----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Newell" <bryann at bryann.net> To: <Gaertk at aol.com>; <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 12:14 PM Subject: RE: Questions and Spoilers (was: Unnerving) > > > But don't read this email unless you've read all the > > > Dragaeran novels, as there are spoilers for most of them > > > below. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Why hasn't any action been taken against Paarfi by the > > > Empire for publishing to the masses how to defeat the Orb? > > > > Do you really believe that it's trivially easy to summon > > unimaginable amounts of sorcerous power without using the Orb > > or purple stones or anything? And I'm sure it's just > > coincidence that this happened at the same time Adron lost > > control of his huge Elder Sorcery spell. > > Cariss, the woman who made this Elder Sorcery spell for Mario, is described > on pg 460 as having "the round, pleasant face of a Teckla, save for the > excessively dark eyebrows and large nose. She wore the grey and black of > the House of Jhereg." > > She goes on to say, "There is no limit to the amount of power available, > only to the amount one person can control. When the energy isn't doing > anything, it need not be controlled." > > But how can SHE summon amorphia? > > Book of Jhereg, pg 81 - > Vlad: And Morrolan doesn't have the skill to create amorphia? Poor fellow. > How can he live without it? > Aliera: It isn't a skill one can learn. It goes back to genes gain. So > far as I know, it is only the e'Kieron line of the House of the Dragon that > holds the ability. > > The Lord of Castle Black, pg 391 - [Morrolan] has not the bloodlines to use > [Elder Sorcery] fully. > > So, it seems this Jhereg Sorceress had e'Kieron blood in her somewhere. > > I think I see your point now. Just because we've met at least four > characters who could do this (Vlad, Aliera, Cariss, and Kieron (although > Aliera says she doesn't think Kieron ever summoned it)), I realize now I > have a skewed view of how RARE it is to be able to do this. > > I wonder if Sethra can summon amorphia? And surely Kieron had lots and lots > of descendants, although Adron, Aliera, and Cariss are the only three I can > think of off the top of my head. It makes me wonder a question I hadn't thought before. Did Dolivar have any children? As such maybe the Jhereg Sorceress is actually a descendant of Vlad's previous life.