"Yes. Several years ago the lawyer defended a necromancer in a court in his native city — and he won the trial

"Yes. Several years ago the lawyer defended a necromancer in a court in his native city — and he won the trial. Since then all Tedrim's attempts to conceive a child were doomed to fail — Pharasma didn't want to prolong the bloodline of a man who protected those who raise the dead. Una has more brains than her spineless mate, so she'd sought the support of Lamashtu. The child, of course, will bear the mark of goddess. but Tedrim's don't have much choice — Pharasma's memory is long."