Jot Powers wrote Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:19:45 -0700 >Because we know Mario is alive in some form that isn't Vlad. >I'm too lazy to dig through the archives, but it has been stated >(as canonically as anything we maul after Steven says it) that >Vlad comes in on Aliera just after Mario has left.... http://dragaera.info/mailinglists/archive.cgi?1:mss:979:200207:ghghdgfbmiachhl lcmpp From: Steven Brust wrote Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:10:21 -0700 >It is true that, in Jar-head, there is a scene where Aliera appears looking >rather happy. In that scene, we have just missed seeing Mario. Hi, The Book of Jhereg, Jhereg Chapter 9, page 77 Jhereg Ace Edition/April 1983 Chapter 9 page 106 "Aliera was sitting by the back of the bed, staring off into space. I noted that, curled up as she was, she could still draw Pathfinder." Staring off into space means looking rather happy? Sounds like Aliera, I guess. And Vlad was not in any condition to notice if someone was happy or not. Or is there another scene "where Aliera appears looking rather happy"? Cool! Mario and Aliera have gotten back together. She probably used Pathfinder to locate him. David Silberstein wrote on Mon, 4 Oct 2004 21:59:14 -0700 (PDT) on who might be the others who helped track down Aliera's soul. >The "others" were Aliera's mother and daughter, Verra and Devera. Yes, I could see that working. I can also see Verra letting Sethra search in vain for 200 years before telling her where Aliera's soul was. I was thinking that Sethra came across Mario 200 years before Taltos and that made her realize that Aliera's soul survived too. The Book of Taltos, Taltos last page of chapter 3: "We have been searching for it for more than two hundred years." Lots of Steven Burst postings to read. Open any Steven Burst posting on dragaera.info/mailinglists click on <-author-> and it shows you all that <-author-> has posted. Here are some related to Mario. http://dragaera.info/mailinglists/archive.cgi/1/1015 From: Steven Brust wrote Thu, 11 Jul 2002 13:31:14 -0700 No, in fact I said we *haven't* met Mario in the Vlad books. http://dragaera.info/mailinglists/archive.cgi?1:mss:981:200207:ghghdgfbmiachhl lcmpp At 05:41 PM 7/10/2002 -0500, Matthew Hunter wrote: >Have we met Mario face-to-face in the Vlad books (even if >disguised as someone else)? From: Steven Brust wrote on Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:53:53 -0700 >No. Bye. Linda G.