On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, David Silberstein wrote: @> > And she is presumably genetically Dragon, maybe with some odd @> >hemoglobin genes. @> @> Quite possibly. Yet Verra has made the claim of not being *ever* @> human; of being a slave of the Jenoine before they ever arrived on @> Dragaera. I have to wonder if perhaps the relationship between @> Aliera and Verra is less genetically direct than they have currently @> implied. @> @> I've also speculated that the Necromancer was Aliera's genetic mother. @> Since she's a demon, who only showed up towards the end of the @> Interregnum, I still wonder if someone else is the source for the @> maternal half of Aliera's genes. It would be somewhat odd if this were the case, since that would make Aliera's ability to leave the Paths of the Dead very mysterious. If Verra didn't have the ability to reshape her genetic material, I would be quite surprised. As for her acceptance as a Dragon... well, even in a society which doesn't consider gods to be all /that/ special, demigods are likely to be treated slightly differently than your average citizen.