John Salerno wrote:
> 1. The baby is born with golden eyes, apparently to make a connection
> with Raistlin. But did Raistlin have golden eyes, or just golden skin?
> And at any rate, these things were a result of the Test, not genetic, so
> why would that get passed on to a child? (I understand this is just
> supposed to be a "legend", and maybe I'm just being too analytical about
> it anyway.)
I suppose, in a world where magic is the underlying law and not science,
genetics wouldn't be applicable. And, yes, it is in fact an example of a
LEGEND within Dragonlance (and so has elements of truth and of untruth).
> 2. More im****tantly is this question: At the end of the story it is
> mentioned that ogres were the most beautiful race until they were
> seduced by evil and became the monsters we know them as now. But in the
> story before (Wanna Bet?) Palin tells the story of the creation of the
> original three races, and in the story he says that ogres were
> originally created as slaves to evil.
>
> So which is the true lore? Were ogres beautiful first or were they
> always the brutes that they are?
And here is an example of MYTHOLOGY within Dragonlance. Some versions of
the myth are more true than others. It's pretty commonly accepted, though,
that the ogres were Takhisis's particular version of mortal spirits, and
were thus made both beautiful and to be slaves to evil. Eventually, their
evil caused their downfall from beauty and intelligence. Regards.
--Michael Falconer
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