On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 11:45, Warlord wrote: > > From: Jag [mailto:agrajag at dragaera.net] > > On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 09:05, Chris Turkel wrote: > > > On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at 12:23 AM, David Silberstein wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Frank Mayhar wrote: > > > > > > > >> Chris Turkel wrote: > > > >>> I have read on various web sites that Dragaera was settled by > > > >>> Terrans...what evidence in the book is there? Did I miss it? > > > >> > > > >> Issola. During Sethra's long-winded explanation requested by Vlad, > > > >> to his > > > >> great regret. :-) She says as much, explicitly. > > > >> > > > > > > > > She doesn't say exactly that. What she says is that Easterners - what > > > > *we* call humans - arrived first (except for the Serioli, who are > > > > native) and were modified by the Jenoine into Dragaerans. She doesn't > > > > say explicitly "terrans", of course. > > > > > > > > This also jibes with the Serioli calling Vlad "of the Old People" or > > > > "People from the small invisible lights". > > > > > > I should modify my original question . I have read Issola but even > > > before it was published there was such speculation. Are there > > > references in earlier books? > > > > Yes, but I don't think it was as clear as what was in _Issola_. I don't > > remember exactly where it was mentioned, but I think the scene where > > Vlad finds out about Dolivar and has the discussion with Aliera on > > genetics probablly has something in there about it. I don't remember > > what book that was in, but I want to say _Yendi_ for some reason. > > > > > > We all have it wrong. Terrans came from Dragaera Great Cycles ago. > Steven is actually the reincarnated soul of Paarfi and they are > communicating through the odd timing sequencing of The Paths. Steve > doesn't know it, but Verra is actually disguised as a brown dog on > his couch. Are you saying that the Serioli are chimp-like creatures who the Jenoine/Ancient Egyptian Gods[1] brought to earth, allowed to evolve, then brought a sample back to Dragaera? [1] Hmm.. mixing human DNA with that of animals.. sounds like something the Jenoine would do, and sounds a lot like the Egyptian Gods.