> -----Original Message----- > From: Jose Marquez [mailto:jhereg69 at earthlink.net] > > Grady Brandt wrote: > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Jeff G. [mailto:Log0n5150 at hotmail.com] > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Jose Marquez" <jhereg69 at earthlink.net> > >> > >> > >> > >>>Some of these questions make me think that the Jenoine experiments > >>>involved genetic manipulation, but also limited evolution by letting > >>>their experiments breed. Going back to chaos, this means that either > the > >>>Jenoine deliberately built-in chaos-creation abilities in three (or > >>>more) lab rats, or these lab rats gained these abilities through > >>>mutation (possibly Verra-aided mutation?), which in my mind takes > >>>parents that are not Jenoine. > >>> > >>>Thoughts? > >>> > >>>Jose > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Remember, the Sea of Chaos was not created until the event that removed > >>the > >>Jenoine from Dragerea. We have insufficent information as to the > presence > >>of > >>Chaos on Dragerea prior to then. I would think that your last theory is > >>true, that chaos creation was a Verra aided mutation, as it is linked to > >>the > >>soul rather than the body. Also, if the Jenoine added it, there would be > >>more than one genetic line that could do it. Manipulation of it seems to > >>be > >>an inherent learned skill, as any sorcerer can do it, including the > >>various > >>deities and the Jenoine, so that may have been a Jenoine added option. > >> > >>Jeff G. > >> > >> > > > >Perhaps chaos manipulation is just a function of having a soul. It > doesn't > >make sense to me that a genetic modification could create an ability to > >control something when the ability to create that thing is linked to the > >soul. I suppose it's possible, but how or why would the Jenoine have bred > in > > > >that ability unless they knew of its existence and think it will be > >necessary. > >Which raises the question of what exactly were the Jenoine experimenting > >for. Were they trying to create a being capable of creating chaos, and > all > >the other genetic tinkering was simply tangential to that purpose? > >Or is that answered somewhere in the text that I missed? > > > > > Maybe this is exactly what they were trying to do: create a being that > could create chaos. And as they succeeded, Verra revolted, destroying > their lab, notes, etc. > > Jose Or perhaps the chaos creation was a gift from Verra (as was suggested above) in an attempt to get the Jenoine to go away. Give them what they want and they'll leave you alone. Only they didn't. So she got violent. Of course, now I'm just trying to see how far I can twist the theory before it snaps. :)