[Dragaera] If the Vlad books were made into a movie...

[Scott Schultz]

> I'm not going to speculate about the lifespans of Serioli either.

Unfounded speculation is one of a reader's inalienable rights. I'm pretty 
sure that's in the Constitution some place. ;-P

Yes, we have no hard factual details about Serioli, Cat-Centaurs, or much of 
anything else in the world outside of the Empire. I'm not even certain I 
could describe a Serioli, despite having "met" one in _Dragon_. Heck, we've 
met plenty of Chreotha craftsmen, but I'm not sure that I could tell you 
what the physical characteristics of their House are, except that the 
characters in the stories seem to be able to discern them.

I don't see the harm in filling in the blanks as you please, as long as you 
don't start insisting that your imaginary version of the world is somehow 
more legitimate than some else's imaginary version of the world. "Barring 
evidence to the contrary", means just that. Until Steve finds a reason to 
enlighten us about details like the lifespan of an average Serioli or 
Cat-Centaur or even a Jenoine, feel free to imagine them in whatever fashion 
makes you comfortable and brings you pleasure. It's not like it matters, 
unless you start writing it into the Lyorn Records as fact when it's just 
speculation.

Heck, start a debate about the lifespan of Serioli. Maybe Steve will find a 
story seed in it. ;-) A certain amount of speculation about the grey areas 
in the world is a healthy part of the story development eco-system, IMO.