jhereg69 at earthlink.net writes: > the explanation I liked the most is that the Overcast is a by-product of > magical energies expended. Magical pollution. > > Jose Well, this -is- the official explanation -- not positive, but I think it's >from 'Dzurlord'. Let me pause for a moment to go check... Damn. Can't find it online, don't actually -have- the book... anyhow. IIRC, the quote from the Brust-written preface ran along the lines of '... caused by people using magic to take out the garbage for something like 100,000 years.' If that ain't an explanation, I don't know what is. ;) Knightmarshall Felix Surnamed Eisen, or "Iron Felix" Hand of Morr, The Order of Bones