At 11:23 AM 2/3/2006, Maximilian Wilson wrote: >On 2/3/06, Joy Jennifer Nicholson <jjnichol at mit.edu> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Joy Jennifer Nicholson wrote: > > > > Why wouldn't Aliera's [blood] do? or Vlad's, for that matter? > > > > > > Re the former, handwave. Re the latter, Vlad's not a god or > > > descended from one, as far as we know. > > > > Vlad's not a god, but it was implied that it was because of his blood > > that he could leave. So if Morrollan suddenly became part Easterner... > > > >My impression is that the Lords of Judgment had something along the lines of >this enchantment in place: "no human blood may leave the Halls of Judgment." >This ensures that undead (very pale, remember) can leave, and so can >Morrolan's corpse. Vlad gets away through the same loophole that got him >into Loraan's fortress. As I remember, Dragaerans consider themselves "human", but not Easterners (Easterners, of course, reciprocate the thought). Ergo, Vlad is not human, thus may leave the Halls. >Cons of this theory: one little vial of Verra's blood isn't going to be >enough to keep Morrolan alive, having lost his own. >Pros: surely you're not suggesting that Loiosh is a god? Loiosh is definitely not human (by anyone's definition) of course. -- Regards, Pete pgranzeau at cox.net