--- Warlord <warlord at dragon.com> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark A Mandel [mailto:mam at theworld.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:59 PM > > > > 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? Fascinating. > This thought occurred to me as well, so I was *very* interested, > not to mentioned surprised, when I found out she did not know > about spellbreaker, because that means THE task(s) she has in > mind for him is unrelated. This intrigues. It doesn't necessarily mean that. She may have just not known that the destiny she knows about, or the task she has in mind, is related to Spellbreaker. It is still interesting, though. Jerry Friedman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools