In a message dated 2/19/2004 11:32:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Warlord" <warlord at dragon.com> writes: [Verra is Vlad's mother?] > 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. Time is strange in her realm... the Verra surprised by Spellbreaker in _Issola_ may be a "younger" Verra than the one who sees SB in _Phoenix_ (I can't remember any other time SB was visible to Verra). And that could explain why the latter thinks that 500 years have passed since the Interregnum. --KG