In a message dated 1/25/2005 6:51:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Bryan Newell" <bryann at bryann.net> writes: >* >* >* >* >SPOILERS >* >* >* >* > >> Maybe the speculative-minded could figure out who VN got his soul from... > >My brother has an idea about this; I believe I've shared it with you all >before, but here it is again: Kieron. > >Why? It works like this: > >Kieron gave Aliera his sword in the Paths of the Dead in Taltos, and told >her not to "give it to another or let it be taken from" her. If she does, >he says "I'll come and take it." > >She promptly turns around and gives it to Sethra the Younger, who plans to >invade the East with it. > >So where is Kieron? > >Perhaps he kept his word, and came back to get his sword. And, assuming he >doesn't came back as the Undead, maybe he came back via reincarnation. But >as who? > >"Kieron the Conquerer. Father of the Dragaeran Empire, elder of the >proudest of lines of the House of the Dragon, hero of myth and legend, first >of the great Dragaeran butchers of the Easterners" comes back to reclaim his >sword from a Dragonlord anxious to use it in precisely the manner he himself >once used it, reincarnated as an Easterner and son of the (soul)brother who >betrayed him: VN. > > > >Bryan > > > Well put! I like it! -C