On Saturday, August 24, 2002, at 11:21 PM, Greg Schwartz wrote: > >> I'd be interested in other's thoughts on this. > > It seems to me that the answer lies within the phrase "The cycle was > broken". Not merely interrupted, but damaged. > > If Adron did not unleash the forces of elder sorcery against the orb > itself, > events would have lead to a Dragon reign. As it was, Zerika had to go > get > the orb from the paths of the dead, and once returned, the cycle began > anew > with the Phoenix reborn. Whether the mystical wheel within the paths > of the > dead was forceably pushed backwards a bit, or spun far forwards only > the > gods in the Halls of Judgment are likely to know... and maybe Sethra. > > -Greg Schwartz > Remember, it was an Interregnum, that is the Empire "ended" so when Zerika got the Orb the Cycle started anew.