That was how I'd always guessed it. Then again, Aliera might have decided in the PotD that Kieron was just really hot, so she took his sword to give her a pretext to see him again. For personal reasons, not the political ones we'd always assumed. That is SO un-Aliera. Makes for an amusing thought though. > > 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 > >