[Dragaera] Morrolan's claims to witness Zerika's descent

[Maximilian Wilson]

On 2/13/07, Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net> wrote:
> Or misinformed, stipulated. But we do have confirmation from Teldra (in /Issola/) that
> Morrolan spent most of the Interregnum in the east. How much could he have learned of
> Elder Sorcery prior to Zerika's trip to the falls?

According to Sethra, "As soon as there was a Sea of Amorphia, there
had, sooner or later, to be a Goddess named Verra to codify and define
the Elder Sorcery that could manipulate it." If Verra is heavily
involved with Elder Sorcery, Morrolan might have acquired his interest
in the subject from her (or from his hero-worship of Adron), either
after or during the Interregnum. Thus, Morrolan might have indeed been
present at Zerika's descent from Deathsgate, and known enough of Elder
Sorcery to know that it wouldn't function there.

> > But that theory originated as an attempt to explain Morrolan's
> > statement at the Falls. You can't use the evidence twice in support of
> > the same theory, especially when other theories are also consistent
> > with the evidence.
>
> I'm not using it twice--this is still the original point, reiterated. My point here is that no
> other theory I've seen is really consistent with all the evidence. I tried to think of a
> competing idea, and it has more holes in it than any other I've seen.

I'd love to see the Elder Sorcery idea shot down, but it's consistent
with Vlad's accounts, and Morrolan's statement is inconsistent with
Paarfi's account whether you believe Paarfi's account of Morrolan's
youth or not. (I find it hard to credit it took Morrolan three
generations of Blackchapel inhabitants dying off to realize that he
wasn't an ordinary human. Sounds like dramatic license to me. "How did
he find out?" says Vlad. "It couldn't be concealed forever," says
Teldra.)

There's really no way to know exactly what Morrolan meant without more
data, but the "Tazendra's memories" theory is no better supported than
any of several other theories.

-Max Wilson

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