On 11/14/05, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote: > > > On 11/8/05, Bryan Newell <bryann at bryann.net> wrote: > > > Be warned there be Spoilers ahead for the following books: > > > > > > Sethra Lavode > > > Brokedown Palace > > > Issola > > *applause* > > > > > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * spoiler space * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > * > > > > > > > > > > > 2. Verra is slain (or, perhaps more accurately, "banished" from the > > > East) in Brokedown Palace. Why can she still manifest in > > the Empire (see Issola)? > > > Is the Empire a different "plane of existence" than the East? > > > Tri'nagore is also slain in the East, and yet there seems > > to be little > > > doubt that he is banished from the Empire as well as the > > East. Does > > > this imply that Dzur Mountain and the Lesser Sea of Chaos (the two > > > places Verra manifests in > > > Issola) are on different planes of existence than the rest of the > > > world of Dragaera? > > > > > > >> I don't think that it would make sense to conclude that > >> different locations, which we know can be reached by simple > >> physical motion on the surface of the planet, are on > >> different planes of existence. > > > >I'm not disagreeing with you at all, but to clarify my original question: > >what I was halfway thinking about possibly hinting at was that, perhaps, > the > >Sea of Chaos (both of them?) and Dzur Mountain essentially "straddle" > >multiple planes, and so Verra can manifest there. > > Or perhaps the presence of all that raw Amorphia right nearby causes a > weakness in whatever it is that keeps her from appearing on Dragaera? > > I just keep thinking about the beginning of "Phoenix", where Verra has to > influence Vlad to call her name, then BRINGS HIM to her halls, rather than > simply appearing in Adrilankha. <snip> I just got around to re-reading Phoenix, and got to the part where Vlad says that Verra can't even speak to mortals unless they call on her. "According to my sources" or something like that. Could this be a consequence of the banishing? Triquishargiface (books are on loan; too lazy to look up the real spelling) doesn't seem to have much trouble appearing to Morrolan when he, ah, desecrates that altar in Viscount. Or maybe that counts as "calling on" a god... Honestly I wouldn't expect gods to obey understandable rules, if only 'cause I'm rather the supersitious Easterner sometimes... sara.h ------------------------------------ No animals were harmed in the making of this email. This email is 100% biodegradable and pesticide-free. ------------------------------------ Slowsilver: A site for gamers http://slowsilver.darja.net/ We're so fast, we move backwards! ------------------------------------