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

[tom sausman]

> Yes, but then the Jhereg were founded--thereby making 17 Houses.
>
> But the cycle was there all the time, influencing events. It was 
> *fate*, the fate of the Cycle itself, that influenced the events to 
> cause there to be 17 houses instead of 16 (or 31, or 35, or whatever 
> other number you might find Paarfi waxing on about). This is *my* 
> theory, anyway.

         There just no way! That's more complicated than a Yendi's trap 
and Pen was good, very good. IF the Cycle was there before the whole 
planet theory, WHO put it there, the undead, was it still called/ had 
the ablities of the "Paths"?. IF the Jenoine put the Cycle there to help 
modern the experiment, how could they knew that the servents would 
blacklash at them? Also in retcospect there was only 16, if in fact the 
Jhereg started as mostly dragons/ also the founder was a Dragon.
Is Fate that shaking? Why would the Jenoine consider to keep attacking/ 
regain what was lost if it was Fate? Why is it that we only see what 
like three Jenoine at a time MAX, if their are so eager to take back why 
not at full force, the Orb was useless twice, if they got one to stop 
the orb couldn't the rest assult the planet? I am sorry talking too 
much, thank you for the page number I got a bit more confused with the 
Serioli and the Jenoine, but I still get believe that SKZB answers the 
list!?


Jon Lincicum wrote:

> tom sausman wrote:
>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>       I thought that the Jenoine tested on the natives ( Easterners ) 
>> as a control, and thus created the Dragaerans and the Serioli .
>>   
>
> Read this section of /Issola/ again. (Page 36, paperback)  Easterners 
> are *not* natives to Dragaera. They came along before the Dragaerans 
> (and the Jenoine, as well) but the Serioli were there waiting when the 
> humans first arrived.
>
>>> 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)
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>                 But weren't there only 16 houses/ tribes before the 
>> Empire, so the Cycle has to be new, in a fashion.
>>   
>
> Yes, but then the Jhereg were founded--thereby making 17 Houses.
>
> But the cycle was there all the time, influencing events. It was 
> *fate*, the fate of the Cycle itself, that influenced the events to 
> cause there to be 17 houses instead of 16 (or 31, or 35, or whatever 
> other number you might find Paarfi waxing on about). This is *my* 
> theory, anyway.
>
> Majikjon


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