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This question has been bugging me for a while now: what happened to Lorana? It's obvious that she died (as seen in the beginning of Dragon's Time) but how? Was it from childbirth, or something more?
I know a lot of you on this forum don't seem to like Lorana as a character, but I never found her to be annoying or mary-sue-like. Usually I like to give characters (and people) the benefit of the doubt and I like to think about a story's positive points and less on the negative (mainly when I really like a story). So Lorana has never felt like such a horrible character to me. And I'm a bit intrigued about her now mainly because of her ambiguous fate. It is ever clearly stated how she dies? |
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I don't much care for Todd's works, so I hoped someone more knowledgeable would answer this one.
Lorana is alive and well at the end of Skydragons, which I believe is the last in the series. She was working as a dragonhealer in Dragonsblood, so I assume that would be her focus in the future. |
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I know she's alive at the end of Sky Dragons (I've read all the Third Pass books
![]() I like Todd's work, I admit it. ![]() And, there's a certain charm to these books--I can't help but like them. ![]() But back to Lorana and her death... I have two theories about how she could have died. One is that she died in childbirth (most likely I suppose). The second is that she sacrificed herself to save Pern (possibly while battling Thread). The second theory is made possible in my eyes because of Lorana's appearing to Fiona (with a scar on her cheek--left by Thread I think) and wanting to draw her. From what I recall she was really sad and crying (I think), and it really seemed like she was preparing to die and was saying her farewells. Overall I'm just so intrigued over this mystery and I'd really like to know how Lorana died. I think it's kinda sad that Lorana potentially died young after all she'd lost in her life. |
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You could always mail Todd at Todd McCaffrey, 632 Shadybrook Ln, Unit 205, Corona, CA 92879.
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In one of the later books, maybe DragonsTime, Lorana was pregnant, and knew she had to time it somewhere to make sure things worked out right. She was sad because she knew she'd probably lose the baby. Then when she reached her destination she did lose the baby, and the weyrfolk were very offhand with her and sent her away as soon as possible to do whatever she had to do next.
If she was sad, I'm sure it was about losing the baby. |
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It sounds like she never met Tullea not being 'time muddled'
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