From:	VINDICATOR MINIGUN? I DROP PRONE <downsa@******.EDU>
Subject:	Re: sr/ed ties
Date:	Mon, 7 Jul 1997 00:14:13 EST

Aaron once dared to write,
>some evidence to back this idea that blood elf thorns are genetic, jenna
>from tir tairngire, daughter of ol' queen alachia (of bloodwood fame) had a
>painting in her house of her with thorns. apart from that small bit o'
>evidence, this is just a theory.


MC23 wrote:
- No, the picture was of Queen Alachia. And because I don't recall
-anyone ever stating it before, Hasn't anyone ever considered that the
-Ritual of Thorns was undone? There would be no need to prevent any growth
-of thorns then.

if i remember correctly, there's an ed sourcebook for the bloodwood and the
ritual of thorns is theoretically reversible. but alachia, in her pride, won't
reverse it because it will mean that she made a mistake in allowing it to be
cast. the blood wood itself puts forth a reason, somehow the ritual changed
the wood (not just the name change of wyrm to blood) and the wood's pattern.
changing it back would take great amounts of power.

Aaron