On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Mark A Mandel wrote: > 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? Please see elsewhere in this thread for my assertion that 4.9k years is not in fact longer than Dragaeran lifetimes. Presumably the next House would have something to say about the non-transfer. If nothing else they would have to go through a series of heirs apparent, which would likely lead to tension.