It is an Aldryami mother. Believe me, I've just written the Pavis Book and have worked with Greg considerably on this issue.
> >and not a nymph like Nemolayope. Pavis's heritage was indicative of the sort of strange magical experimentation that took place during the rule of Third Council.
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> Actually, it was a continuation of similar magical births as practiced in the Second Council. One of the Dorastans was the son of a human and a Gold Wheel Dancer.
Different thing altogether. First Council had these sorts of magical births because of their closeness to the divine. By the Third Council, magical births like Pavis were the result of magical experimentation to try to recreate what was lost. Very different motivation, very different process, and very different result.
> > His birth was miraculous and heralded a return to the unity that had once existed amongst all mortal races. It was fervently hoped that Pavis would become the sire of the Original Man, a being that unite all mortals.
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> What the heck did a family like this do in a backwater place like Adari, then? Were they on the lookout for suitable uz to mate into the lineage? Or did the aldryami parent come out of the Redwood of Dagori Inkarth?
Adari was well-suited for interaction between various Elder Races. And was quite different in the Second Age than in the Third.
Jeff
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