FRIEDA2133.aol.com wrote on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 23:58:11 EST >"I don't know. I know that someone else is lord over in Whiterock, >though. A Dzurlord. We hear stories about him." >The Book of Athyra, Athyra, Chapter 5, page 58 >Would Vlad have gone through Whiterock because of what Savn had >said on that page or had Vlad already come through Whiterock? Hi, I guess Vlad did come through Whiterock before he met Savn. Vlad speaking to Savn. "'The smell.' 'Smell?' 'It must be flax oil.' 'Oh. Linseed oil. I guess I must be used to it.' 'That must have been what they served the last place I ate, half a day east of here.' 'That would be Whiterock. I've been there twice.' 'Vlad nodded. 'I didn't really notice the taste in the stew, but it made the salad interesting.' Savn thought he detected a hint of irony in the other's tone but he wasn't certain. 'Some types of flax are used for cooking, some we use to make linen.' 'Linen?' 'Yes.' 'You cook with the same stuff you make clothes out of?' 'No, not the same. It's different.' 'They probably made a mistake, then,' said Vlad. 'That would account for the salad.' Savn glanced back at him, but still wasn't certain if he were joking. 'It's easy to tell the difference,' he said, 'When you make the seedblocks and leave them in the coolhouse in barrels, the true, true salad flax will melt--' 'Never mind,' said Vlad. 'I'm certain you can tell.' The Book of Athyra, Athyra, Chapter 1, pages 14-15. So Vlad may have met the Dzurlord who is lord of Whiterock or he may have just had an interesting salad in Whiterock. Savn says: "I don't know. I know that someone else is lord over in Whiterock, though. A Dzurlord. We hear stories about him." Vlad says: 'Oh? What kind of stories?' Maybe Vlad was worried that the stories might be about some interesting things that happened in Whiterock recently. Bye. Linda G.