On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:17:03 -0500, you wrote: >And to bring this on topic (I'm still reading PotD, so don't know if >any of these answers are forthcoming, or whether I simply missed them): >Is there a reason why an empire-less Dragaera was not simply overrun by >the East during the Interregnum? The shorter Fenarian life-span can >imply faster adaptability to major changes. 120 years into the >Interregnum, a feudal Fenario would be perhaps 5 generations deep into >a world where the Dragaerans were relatively quite weak. Perhaps a >partial answer lies in this question. Are the diseases of Dragaerans >(like the various plagues of the Interregnum) communicable to >Fenarians? I can't recall and thus don't have any textev, but I distinctly got the impression that the various plagues' coming from the East would have to mean they were transmitted from Easterner to Dragaeran. How else would the plagues be hanging around waiting to sweep west? -- laz I am the Dread Pirate Roberts #23546. Ask me about franchise opportunities!