> >Unless the e'Kieron forebears only bred with their brothers > and sisters, > >it seems unlikely that the e'Kieron line would be the only > ones with the > >genes, if you assume several generations between Kieron and lab. > > > If that power was passed to Vlad, then an analysis based > solely on how > genetic traits are passed doesn't work. Precisely. The amorphia summoning/creation/conversion ability is attached to Vlad's soul, not to his physical genetic pattern. It's part of his "mystical genetic pattern". The mixing of the physical genetic patterns between lines is irrelevant. We don't really know how much of Aliera's "genetics" involves the genetic pattern of the body and how much of it involves the genetic pattern of the soul. As for the question of Easterners being "special", I think the original position being taken was that the Eastherners must somehow be "more special" than the Dragaerans. Hence the speculation that all Easterners could summon amorphia and they just weren't aware of it. The textev at this point in the cycle doesn't support that conclusion. Rather, it supports the conclusion that the amorphia-summoning ability requires one to have a Dragaeran soul; perhaps even an "old soul" from a particular generation of souls. Sure, Terrans were "special" to the extent that the Jenoine could experiment with them and "genaform" them where they couldn't/wouldn't do it to themselves. Heck, maybe Jenoine don't have souls, at least not as we would understand the concept.