[Dragaera] Ten New Questions after Dzur. [Dzur Spoilers]

[Alain Feeny]

On 18-Mar-08, at 3:43 PM, Howard Brazee wrote:

> Alain Feeny wrote:
>>
>> On 18-Mar-08, at 3:20 PM, Diana wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> What if at some point there are no more of them? Would that remove
>>>> the
>>>> justification for the gods and/or the Cycle?
>>>>
>>> It's possible, but we do have evidence that the Cycle continues
>>> uninterrupted long after Vlad's (natural) lifespan would run out,  
>>> what
>>> with the publication dates of Paarfi's later works. Which, of  
>>> course,
>>> doesn't mean that there can't have been some sort of fundamental
>>> altering of things, just that it continues to function normally on  
>>> the
>>> surface. (I have no idea how to work the tenses there.)
>>>
>> Given previous evidence of Powerful witches/warlocks of Easterner
>> stock living beyond the normal lifespan of the species, coupled with
>> Vlad's sorcerous knowledge and witchcraft, not to mention a Great
>> Weapon, it is no great leap of assumption that (untimely death not
>> withstanding) Vlad has the means to live quite a long time...  All
>> this to say, that the dates published by Paarfi are no guarantee that
>> Vlad's story is concluded by that point.
>>
>>
> I'm wondering if there are any references in Paarfi which we don't  
> know enough yet to recognize - but which might be aha! moments after  
> we know more of Vlad's story.

Has Paarfi actually written anything that falls within the span of  
years that represent Vlad's life???