Wasn't there a scene in Brokedown Palace where King Lazlo's rituals to Verra are descibed as being of a sexual nature? Bridgette (spelling) climbed up to Lazlo's off limits tower and walked in on him in the middle of some ritual... >From: Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> >To: Jag <agrajag at dragaera.net> >CC: SKZB List <dragaera at dragaera.info> >Subject: Re: Divine maternity (WAS: Thoughts about Piro and Krytaan....) >Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:50:47 -0800 (PST) > > > >On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Jag wrote: > > > On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 13:04, Philip Hart wrote: > > > > > I was thinking that during Adron's double-take at the end of _TPG_ he >was > > > recalling a ritual (which he hadn't understood at the time) where he > > > presented Verra with a vial of his blood (or some other precious >bodily > > > fluid). Or maybe not a vial, exactly. > > > > I always thought Adron was recalling a ritual that he fully understood, > > but just didn't expect Verra to be able to bear him a child, or to bear > > him one at all for that matter. I believe its mentioned somewhere that > > dragaerans only have kids if they want to. There are no accidental > > births with them. > > >Note that Verra's not Dragaeran. > >Khaavren reportedly reports: > >"... yet, to judge by Adron's countenance, the emotion he was feeling had >less of embarrassment or shame about it and more of excitement or wonder >which reaction did not escape Khaavren's notice." > >Beyond that we're speculating. > _________________________________________________________________ online games and music with a high-speed Internet connection! Prices start at less than $1 a day average. https://broadband.msn.com (Prices may vary by service area.)