Dragaera

Yuck

Maximilian Wilson wilson.max at gmail.com
Thu Jun 1 15:20:46 PDT 2006

[Greater Orca spoiler]
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Vlad says she "only picked at her food." IIRC, that was one of the things
that gave her away.

-Max

On 6/1/06, Peter H. Granzeau <pgranzeau at cox.net> wrote:
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> At 02:33 PM 6/1/2006, J C wrote:
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> >I suddenly had an idea and I didn't like it, so though it pains me
> >to do so, I will post it to the forum so that Steve does not write
> >it, as that seems to be the general (possibly bendy) rule.
> >
> >It entered my mind that long-lived as witches may be, and as
> >seemingly invulnerable as Vlad appears to be now as well,
> >nevertheless, Steve has written himself out of a story unless he can
> >quickly convince us that both of these facts are shown to be "lower
> >point" talents than they appear to be at first blush.
> >
> >However, it also occurs to me that Sethra is a vampire, so in the
> >hopes of heading off a campy out to these problems, I post the
> >following thought:
> >Can Sethra make other vampires?  Can she make a vampire out of, say,
> >the wielder of a Great Weapon?
> >
> >The only possible benefit of this plot development is the funny
> >points one gets for having a vampire named Vlad whose last name is
> >Taltos, and who has absolutely nothing to do with the Tepes(ian?) line.
>
> If Sethra is a vampire, she's not one in the classical Bram Stoker
> sense.  She appears to be a unique individual, and her age as given
> is so great as to transcend humanity from either Eastern or Dragaeran
> view.  There's no evidence of her preying on others for her
> sustenance (and being undead, one wonders what her actual needs are,
> anyway?), either, just the mention that she normally doesn't
> eat.  One wonders about [greater spoiler], however.
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> --
> Regards, Pete
> pgranzeau at cox.net
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