[Dragaera] [Orca spoiler] A Devera thread, please?

[Davdi Silverrock]

On 10/22/06, Jon Lincicum wrote:
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> >> On 10/22/06, healing line wrote:
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> >>> Please discuss and dismiss this conclusion which
> >>> has overtaken my mentations regarding this elusive character:
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> >>>   Devera, if she ever is actually born, is meant for a love interest of Vlad Norathar.
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> >>>   And her father is Mario.

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> > Devera is a full-blooded Dragon, the daughter of Aliera e'Kieron and
> > Kieron the Conqueror.
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> Well, I agree this is likely correct, but this has not actually yet been
> stated anywhere "officially" in the texts.

I think that Steve stating so externally at least twice, and possibly
more times, means that it is settled at least in his own mind, which I
think is as settled as it's ever going to be.

> > While Aliera is extremely arrogant, she's not going to give birth to a
> > Dragon-Jhereg crossbreed if she possibly can help it.  Since she's an
> > extremely competent sorceress, she can help it.  QED.
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> Seems unlikely. If she hasn't run into problems of this kind with Mario,
> it's likely she knows how to stop it from becoming a problem.
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> At the same time, note that Steve's hint about Kieron being the father
> has the conception taking place in the Paths of the Dead--where sorcery
> is not operative. The "She can help it" argument looses some of its
> potency if sorcery is not available to her.

Spelling peeve: One "o" in "loses".

And when Aliera goes to Kieron, I suspect that becoming pregnant is
actually her goal rather than the opposite.