[Dragaera] not really a spoiler, i don't think...

[Alexx Kay]

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howard Brazee" <howard at brazee.net>
> To: dragaera at lists.dragaera.info
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:55:28 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [Dragaera] not really a spoiler, i don't think...
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> On 1/19/2010 8:38 PM, Damien Sullivan wrote:
>>> Memory says a Reign must last at least 172 years and not more than 173
>>> years. Wiki says the same, without a source.
>>>
>
> This comes from early in /Jhereg/, where Vlad is explaining about
> witchcraft, and mentions for the first time the mystical importance of the
> number 17.

(Checks Timeline...) Actually, _Taltos_, pages 96-97 in the paperback.

>>How does that work with split reigns - and how much time has the current
>>reign have left?
>
> We have almost no data on split reigns, other than that of
> Tortaalik/Zerika, which is, obviously, a very special case.

Quoting myself: "It seems likely that, in at least some cases, there is
more than one consecutive ruler from the same House. 4,913 years is longer
than the (natural) Dragaeran lifespan, and undead aren't allowed to hold
office."

> In terms of Zerika IV, it's not entirely clear if her reign continues that
> of Tortaalik's in The Cycle, or if her possession of the Orb has to be
> counted separately. We know (based on Paarfi's dating) that she is still
> Empress in 309PI (Which is more than the minimum 289 years that a reign
> requires) but has apparently passed on the crown by 415PI to Norathar.
> Alexx's timeline has the dates more exactly than I do, but it's not
> entirely clear what the exact date of Zerika's abdication is. Somewhere
> within that window, though.

I'm curious where the 415 PI number comes from, if you happen to know.  If
there's a good source, I ought to include it in the Timeline.

Alexx

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