At 01:19 PM 6/13/2006, Howard Brazee wrote: >On 10:27 AM Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: >> Not one of these people has really been "allowed" to leave by the >> gods. >> Each one of them had a reason why the Paths could not hold them in. >> I contend that no intervention by the gods was made to "allow" them >> out in any of these cases. > >So you think that vial of blood was taken without the gods' approval? Which raises the question: How? >If the gods can say that Vlad can leave only once, we have to wonder >what will stop him from leaving a second time - unless the gods >"allowed" him to leave the first time. > >>The only one of these that had full Dragaeran blood when she left >>was Zerika, and she had the Orb (and through it, all the power of >>the Greater Sea of Chaos) helping her. If this does not actually >>make her a goddess, it comes as close as a normal mortal can, methinks. >Which even supports the gods allowed her to leave. > >The only part of this argument that I don't get is why there is one >category for all these different reasons, and another category for >Sethra. As far as I know, Sethra is also unique. We know that much! -- Regards, Pete pgranzeau at cox.net