On Jan 22, 2004, at 14:43 , Ian Jamieson wrote: > > I was thinking that Devera was really Vlad's daughter not Kiera's. By > the > way do we have any hints from the books about who Devera's father is? > I have > read on some of the websites that it could be Kieron. Which means the > most > likely time of conception was around the time Morrolan and Vlad > entered the > Paths of the Dead to rescue her. > > Ian Actually, not likely at all because Aliera was just a soul in a staff at that time, until Vlad & Morrolan convinced Verra to save her daughter. It is actually possible that Kieron came out of the Paths of the Dead to reclaim his greatsword (as he said he would, and seemed to be the motivation for Aliera to give said greatsword to Sethra the Younger) & also came to father Devera (no pun intended)... We just don't know that story, yet. -- Matthew S. Klahn Software Architect, CodeTek Studios, Inc. http://www.codetek.com