mary whalen wrote: > With the information available so far it seems > unlikely that Verra is his mother. She may have > spared his life when he was insulting to her, but only > because she knows he will be useful to her. She seems > to treat him with much more disdain and contempt than > she would ever show to Aliera. If anyone mentioned in > the books is intended to be Vlad's mother (which > doesn't seem that likely) it would probably be Arra. She's got plans for him.