On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Jose Marquez wrote: > Chris Olson - SunPS wrote: > > >Which came first, the Cycle or the Gods? What about the Empire? > > > > > I suspect the gods came first, unless the Cycle included the other 14 > tribes and could drop them from its face as they disappeared. But given > that the Cycle is a representation of who is in charge of the Empire, > and the Empire didn't exist until after some of the gods rebelled, I > think it's safe to assume that they came first. Order likely: the physical 17-Cycle (uebergodly, fabric of reality thingee) the J (nasty physicists/biologists) Serioli evolve on Dragaera Easterners on Dragaera J on Dragaera (lots of suicidal physicist J, happy bio J) n>17 sorts of Dragaerans trip-oops-boom-chuckle Gods m>17 (<n?) tribes of Dragaaerans 17 Houses