--- Jag <agrajag at dragaera.net> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 01:23, J C wrote: > > > -but there is the small point of the existence of > > Amorphia, in the only place that it naturally > occurs in existence, which is > > Dragaera. > > Where does this gem come from? Saying that amorphia > is only found > naturally on Dragaera does ring some bells, but also > sounds very wrong > to me. It's a slightly mistaken reference to part of _Issola_. The gods believed that Dragaera was the only place in existence where amorphia had ever been created. They were surprised to see it on the planet the Jenoine were using (they probably created it in some way similar to the original disaster on Dragaera, but perhaps only after many tries). > The Great Sea of Chaos was caused by the > disaster that > originally caused the Jenoine to leave. The Lesser > Sea was of course > created by Adron. The only other way to get > amorphia that we know of is > through a certain family line, that was genetically > altered by the > Jenoine. It's possible that the e'Kieron line doesn't have the ability to create amorphia, only more amorphia. If they were cut off from a link to the Greater Sea of Chaos, they might not be able to do this trick. In _Jhereg_ Aliera suggests Vlad shouldn't repeat his trick without studying the Great Sea and making friends with it or he could cause big problems (like destroying the universe). Away from Dragaera (or the dimension it's in) they may not be able to create any more. (I seem to recall that even the Easterners > were modified > slightly to increase psychic abilities) > > All of this seems to point to amorphia on Dragaera > *not* being natural. > However, I think I'd buy it if someone claimed that > Dragaera is the only > place a sea of amorphia can exist without destroying > everything. Well, the Jenoine figured out something (or just got lucky). It's possilbe they found another place (an alternate version of Dragaera?) with the same properties. > Perhaps there is something about the place that > keeps the amorphia > naturally at bay. I'd love to suggest that its the > Orb, but the planet > survived the Interregnum, so it can't be that. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com