Claire Rojstaczer wrote: > Very probably this has been discussed before and I missed it, but I > happened to be rereading Phoenix and Issola at the same time, and > noticed a little snippit of conversation between Morrolan and Vlad > that I cannot reconcile with Sethra's speech to Vlad at the beginning > of Issola. > > <Phoenix Version> > > How can we mesh this with Sethra's version of events? > > <Issola Version> > > The obvious answer is that Morrolan's mistaken, but can anyone come up > with a cleverer reading? How's this: The servants who caused the explosion had no idea what the exact results of their sabotage were going to be, they just threw a monkey wrench into the works and <BLAMO> there's amorphia everywhere. Some of them manage to survive by adapting themselves, and by exercising control over the Flux and using the free illiaster to change their form--er, I mean, by using Elder Sorcery to manipulate the amorphia to change their physical makeup so they can survive. The Jenoine who *became* gods were nearly overcome by amorphia in the explosion, and only survived by changing their forms. These "reformed Jenoine" may or may not be members of the Lords of Judgment--the change in form had a profound effect on their outlooks--but they are still gods. The other Jenoine who were not present during the explosion and still exist are *not* gods. This interpretation takes a rather liberal use of the word "destroyed" as it applies to the Jenoine who became gods, as they were more properly just "altered". But at a certain point, if your self-identity is wiped out, the "old you" may actually cease to be. (See Obi-Wan Kenobi's comments re:Anakin Skywalker for a similar interpretation) Majikjon -Who just finished re-reading "To Reign in Hell", in case you couldn't tell. :-)