[Dragaera] Verra speculation-Dzur spoilers

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Morrolan
Aerich
Khaavren
Daymar
Tazendra
Teldra
Garland
Carver
Kragar
Belly
Deppian
Pel
Vonnith
Paresh
Eaner
Loraan




"Scott Schultz" <scott at cjhunter.com> 
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>>Teldra was not Morrolan's high priestess, that I remember. 
>>I forget her name, but she was an Easterner.
>
>In _Issola_, Teldra, attempting to explain her position to Vlad in terms
>that an Easterner would understand, described herself as Morollan's high
>priestess. 
>
>If this seems like a contradiction with Paarfi, then you can consider a
>couple of things:
>
>1) Morollan's coven has never been mentioned in the Vladiad. We only have
>Paarfi's word that they exist. As far as we know from Vlad's story, it's
>sorcery that keeps Castle Black afloat. That's not to say that Paarfi's
>wrong, just that there's no independent corroboration as there has been 
with
>some other bits of the Paarfiad.

I beg to differ. /Issola/ mentions it a couple of times, and I believe 
Vlad comments on its existence in /Jhereg/ as well.

<snippage>

>Umm, whats-her-name, the Eastern priestess who uses Morollan to found a

Arra.

>coven of witches, IS a priestess fully in the sense that Vlad understands
>the word, but she is strictly involved with the coven itself and its 
needs.
>As a Dragaeran noble, Morollan has a rather different relationship to 
Verra
>than he had when he was an "exceptionally tall Easterner), so it's
>conceivable that he would actually need two "priestesses"; one for each 
of
>Verra's Dragaera/Eastern aspects. Certainly, Verra doesn't seem to evince
>any opinions about how many priestesses Morollan cares to keep.

We also learn a woman named "Surril" has apparently taken over Arra's 
duties by the time of /Issola/.

However, this seems to be clearly defined as a different function from 
what Teldra did. 

Majikjon