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

[Steve Rapaport]

Blood matters for all those things and more, especially where Verra is
concerned.  See
http://dragaera.wikia.com/wiki/Speculation:Verra#Blood

Hmmm...

2008/10/20 Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>

>
>
> 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.
>
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\Steve