[Dragaera] Blood of the Horse^H witch, goddess, etc.

[Philip Hart]

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008, Jerry Friedman wrote:

> --- On Thu, 10/16/08, Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> We've also seen blood used in witchcraft.  I can't
> remember when, but he cuts his palm and says Noish-pa
> told him never to kill anyone to get blood for that
> purpose; another time Morrolan asks him whose blood
> to use for some kind of spell.

Noish-pa casts a spell in, uhh, _Phoenix_ or maybe _Teckla_
using blood.  Maybe Verra cares about it, or maybe blood is
easier to sacrifice for a spell than a gram of flesh, or maybe
there's something significant about blood.


> I hadn't connected those with vampires' (if they exist)
> need for blood.  But I don't see the importance to the
> plot.  As far as the plot of /Taltos/ is concerned, the
> vial of blood is simply what Vlad needs to get hold of,
> and blood is a colorful and convincing choice.  Further
> connections might be fun, but I don't feel a need for
> them.

I'm not saying continuity is the be-all and end-all, but
we've seen quite a few references to blood, and if there are
in fact vampires maybe the whole thing ties together somehow.
It matters for spells, it matters for contacting Verra,
it matters for leaving the Halls - maybe it matters for
Sethra.  If those are four separate issues, then fine -
a bit odd, but whatever.  Still, might as well look.