On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, David Silberstein wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Noam Izenberg wrote: > > >I would note that, looked at this way, Kelly's movement, even if a > >raving success, is actually not a threat to the Empire or the Cycle - > >and doesn't ever have to be - IF the Empire is willing to adapt its > >power structure. > > In a similarly non-confrontational vein, a possibility that I've > thought of is that Kelly's group moves out of Adrilanka. I've read a > few things about communes created in the United States that were out > in the hinterlands, that did OK for a while. Most eventually > disappeared. But some may still exist. > > Another possibility is that he leaves the Empire entirely, going East, > or West to Greenaere or Elde Island. This may cause trouble for the > Empire in a few hundred or thousand years. We may yet see. I suspect the Empire is going to experience a singularity in which a Morrolan can suppress any number of people not expert in all fields of magic, and the average Athyra can single-handedly defeat the average conventional army. I don't see the Islands or the East being of much importance in future events, unless perhaps the Serioli start handing out Greater Weapons...