On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Bryan Newell wrote: > > As to Kana and Deathgate: > > The Paths of the Dead, pages 104-105 - [Kana] had established communication, > intelligence, and transport lines to the Ocean-sea in the south and west, > and nearly to the desert [Suntra] in the East ... [Kana and Habil] were > engaged in debating the virtues of attempting to take the western portion of > the desert of Suntra, compared to the advantages of working around it to the > south ... [Fwynn] is to the north of the desert > > So they hadn't yet made it that far. And there's no real reason to "take" > Deathgate Falls. I believe Kana was looking a little more east, toward > Redface. Working around Suntra to the south? It looks like they have to take most of the empire to get around it that way. Incidentally, if I were Emperor I think I'd put some effort into turning the desert arable - it's much too much in the way. Dragaera City seems rather awfully placed - how did they supply the city? By barges hauled through the Eastern Jungles? Redface looks about as far from the Pepperfields as Adrilahnka is from Dzur Mountain. As I recall the former is a very easy journey - a day on foot?