[Dragaera] Breaking the Cycle - Genetic Purity

[Jon Lincicum]

--- Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com> wrote:
> 
> > Well, since we're speculating pararectally anyway:
> > 
> > How about a suggestion for the Yendi that takes
> written canon into
> > account?
> > Sethra (who ought to know) says that there were 34
> tribes at one point.
> > Something happened to the "lost" seventeen tribes.
> 
> ...
> 
> Wasn't in 31, for no special reason?  I'll check,
> but I won't be
> back on line till tomorrow.

31 is the number cited by Sethra in /Issola/. 

"That just happened to be how many tribes there were."

34 would be entirely too orderly, as it would be
exactly double 17.

Majikjon


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