From: David Weihe (weihe@danet.com)
Date: Tue 17 Jun 1997 - 22:21:01 EEST
Comrade Trotsky said:
> ...If trollkin litters consisted of identical siblings, then the curse
> could have to set in at or (like armadillos) shortly after conception.
> But I get the impression trollkin litters contain a mixture of male
> and female babies, superior and pathetic in, etc. So, logically, it
> must set in at the moment of ovulation at the very latest
It could also occur when the egg implants into the womb lining. Given
Multiple births usually yield trollkin, Second or Third Age, because
that both the DarkTroll and Trollkin Curses both are supposed to have
affected Korasting, the Mother of Many, internally (first burning her
through with Yelms Light, then the adamantine claws of the WombBiter),
I would think that this is more likely.
there are a limited number of usable sites (for implantation) in the
modern Uzko womb. Either the siblings push each other from the good
sites, or else one (a future Value) gets the best site and they others
must settle for the "stony ground" remaining. Any gynocologists in the
list can expand this diagnosis.
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