On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > > >On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, Philip Hart wrote: > > > >>I thought we knew where the Sea was, roughly - I had thought south, > > > >If it was mentioned, I would greatly appreciate the textev. > > And since I just looked at the text of the introduction to Dzurlord, I > see that it says: > > A few hundred thousand years ago, or so the story goes, an > accident happened to the godlike Jenoine who lived on Dragaera and > whose genetic experiments led to the tribes which eventually lead > to the Seventeen Houses. What remains is a large Sea of Chaos, in > the northeastern part of the Empire. > > Bother. There goes a lovely theory, shot to little tiny pieces. > Unless, of course, the intro to Dzurlord is not canonical. I wasn't responding since AFB, but anyway I have a strong impression that Paarfi introduces the purple stones in _FHYA_ as being found on the shore of the Greater Sea. Also I think you're misguided re wading only into the Lesser Sea but can't prove it. Yet.