Scott Schultz wrote: > > It is interesting that when Sethra sets out to retrieve the > Orb and restore the Empire that she calls upon the Phoenix > heir instead of the Dragon Heir. > We accept this as a matter of History but we still don't > really know why she made that choice or why the Gods accepted > Zerika as the rightful Emperor. > Apparently, it was simply "meant to be". Of course Sethra *did* call upon the Dragon Heir. Maybe Sethra wasn't so sure after all, and having Morrolan around at exactly that moment allowed her to hedge her bets. And if Vlad's account of Morrolan's self-described role in Zerika's retrieval of the Orb is true, then Morrolan was even close enough to the Paths to be another possible candidate for getting the Orb back from the Gods if Zerika proved to be the incorrect choice.