Elderling Creations Theory (Spoilers through all the books and Dragon Haven)

['thul]

I haven't read all of the short-stories.. and I've only read the 1st two books in the RWC once, so perhaps I'm missing something. She just doesn't have a child, yet - does it mention she has tried and been unsuccessful?

It does mention that, yes. She has, on several occasions tried, and was actually in the process of another attempt during book one of RWC.

I was always of the belief (and still am) that the humans just didn't know what was happening to their children, so they left them to die unnecessarily. All these "disfigured" children could have been the closest thing to Elderlings for years, yet they were never allowed to live. Eg. Thymara. I wonder if the dragons would be disgusted knowing the humans killed the most dragon-looking children for generations & generations...

They did not know, no. All they did know was that the children were likely to have very short lifespans, possibly dying in infancy. Without a dragon to guide them, higher levels of transformation are deadly.

Over-population is the #1 thing that could sway me. It's that way with most beings in books who either live a very long time or are immortal, isn't it? Very low birth-rate. I can live with that.

To take external example, look in the typical fantasy series with elves. how often do you see elf children?


'thul will await further counter-arguments.