On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 16:56:55 -0500 (EST), you wrote: >> In a message dated 1/16/2003 3:13:51 PM Eastern Standard >> Time, "Ruhlen, Rachel Louise (UMC-Student)" >> <RuhlenR at missouri.edu> writes: >> >> >> From: Alexx S Kay [mailto:alexx at TheWorld.com] >> >> >> >> Pipes, on the other hand, seem likely to exist. Do >> >> Dragaerans have plumbing? Or is there some sorcerous >> >> solution? >> > >> > I believe they use sorcery to clean out the chamber pots. I >> > don't know how they supply fresh water to their homes. >> >> In _Teckla_ (I think), Vlad dumps his bathwater out the >> window, which means he doesn't have any drains. I assume >> drains are much easier to implement than running water. > >_The Phoenix Guards_ has a mention of a fountain that has >"fallen into disrepair". That suggests piping (though sorcery >probably could fulfill the same role). Are there any mentions >of aqueducts? The size of Adrilankha and Dragaera City >implies that there must be some mechanism, whether sorcerous >or mechanical, to get large quantities of water moved over >long distances. It's entirely possible Vlad just takes them for granted. How often would they come up? Although a chase through the sewers...... -- lazarus "Therefore, my Harry, Be it thy course to busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels; that action, hence borne out, may waste the memory of the former days." -- King Henry IV, Part ii Act 4, Scene 5