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

[Jeffrey Kiok]

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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