[Dragaera] Verra and the Paths of the Dead

[andy]

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From: Jot Powers <books at bofh.com>
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> Probably spoils:  Orca, Dzur and Jhergh
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> On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 06:21:54PM +0000, Jon Lincicum wrote:
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> > From: "Scott Schultz" <scott at cjhunter.com>
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> > > It also seems, given Sethra's narrative about the vial of blood, that
Verra 
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> Is the blood really Verra's?  
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> Here is what we know:
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> Kiera gave a vial of blood to Vlad
> Sethra is Kiera
> Sethra reports to get blood from Verra
> Verra took blood from Vlad and wiped his memory of it
> Time does funny stuff in the PotD
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> So, did Vlad in fact simply put his blood into Morollan?  Is Vlad's blood
> special because he is related to a god, or is it just because he is
> an easterner?  Are these items actually completely unrelated?

>Since /Dzur/, I've been wondering exactly the same thing. 

>The clue that Verra took blood from Vlad in the Paths leads me to think
>that the blood in the vial is, in fact, Vlad's own. 


May I point a matter of belief?  Morollan and company believe that being a
god is a skillset basically, as has been pointed out.  Easterners believe it
is something inherent... supposing that the belief of an easterner was
necessary to make the blood of a god 'magical', maybe verra's blood had to
pass through vlad to use in morollan?  Without that eastern flavor of
belief... pararectal, I know.

andy