>But in any case, what's the scenario for a >daughter of Adron to be announced to him without >his knowledge and acknowledgement? The >mother gives birth and says, "It's Lord Adron's", >and everybody says, "Ok"? As we know from >_Yendi_, questions of paternity came up in >Adron's day... As far as I recall, the only person Aliera's mother announced anything to was Adron (and that by an unlikely courier). Adron would have had to make the public announcement, which makes the question, Adron says, "This is my daughter by Verra the Demon Goddess," and everyone says, "Okay," not "Verra? Really? Not your Teckla serving-wench?"? The thing that gets me is, even once Aliera's parentage is verified and accepted, how can she be Dragon Heir? As far as I can tell, she's not only a bastard (did I miss Adron's and Verra's nuptials?) but also a half-breed (I'm not sure what Verra is, but I'm pretty sure she's not a Dragonlord). I've asked this question of anyone I thought could answer, and I generally get some variation of, "Dude, she's the daughter of a Goddess. Are you really gonna call her a half-breed bastard?" The only actual reason that I can think of for the Dragon Council accepting her as Heir is if her mother's heritage is so superior that it doesn't matter that it's not Dragon genes. But if it's really that superior, how can we account for their naming Norathar Heir? e'Lanya trumps e'Kieron *and* e'Verra? That seems unlikely to me. Maybe the Dragon Council was cowed all along and jumped at Norathar as an excuse to get the half-breed bastard out of the position without having to call her that to her face and get smote by her mother. ~J ~-~-~-~-~-~-~ "When they say that people should bring things to their relationships, I hadn't thought that meant that one person should keep a sword in her torso and that the other one should turn into a car." --Elena, on "Revolutionary Girl Utena" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/