Glenn Ellingson <geewiz at mac.com> wrote: > > On Friday, June 7, 2002, at 10:39 AM, Mark Porter wrote: > > Another point I've noticed, since I've been reading the books in > > rough chronological order starting with Phoenix Guards, that the > > widespread use of psionics is relatively new among Dragaerans. > > The explanation given, which makes sense, is that the Interregnum (with (To elaborate: at least part of the explanation is given in _Phoenix_.) > the complete loss of "Empire" sorcery) caused many Dragaerans to study > paths they had neglected while they had the easy power of the Orb. When > Zerika brought back the Orb, sorcerers who had worked on their psionics > and then regained connection to the Orb were able to accomplish much that > had not been possible (or at least wasn't common) before the Interregnum. > Hence the easy teleportation, the psionic communication between people > with less mutual familiarity than Adron and Aliera, etc. -snip- Also... *** mild spoiler for Phoenix Guards *** ...note that revivification is new, e.g. the guards that the 'musketeers' kill and other dead people stay dead. The possibility of revification isn't brought up. - tky