"Casey Rousseau" <casey at the-bat.net> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 03/14/06 12:28 PM To <dragaera at dragaera.info> cc Subject RE: Speculation on identity >I wrote, in reply to speculation on Zerika being Sethra-in-disguise: >> This would be disputed by the authorial comment found at: >> http://dragaera.info/mailinglists/archive.cgi?1:mss:4341 >> >> In which Steve wrote: >>> Er, what are you talking about? No character in the >>> Vlad novels is secretly another character in the Vlad >>> novels, at least that I know of. > >Yes. The quoted bit from Steve was in Dec 2002, in a discussion about >Zerika's name bit in the opening chapters of _Viscount_, well after >the publication of _Orca_. It refers to comments made previously by >Steve saying something to the effect of "No one _else_ is anyone else" >in response to incessant speculation on various characters being >secretly Mario. In point of fact at the time he wrote the statement, >the formerly secret masquerade had already been revealed. It's also worth noting that skzb left himself the loophole here of "at least that I know of..." Meaning, he may "learn" later on that Vlad is secretly Kragar, Aliera is secretly Cawti, or Loiosh is secretly Verra. Depending on what's coolest, of course. Majikjon