Single birth embryos emplant in a randomly selected section of the lining. Some of these find good sites and become Uzko, some find marginal sites and become Value Enlo, and some find poor sites and become miscarriages within a short time, and are not noticed or counted,just as the Uzhim don't count their trollkin births because the weaklings are immediately eaten. (see Andrew Joelson's discussion with GS, reported a couple digests back)
My question is with how Naxili Garang caused multiple births of trollkin rather than single births.
> Daniel McCluskey's theory about Black Eater invading the womb is a fine
> theory for those who want it all to sound mythic rather than RW biological.
> Makes sense of the idea of needing purification after a trollkin birth, too.
> Even if it's not literally true, it may well be what the XU midwives believe
> - - which is really all that matters in-game.
The Black Eater theory is the one claimed by Nysalorian apologists (who say Kyger Litor summoned him, and then he got away from her control and turned on Korasting) such as the Lunars. No serious student of Uz would ever give it credence (especially where they could hear you)!
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