[Dragaera] Giddy T-shirt par-ergon

Bryan Newell bryann at bryann.net
Sun Jan 13 22:28:48 PST 2008


Since Davdi seems to have ignored this in his revisions, I'm going to reply
to the list.  I hope you don't mind:

> > Also, wouldn't Paarfi refer to him as "Tortaalik I" (see the first 
> > sentence of /TPG/)?  It has always amused me (since it appears he is 
> > the only Tortaalik), but perhaps you all disagree, or it is not worth 
> > the extra character.
>
> One of the niceties of numbering monarchs is that if there has been only
one of a name, he or she gets no number.

Nonetheless, it appears to be how Paarfi refers to him.  For example, I
found the following references in just the first few pages of /The Phoenix
Guards/ and /Five Hundred Years After/:

The Cast of Characters in /TPG/ lists him as "His Majesty Tortaalik I"

The first sentence of /TPG/ includes "His Imperial Majesty Tortaalik I of
the House of the Phoenix"

The front page of /FHYA/ gives the short date as "The 532nd Year of the
Reign of Tortaalik the First"

The Cast of Characters in /FHYA/ lists him as "Tortaalik I"

The first sentence of /FHYA/ includes "His Imperial Majesty, Tortaalik I, of
the House of the Phoenix"

Bryan




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