On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:00:30 -0800, Chris Olson <Chrisf.Olson at sun.com> wrote: > Scott Schultz wrote: > > As for Verra and Barlen - Barlen is not a demon that I'm aware of. Verra > > might have been a demon at some point in the past (there's a reason she's > > called the Demon Goddess, after all). > > Hmm...Verra is called the Demon Goddess by Easterners, not Dragaerans. > I suspect this is because the Easterners were the ones who summoned her > (well, one of them, at any rate) and banished her from a Kingdom. I've > always thought that was the reason she was called a Demon. > > But maybe it's because of that extra knuckle--Easterners are a > superstitious lot. <grin> > > Chris > > You know, I just reread in Issola... spoiler space Vlad said some sort of enchantment or verse over and over, and the three other Dragarens (including a priestess) did not. they. as I recall, asked him to. It could be becasue of the above mentioned; to Easterners, she is like a demon. Or just that everyone else had something else to do. Just a thought. Oh yeah, then Verra appeared and said they were stupid or something like that and the chapter ended. -C