First some bad news (and I really hate to be the bearer of such, but someone has to): I just saw the massmarket edition of POTD, and it still has a typo in the URL for Mark's webpage. So could someone please politely inform the nice folks at Tor so this can be fixed finally? Unrelated to Dragaera, but I also saw the 30th anniversary edition of _The Princess Bride_ (containing yet another introduction, the full text of the 25th ed., an interview with the chars (apparently done by someone other than Goldman) which I found predictable and lame, and questions for discussion groups (which were really lame)). [Is that really all one sentence?] Anyway, the new intro ends with a promise that the full version of _Buttercup's Baby_ (well, the full abridged version) will see print before the 35th anniversary edition does. My second thought on seeing that (my first was "Yay!") was to contemplate Goldman, and the way he's handling these things (like the reunion scene) and I realised that this is exactly the sort of thing he'd write if he was told he only had six months left to live. Which brings me to my subject.... These are SPOILERS, or I'm a Norska! I'm actually not as worried about Piro as before, since my earlier worries were due to the lack of any sort of mention of him in the Vlad books and turning bandit is a decent reason for that. I am worried about Tazendra, because if she were still alive, Paarfi's career would be much shorter (she's not known for leaving her victims revivifyable). Another one I'm worried about (whom no one else has mentioned yet) is Princess Sennya. We're told more than once that her only reason for living is her daughter, whom she just argued with. Given the nature of that arguement, and the fact they're both Dzur, I assume irrevokable words were said, and Sennya is probably not a happy camper right now. I imagine right now she's riding off to attack the largest armed group she can find (which would likely be whatever troop remain loyal to Kana). --KG