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

[Jon%20Lincicum]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Maximilian Wilson" <wilson.max at gmail.com> 
To: "Alexx Kay" <alexx at panix.com> 
Cc: "Jon%20Lincicum" <lincicum at comcast.net>, dragaera at lists.dragaera.info 
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:53:50 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [Dragaera] not really a spoiler, i don't think... 

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Alexx Kay <alexx at panix.com> wrote: 
>> 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." 
> 
>Ah, but "(natural)" is the key qualifier there. We simply don't know 
>what forms of life extension are available to non-undead Dragaerans. 
>Even putting aside Sethra (who was known to be hundreds of thousands 
>of years old but was not known to be undead until recently), isn't it 
>mentioned in Yendi that the Sorceress in Green is over 20,000 years 
>old? Perhaps some Emperors/Empresses were sorcerers, or even witches 
>like Laszlo. And there's the Orb to consider as well. For all we know 
>it could prevent aging completely and NO reigning Emperors ever die of 
>old age. 

We also have no evidence that there has *ever* been a reign that has been anything *close* to the theoretical maximum duration. 

Majikjon