On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Jon Carey wrote: > >Think of it, though. If anyone could get to be a God, ie, "offered" >divinity, as Sethra has repeatedly been, it would be someone who the >Dragaerans and Easterners alike look upon as super-human. Excuse me, but the only individual whom we know for certain has this nearly superstitious awe of Mario is Vlad Taltos. None of the other Easterners or Dragaerans seem to have *that* much respect for him. Paarfi protrays him as being competant and lucky, but not inhumanly so. > Also, being the beloved of the daughter of a God can't hurt. I >wouldn't be surprised if he turns out to be Devera's father. Kieron the Conqueror has already been named as Devera's father. >What do you guys think of Mario the God, possibly Dolivar/Mario/Vlad the >God(slayer)? > Well, besides the fact that the Mario and Vlad are indeed seperate persons, I think that you are giving Mario far more credit than he is due. The only way I can see that young punk of a Jhereg attaining Godhood is through the effects of the Amorphia released by Adron's Disaster. All on his own? Never. Offered by the Lords of Judgement? How insane do you think they *are*? Their goal is to preserve the Orb and Empire against the Jenoine, not reward one who for all practical purposes helped to destroy the Empire and neutralize the Orb. However, on musing on the matter, it occurred to me that perhaps in addition to Mario and Adron causing the Disaster, there might have been interference (which Paarfi, and thus we the readers, never learned about) from either the Serioli dedicated to the downfall of the Empire, or from the Jenoine, or perhaps both. I have no shred of proof of this pararectal ideation, but I thought I would throw it out there.