On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Dave Cooper wrote: #>3. This one is just my speculation: Vlad may be the son of a goddess. #> #>-- Mark A. Mandel # #Oh, for the love of... what self respecting goddess would have bumped uglies #with Vlad's father? Now his grandfather is quite a man, but we've read how #mortal his wife was. Verra isn't out for a fun roll in the hay, she's out for revenge on the Jenoine. She's a manipulative b***h with plenty of power and the capability for very long-range planning. We know Vlad is the reincarnation of Kieron's and Aliera's brother; maybe as such he's fated or prophesied for some special destiny. How better for a Demon Goddess to gain influence over that reincarnated soul than to take mortal form (if Sethra can shape-shift, or seem to, why not a goddess?), pull the soul out of wherever it's been waiting, and bear it as a child into a family that worships her? -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website