Board Thread:Deltora Quest Community/@comment-10087329-20130527094453/@comment-71.136.33.132-20170205041730

Yeah, it was mentioned in the book.

As for what exactly Reeah was, I think it may be a former inhabitant of ancient Pirra.

I mean, there are talking animals everywhere in Deltora, so why not the argueably even more magical Pirra?

My thought is that when the Shadow Lord took over, he saw there was a species of very intelligent and long-lived servants, and thought "that would make a great minion, if only it were bigger". In my mind, the telepathy was more the Opal's work than the snake, but the reason why it's telepathy was so powerful was because the snake's mind was that strong in the first place and so was able to use the Opal more effectively than a human.