Dragon Keeper discussion (WARNING: CONTAINS UNMARKED SPOILERS)

[nessie]

Ow ow ow... I've discovered Sessurea in the Dragon Keeper's books and who she turns into, and it almost made me cry.
At page 433 of Dragon Haven, Kalo says (and I'm just gonna re-type it here) to the other dragons;

"Kelaro I was, and Sessurea was a companion to me." He looked now at Tarman. "I was the stronger, but sometimes he was the wiser." His gaze moved over the gathered dragons. "If we tear that wisdom to pieces and share it amongst us, will any of us have the whole of it? Will any of us know what Tarman seems to know? Open your mouths and your nostrils, dragons, there is more than one way for a dragon to communicate. Or a serpent."

So I think Sessurea is the coccoon that Leftrin found washed up inbetween the trees and that he cut up to make Tarman's legs and tail. It's so sad, and yet brilliant. My guess is that Robin Hobb did it because now we, too, feel the loss that occurs when a dragon's coccoon is used to make a liveship. The only comfort is, I guess, that Sessurea was dead when Leftrin found him.