Devera: IIRC, Verra says she's a tool conceived for a purpose - I forget if she explicitly says it's to break the Cycle, or if she less specifically says it's to undo the Jenoine's interference. She was conceived out of space/time (in the Halls of Judgment, right?) by Kieron (a spirit) and Aliera, and my guess is she was/will be born there too.
(Incidentally, it took me forever to realize that she calls Vlad uncle not as a courtesy title because he's friends with her mother, but because he is literally her uncle twice over. He's the reincarnation of Dolivar, who was her father Kieron's brother. And Dolivar's sister reincarnated as Aliera. So he's her uncle on both sides through reincarnation.)
I think Devera's ability to not be bound by space and, especially, time has key to her purpose. So I'm guessing, given the sheer complexity of these books and their tendency to also jump around in time, that the Grand Scheme will likely involve Devera doing something simultaneously 1) at the time of the Jenoine's experiment, 2) Adron's Disaster, 3) the present.
And who was/is also present and important at the time of Adron's Disaster and the present? Aliera, Morrolan, and Sethra!
Do we know if Dolivar or one of his incarnations was also present? Vlad, like Devera, has been manipulated by Verra for ages, presumably to the same purpose, so he'd have to also be around then.
And then we have Cawti, who wants something that can only happen if the Cycle breaks, which is to have a successful revolution when it's not time for it.
So it seems like our main cast - Vlad, Cawti, Aliera, Morrolan, Sethra, plus Devera - are perfectly aligned to break the Cycle. That has to be where the series is going. And it was all set up from Book 1, in which Adron's Disaster and Vlad being Dolivar's reincarnation was key.
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(Incidentally, it took me forever to realize that she calls Vlad uncle not as a courtesy title because he's friends with her mother, but because he is literally her uncle twice over. He's the reincarnation of Dolivar, who was her father Kieron's brother. And Dolivar's sister reincarnated as Aliera. So he's her uncle on both sides through reincarnation.)
I think Devera's ability to not be bound by space and, especially, time has key to her purpose. So I'm guessing, given the sheer complexity of these books and their tendency to also jump around in time, that the Grand Scheme will likely involve Devera doing something simultaneously 1) at the time of the Jenoine's experiment, 2) Adron's Disaster, 3) the present.
And who was/is also present and important at the time of Adron's Disaster and the present? Aliera, Morrolan, and Sethra!
Do we know if Dolivar or one of his incarnations was also present? Vlad, like Devera, has been manipulated by Verra for ages, presumably to the same purpose, so he'd have to also be around then.
And then we have Cawti, who wants something that can only happen if the Cycle breaks, which is to have a successful revolution when it's not time for it.
So it seems like our main cast - Vlad, Cawti, Aliera, Morrolan, Sethra, plus Devera - are perfectly aligned to break the Cycle. That has to be where the series is going. And it was all set up from Book 1, in which Adron's Disaster and Vlad being Dolivar's reincarnation was key.