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

[Jerry Friedman]

The way I read the comment you responded to, it says
we know the Cycle continues, not the Dragon Reign.
(We know it because Paarfi gives dates in Norathar's
reign.)  Alain wasn't saying we know anything about
how long Zerika's reign continues.

Jerry Friedman

--- Jeffrey Kiok <blackbird0 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm a bit confused about the cycle and it changing during vlad's
> lifetime. Why couldn't it change from pheoniz to dragon within his
> normal lifetime?
> 
> The minimum reign is 17*17. Hasnt Zerika gone past that and if so, her
> stepping down/dying would trigger the dragon reign, no?
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> 
> On Mar 18, 2008, at 3:49 PM, Alain Feeny <sauronth at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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???
> 
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