[Dragaera] Dragaera Digest, Vol 60, Issue 6

[Jonathan Carey]

tri'nagore.  That's the name.  Actually,  I just had a thought;
perhaps when Verra's gone, Bolk will regain the ascendancy.  Correct
me if I'm wrong, but I was left with the definite impression that Bolk
represented an older magic? than Verra.  Perhaps Dragaera's indigenous
magic.  With Verra dead, that might mean that Bolk comes to the front
until such time as Verra, which is to say, Magic itself, is born
again---I wonder--is that the rebirth of the Cycle in some way, or
perhaps the rebirth of House Phoenix? etc etc

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> Out of my ramblings regarding Sethra, I had the idea that we could
> spend a bit of time to think about the consequences and resulting
> effects of Verra being destroyed by Godslayer.  In order to do that, I
> think we need to determine at least 2 things:
>
> What is the mechanism by which, and the extent to which, she is destroyed;
> What Verra personifies.
> (As an aside, should we investigate how her sisters interact with her
> and how they might react/behave in her absence?)
> (Another question of lesser importance is who decides "how much" to
> kill her? Vlad, the wielder, or Teldra, the weapon?  These could be
> importance because of the question of what might motivate them to make
> that decision as well as their actual ability to carry out the
> objective in a certain manner) I would expect that, since they are
> inextricably bound together, that they would both have impact on the
> unfolding of events.)
>
> To "answer" the first, I think it's clear that Verra's death means at
> least the inability to manifest on one or many planes connected in
> some way to Dragaera; but I do not believe it is reasonable to assume
> that this means that Verra will be totally destroyed.  She does after
> all represent capriciousness, and that never goes out of fashion.  It
> has already been shown that one can be banished from only a certain
> part of a world without being banished from the whole world entirely.
> Therefore any such destruction would probably result in her being
> banished from somewhere Dragaera-related and not from Planet X
> somewhere in the galaxy.
>
> So let's take a look at the various locales:  Dragaera, the empire.
> The Paths of the Dead.  The Halls of Judgement.  The Consortium of the
> Gods.  The inner-space that seems to exist between the worlds, where
> Devera likes to spend so much of her time.  The Halls of each
> individual God, though obviously most specifically Verra's own Halls.
> Then there's Jenoineburg.
>
> If she is banished from Dragaera, I don't think it's unreasonable to
> see a second "interregnum" of a more or less permanent (and more
> extreme, ie, no more Elder Sorcery even) nature since she is after all
> the over-arching Goddess responsible for magic as a whole (her two
> sisters being responsible for Sorcery and Witchcraft).
>
> If banished from the Paths of the Dead, or in fact anywhere
> God-related (save her own halls, which have different implications) I
> would suggest it's because her Godhood's been destroyed or hindered
> from manifesting in this plane; ie, she may be a God somewhere, but on
> Dragaera, she's just a multi-jointed freak :)  Ie, the Superman +
> Kryptonite condition.  Kinda.  This option doesn't preclude the
> aforementioned loss of sorcery in Dragaera.  Again, she embodies the
> concept, so regardless of whether or not she's still able to appear on
> Dragaera, Sorcery might yet become impaired/non-existent.
>
> The inner-space:  I would suggest this is the most critical and also
> the most likely setting where such a thing as the destruction of a God
> might take place. What it might imply could be anyone's guess.  The
> inability to exercise or execute the majority, if not all, of her
> Godly powers/duties. For example, her "experiment" with Devera in
> _Tiassa_ which involved circular reasoning to say the least; but she
> made it work through Godhood I presume would likely have involved the
> in-between worlds.  The same place where it seems Aliera went to have
> Devera conceived.   Worlds of possibility more than actuality, in
> other words.
>
> Her own Halls:  If she is destroyed in her own halls, all bets are
> off.  Her halls might be her metaphysical representation of her
> potency and hence her very life-essence; or they may just be a
> "house", and she can set up shop in a new one the very next day.
>
> It's probably pointless to speculate about Jenoineburg since there's
> no reason to believe that that would be the realm where she is
> prevented from manifesting, though it is a possibility.
>
> Which leaves the option that she follow the way of that god in that
> Morrolan killed in _tVofA_ series.
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