On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Philip Hart wrote: #On pg 30 [...] # This follows a paragraph in which it #seems to be implied that there can be more than one Emperor per reign. Yeah, that seems to be the case. A reign lasts from 17^2 to 17^3 years = 289 to 4913.* The latter number is longer than the longest Dragaeran lifetime we have any evidence for. If things are stable and prosperous under, say, the first Chreotha Emperor of the Eighth Cycle, why shouldn't another Chreotha succeed gya? *http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/seventeen.html#Time Taltos p. 96, mass market pb -- Mark A. Mandel http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website