On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Casey Rousseau wrote: > Michael Barr wrote: > > A propos the problem of a Phoenix succession, what about all those > > purebred scions of the house whose birth was not graced by a phoenix > > passing overhead? What are they? And could one of them sire a Phoenix? > > Hmm. I never thought of that. I'd say Steve's got plenty of options for > dirty rotten sneaky underhanded author tricks. Suffice to say, when the > time comes for a new Phoenix to be revealed, I don't doubt that he can pull > one out of his hat. Personally, I'm wondering exactly why Steve needs to reveal it at all. The Cycle likely won't point to the Phoenix for another ten or fifteen thousand years, which is a little beyond the scope of the Vlad and Paarfi books, no? He can just let us torture ourselves while never giving it a second thought. -Dennis