I always thought that the Jenoine had connected in some (possibly necromantic) way with the actual Lesser Sea, "tapping" it, if you will. And through these connections, were actually siphoning the stuff from the Lesser Sea and removing it to the planet that we encounter in _Issola_ But I like the point about whether or not the e'Kieron line can create chaos or merely create *more* chaos... There is at least nothing that disproves that conjecture. I wonder what those small purple stones are. We know that Trellanstone, or kyrancteur, looks crystalline, if it's looked at in a specific way, laced with veins of a pinkish material, possibly an ore "'There is a large rock, or stone, in the middle of the floor--right there.' I walked over to it, but didn't touch it. 'It's about three feet high, maybe five feet long, and a foot and a half wide at its widest point, but very irregular and jagged; it is mostly a dark shiny grey, with pink veins running through it.'" _Issola_, pg 145. "'Tell me about this rock,' said Aliera. 'All right,' I said. I walked over and stood in front of it. 'The edges are all jagged. It looks like a large piece of something that was once even larger, if that gives you any idea. I told you about the colours, but there's also a very thin sort of purplish vein running along one side.' 'Does it seem at all crystalline?' 'No, not... well, yes, I guess sort of, if you look at it right.'" _Issola_, page 151. "'Yes,' she said, 'It is trellanstone.' She smiled suddenly, 'And a nice, big, juicy one, too.'" _Issola_, page 159. I also wonder what would happen if a piece of necrophia, which seems to be an ore/stone/crystal of some type, "'The purple vein in that rock is necrophia.'" _Issola_ page 154. came into direct contact with some amorphia? Would it, perhaps, create a purple stone like the ones we see on the shores of both Seas? I was thinking that perhaps those stones are a by-product of Orb-fuelled sorcery, but I don't think that conclusion can be supported, due to the fact that they were probably around while Elder Sorcery was still the way to do things, and also because they appear on the shores of both Seas. If they only appeared on the shores of the Greater Sea, from which the Orb draws, then, maybe I'd have an argument...but... It seems to me that Elder Sorcery was basically the manipulation of amorphia without the necrophia, ie, without the focus. This would explain why it's so freaking hard to do. It could very well be that the modifications that the Gods wrought upon the Orb while it was in the Paths was nothing more than a refining/purifying process on the necrophia present in the Orb. It seems reasonable, to point out at this time, that the two instances we have of kyrancteur or trellanstone are vastly different in size. One is (and I'm not sure about the size here) anywhere from fist to basketball sized, and the other is essentially a boulder. However, I would imagine that the greater quantity of necrophia is off-set by the Orb being linked to a greater quantity of amorphia, and also be "refined" in some way. Nonetheless, I would, if I were one of the Lords of Judgement, not be sleeping very well knowing there is such a massive piece of trellanstone in the possession of the Jenoine. But back to my theory of the source of trellanstone. Perhaps it was a part of some meteor that smashed up. I hope to the gods that it wasn't part of the planet Trellan. Otherwise I'd be looking around for an Easterner boy called Clark Kent some day soon. But there's still the possilbility that it is indigenous to Dragaera, although the point is well-made that Dragaera is the only place where amorphia exists without destroying everything else, not the only place where it exists indigenously. But with that fact in mind, does it not stand to reason that, regardless of amorphia's indigeny (heh) to Dragaera, it might be that necrophia, with it's controlling influence on amorphia might exist naturally on Dragaera, and that someone with sufficient force of will (ie, a God) inadvertantly accessed its powers by hoping to hell that the Greater Sea would stop and stay contained where it was instead of destroying the universe? Remember, necrophia controls amorphia but is also connected to the minds of those linked to it--that's how it "knows" how to shape the amorphia. So yeah. That's my theory. Bring the criticism :) 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