On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 09:57:18AM -0400, Steve Simmons wrote: > The Easterners have much higher fertility rates and reach adulthood > much more quickly, and thus can beat down the Dragaerans by sheer > repeated weight of numbers. The Empire can conquer them. But can the Empire keep them conquered, short of extermination? Separately, Brokedown Palace showed us mystical powers opposed to the powers of Faerie -- both Bolk and the River. One could see BP as the story of a Reconquista, throwing out the influence of Sandor and Verra and Allam. -xx- Damien X-)