In a message dated 9/5/2002 8:08:30 AM Mountain Daylight Time, scs at di.org writes: > There are various reasons why one group might have an advantage over > the other. The Dragaerans have sorcery and incredibly deep generalship > via people like Sethra Lavode -- not to mention the experience from a > 3000-year lifespan. > > 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. > I think we have to be careful of falling into the trap of assuming that Dragaerans are superior to Easterners (which seems to be the big assumption). The very fact that they have not been able to subjugate the East is proof that the two groups are on a far more equitable standing than is typically supposed. I don't think it is merely a difference in numbers. Let us not forget that Easterners have both psionics and witchcraft as part of their arsenal - and for them, no link to the Orb is necessary, as is the case with most (though not all) sorcery.