> The stories about the births of Obduran the Flier and Orlaront
> Dragonspeaker are almost identical in that a midwife recognizes that the
> newborn infant is left-handed, and orders it killed.
>
note, first, what these two men have in common: draconic connections
> This is the only recorded case of infanticide among Orlanthi,
draconic orlanthi
although I suspect that physical defects would be treated similarly.
>
why?
>
> This appears to be an Ernaldan trauma that existed even before the EWF.
I see no reason to assume that
> What is the deal?
>
I suggest that it has more to do with dragons than not
remember dragonewts are all left handed
where are the right-handers?
as for learning this upon birth--perhaps it is not literal left-handedness,
but the draconic taint that is detected
they were spared, and look at what they became
--
Greg Stafford
Game Designer
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