> > I am generally a lurker. My last post was a total flame out so I've been cautious. Yet something has been bothering me. > > <POSSIBLE FHYA SPOILERS BELOW> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Aliera's recollection in Jhereg of the last days of the Empire before the Interregnum and how it went down don't even remotely jibe with Paarfi's. Aliera was there. What gives? Short answer: she was mostly confusing some (largly) unrelated groups of events. A longer answer can be found in my timeline, a search for "White Goblets" should bring you to the beginning of the relevant section. http://www.panix.com/~alexx/dragtime.html Alexx Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employers. alexx at carolingiaSPAMBL@CK.org http://www.panix.com/~alexx "I'm sure that these are someone's genuine opinions, but opinion is surely such a devalued currency at this juncture of the twentieth century, simply by virtue of the vast amount of it there is flooding the market." -- Alan Moore in correspondence with Dave Sim about _From Hell_