On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Davdi Silverrock wrote: > I wonder if perhaps witchcraft can be used to create amorphia? But up > until Vlad, no witch had been knowledgeable of the possibility, and > desperate and stupid enough to try it (and Vlad just didn't realize > that it was witchcraft that he had done). Hm. Probably not, but an > interesting thought. And I think it works better than the idea that > any Easterner can create chaos. Presumably it wouldn't be _any_ E, but those with the right genes/soul/whatever. The Empire might think there's no reason a priori to conclude that the right combo couldn't arise in some Eastern population, in which case it would be a good idea to suppress V and his relatives. Or that some E pop might find some other way of harnessing the power, e.g. witchcraft, in which case it would be a good idea to hunt down everyone V knows. So, sure, why couldn't witchcraft put one on a friendly footing with amorphia? Maybe that's the point of Morollan having training in it.