive gene and eventually recombine to > produce a full Phoenix). If we take the words of the Gods as > reported (faithfully or otherwise) by Paarfi, then the presence > of two Phoenixes may be significant, or indeed required; and if > required we can surmise that both Zerika and Illista must survive > and bear children, their own genetic heritage to combine at some > future point and produce a full Phoenix. If this is the case, > then we can take as implied that Dragaerans and Easterners can > interbreed, which has interesting implications regarding Zerika, > Laslzo, and the prior speculation. > Or perhaps (admittedly a little far-fetched) this has something to do with the union of Piro and Ibronka which must somehow be significant to the story. I remembe r that Daro did not have clear house characteristics and easily fooled others about her house by wearing different colors. This also seems to be a pattern we see with phoenix(s). What if Piro and Ibronka both carry a recessive phoenix gene and as luck would have it produce a phoenix offspring. That is my really far fetched theory for today. hehehe Genji