[Dragaera] Athyra question

[Eugene Zaretskiy via Dragaera]

I actually wrote a whole paragraph about her appearance in Tiassa but
realized it's been too long since I read it so I've forgotten whether she
was more than a narrative convenience in that book. The blurb makes
Vallista sound like the same thing, to be honest. I do get a thrill from
her appearances, though! I don't think "just a cameo" or "narrative
convenience" is a slight! The books are all about that sort of thing, which
is half the fun.

On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 1:45 PM Gibbons, Mark <Mark.Gibbons at nordstrom.com>
wrote:

> A Devera reference and “just” in the same sentence.  How could you sir?
>
> Anyway the early blurb for Vallista from Amazon.com may remove that
> horrendous “just a cameo character”.  “Now Devera has appeared again―to
> lead Vlad into a mysterious, seemingly empty manor overlooking the Great
> Sea.”  I thought she was fairly active in Tiassa BTW.
>
> Cheers,
>   Mark
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9/2/17, 12:17 PM, "Dragaera on behalf of Eugene Zaretskiy via Dragaera"
> <dragaera-bounces at lists.dragaera.info on behalf of
> dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> wrote:
>
>     For some reason, I'm not sure there *is* an endgame for Devera. I've
> always
>     seen her appearances as a author flourish/signature. She's in a few of
>     Steven's books that have nothing to do with Dragaera. She's been used
> as a
>     story-telling device for bringing the story to different times and
> places.
>     But considering her lack of interaction with Vlad, as opposed to her
>     grandmother for example, makes me feel she's just a cameo character.
>
>     On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 9:11 AM Scott Courtney via Dragaera <
>     dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> wrote:
>
>     > I look forward to Steve's reveali of Devera's endgame.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7.
>     >
>     >
>     > -------- Original message --------
>     > From: walker via Dragaera <dragaera at lists.dragaera.info>
>     > Date: 9/2/17 8:17 AM (GMT-08:00)
>     > To:
>     > Cc: dragaera at lists.dragaera.info
>     > Subject: Re: [Dragaera] Athyra question
>     >
>     > Anything mysterious with a young girl's laugh? Gotta be Devera,
> right?
>     >
>     > On Sep 2, 2017 8:10 AM, "Steve Rapaport via Dragaera" <
>     > dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> wrote:
>     >
>     > > Savn has, about halfway through, this dreamlike experience where
> he is
>     > > flying, and then a voice speaks to him. Part of it goes like this:
>     > >
>     > > “Are you G’mon, the Lord of Dreams?”
>     > > The answer was accompanied by a laugh that reminded him of
> Polyi’s. “No.”
>     > > “Then who are you?”
>     > > “It does not matter.”
>     > >
>     > > Below him, around him, there were points of light. He knew without
> trying
>     > > that he could focus on any of them, and learn of it, and it would
> be as
>     > > important as he chose to make it. How, then, to choose among them?
> “What
>     > > does matter?” he said.
>     > > “You matter, and he matters.”
>     > > “He? Vlad?”
>     > > “Yes.”
>     > > “I need his help.”
>     > > “Yes, you do. But he needs you more than you need him, you know."
>     > >
>     > > Fellow Dragaerans, who was speaking to Savn?
>     > > --
>     > > \Steve
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