[Dragaera] (no spoilers) The 17 [Great Weapons]

[tom sausman]

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>Saying that 17 means nothing to the Serioli, just because they're not 
>"Dragaerans" is ludicrous. They're the only true natives on the planet
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      I thought that the Jenoine tested on the natives ( Easterners ) as 
a control, and thus created the Dragaerans and the Serioli .

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>17 is not only the mystical number of Dragaerans, it's the mystical number 
>of the cycle itself, which has (apparently) existed since long before the 
>creation of Dragaera (the planet itself)
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                But weren't there only 16 houses/ tribes before the 
Empire, so the Cycle has to be new, in a fashion.

       


Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote:

>Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> 
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>>On 7:42 AM Gaertk at aol.com wrote:
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>>> Vlad (who, of course, is never wrong about anything) said "legend
>>> says 17". Since their creators don't have any reason to find the
>>> number 17 special, I'd say the actual chances of there being exactly
>>> 17 at any time are practically nil. I also believe there are at
>>> least a couple Great Non-Weapons.
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>Heh. Referring here to the Orb, perhaps?
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>>He's not the only one to refer to "The 17", meaning Great Weapons.
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>17 is not only the mystical number of Dragaerans, it's the mystical number 
>of the cycle itself, which has (apparently) existed since long before the 
>creation of Dragaera (the planet itself). 
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>Saying that 17 means nothing to the Serioli, just because they're not 
>"Dragaerans" is ludicrous. They're the only true natives on the planet. 17 
>means, if anything, MORE to them than to any of the "alien invaders" 
>(Easterners, Dragaerans, Jenoine, etc) who have arrived over the years.
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>Majikjon
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