{"id":10218,"date":"2018-08-24T12:03:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T12:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonathanmoeller.com\/writer\/?p=10218"},"modified":"2018-08-24T12:03:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T12:03:56","slug":"reader-question-third-vs-mara-vs-selene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonathanmoeller.com\/writer\/?p=10218","title":{"rendered":"Reader Question: Third vs Mara vs Selene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A reader writes with a question about what happened in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2MrhExD\">SEVENFOLD SWORD: SORCERESS<\/a>. Naturally, if you haven&#8217;t read SEVENFOLD SWORD: SORCERESS and wish to avoid <em><strong>!!!SPOILERS!!!<\/strong><\/em>, you should stop reading this post right now.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>All right, the question: the reader wanted to know why Mara and Third developed teleportation powers after their transformation, but Selene developed powers of illusion.<\/p>\n<p>That is a good question! The answer is because the process involves 1.) a measure of random chance, 2.) the powers of the dark elven lord who fathered the urdhracos, and 3.) the personality of the urdhracos in question.<\/p>\n<p>Third and Mara were both fathered by the Traveler. But Selene&#8217;s father was the Confessor, who has a different set of abilities and skills. (He&#8217;s also much closer to sane than the Traveler ever got, and considerably smarter.) So any of the Confessor&#8217;s children would have different aptitudes and strengths than the Traveler&#8217;s offspring. Also, the Confessor had the Sword of Water, which is one of the reasons that Selene can still cast spells and Third can&#8217;t (Mara never could). Random chance comes into play with it as well, which is why Mara has the Sight and Third and Selene do not.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the individual mind of the urdhracos in question influences the transformation. Third is naturally more taciturn and grim, while Selene&#8217;s Extrovert Dial is turned all the way up to 11. So Third&#8217;s power manifested in a way in keeping with her personality, and so did Selene&#8217;s. Selene is fairly gregarious, and it&#8217;s even easier to be gregarious when you can make yourself look like anyone.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have more with both Third &amp; Selene in SEVENFOLD SWORD: SERPENT in September!<\/p>\n<p>-JM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reader writes with a question about what happened in SEVENFOLD SWORD: SORCERESS. 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