On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 09:21:18PM -0500, Scott Raun wrote: > To the best of my recollection, there is nothing canonical. I have it > from a knowledgeable source (ran a character in the universe) that > it's pollution - the overcast is some kind of byproduct of sorcery. I always did think of it as something like smog, like LA at night. Well, when I didn't think it was Sethra's personal sunblock, which idea Steve shot down. Rocza flies through it a lot in _Athyra_, though, so it's not immediately toxic or anything. Out of curiosity, have people looked at my notes page? http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~phoenix/brust/notes.html Well, I'm being coy; I know some people have, and someone (Thomas? gaertk?) wrote a response, which I promtly ruined by changing the list numbers. But I thought it might stimulate more discussion. -xx- Damien X-)