[Dragaera] Vlad's Destiny (Was: Re: Lavode - possible spoilers (Dzur))

[andy]

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> On Mar 15, 2010, at 3:07 PM, andy wrote:
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>>> Yes, I was thinking of that story when I phrased my statement.   Don't 
>>> gods seem to be limited by their natures more so than people in most 
>>> literature?
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>> a note-- there is NOTHING that would prevent Sethra from co-opting Vlad 
>> and using him for her own designs, regardless of what Verra wants/doesn't 
>> want. She did shunt aside godhood in return for a greater freedom to act, 
>> and some of those interests would be of necessity opposing of what the 
>> gods do/don't do.  Verra has already shown that she's fallible and can be 
>> surprised, more than once.  It is entirely possible that Verra and Sethra 
>> could be working at cross purposes at some time.   Verra may have grand 
>> designs upon her little easterner that Sethra is tweaking to fit her own 
>> needs.
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> Good point.   It all depends on how Steve decides to play destiny.   I 
> suspect that the higher the being, the more destiny controls them.

and there's that pesky wheel thing, along with some sense of duty to 
whatever your nature is supposed to be, along with an outside race that 
would love to enslave everyone :D.... the more you know, the more you feel 
obligated to do, or even the more your reactions may be dictated.  I could 
easily see a being like verra deliberately limiting what she knows, so she 
has more freedom to act, or at least to allow herself the illusion of 
freedom.