val Holryn wrote:
My opinion has shifted somewhat based on what Henry has said. It seems you have to be a Paragon of something and I am inferring (correctly or not) that something seems to be a Deity. So I think k you won't find a paragon "of the dwarves" or of the "val Virdan."
Makes me wonder: who is Calemnon the paragon of?
My first suspicion was that Calmemnon is the Paragon of Pride, considering his parentage and his personality. If, alternatively, he is the Paragon of Illiir, might Elandré be also a Paragon of Illiir? That could make an interesting war.
(The father of Calmemnon was apparently Emperor Calsestus val'Assanté while strongly under the influence of the Pride of Illiir, but his true father could have been Prince Avinash of Maa’keesh while in disguise as Calsestus or could even have been the Pride of Illiir himself. Elandré val'Assanté was possessed by the Word of Illiir for a while, which clearly permanently affected her.)