Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20180327004110/@comment-35118849-20180417142813

Leto, I think it is possible that Alonon means that there is no purpose behind Varia herself being selected to have an unusual fate, not necessarily that there is no purpose behind people being given unusual fates. Maybe someone or something needs people (for whatever reason) to have unusual fates but he/she/it doesn't particularly care who ends up with that special fate. So Varia always asks "Why me?" but it turns out to be that this unknown person or thing doesn't care about her, she was just somewhat randomly selected. Someone or something could have selected her, just not with a purpose (any purpose, good or bad) that may have given some meaning to Varia's suffering. I think it is also possible that what Alonon has interpreted as an unguided wheel of fate may actually have someone steering it that he does not see or understand. We may think Alonon is showing us a bigger picture (and he probably is), but it may be that Alonon's view is itself limited.