"what would happen if a vampire got the blood of a god?" Sethra did. She gave it away. Smart lass. Also, Vlad may have come from "peasant stock" but she may have been referring to his father--also, she could have even called her father, even if he were royalty, a "peasant" simply because he was Fenarian--and if she were Vlad's mother, then things get even more complicated. The only problem I really see with Verra being Vlad's mother, and that fact allowing him to summon amorphia is that that should allow Morrolan to summon it as well. Perhaps he just hasn't found out yet, because he's going under a 2000 year old assumption that he cannot, but... This, however, doesn't rule out that Verra is Vlad's mother, merely makes a little more unlikely that it is God's blood, not Kieron's, that gives the ability to summon and control amorphia. No, if it were God's blood that did it, why would they need great weapons and the orb and all the hoohah to protect the planet? A god with access to either Sea would probably be able to withstand the Jenoine. But then, perhaps they *can* control it, but not in huge amounts, not like a Trellanstone can. Who knows. It's complicated. In any event, other than the amorphia bit, I like the Verra as Vlad's mother bit. Perhaps we should look to Verra's relationship and behaviour towards Aliera to get an idea of how she treats her offspring, if that would even apply because of the racial difference, or maybe even the identity differences between the two. Jon _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca