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

[Valarya]

I dont believe elderling can't have baby's. In SoD Tintaglia says "Reyn, if you find a mate, and if you can father children, you will get the next generation of Elderlings" Dragon have long memories, so she wouldn't say that if elderling can't get baby's.

I most certainly agree Elderlings can have babies. I don't think that point was ever contested. But I suspect Tintaglia assumed she'd be around helping with the new dragons and whatnot. It's a good quote to bring to mind, though.

I don't know if you've clicked on the CoD spoilers 'thul and I were throwing around, but there's some interesting points in there, too.

The traders in Bingtown and the Rain Wilds do have trouble having children. But my personal opinion is more that this is because of the toxic water and other living conditions they live in. And ofcourse they abandom baby's if they don't look human enough and call it a miscarriage. This doesn't mean the baby is actually stilborn

Again, if you looked at the spoilers in the last two posts you'll see I completely disagree with this. I think every one born "heavily touched by the Rain Wilds" are part-Elderling... changed to partial not-human by close proximity to so much dragon magic.