Delurking from the list...... I've been speculating about whether or not Tazendra, Pel and Aerich survive to Vlad's time. This evening I was reading LoCB for the second time and noticed something interesting. On page 111, Paarfi talks about the return of the Orb stating "To others, such as Aerich, this connection came, but a little more slowly: he reports that he knew at once what had happened.... Note the present tense: Aerich reports. This implies that Aerich is alive at the point that Paarfi wrote the story. -Smed .....Resuming Lurking status. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com