In a message dated 3/16/2004 12:47:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, Joshua Kronengold <mneme at io.com> writes: > Admitedly, Paarfi claims that 500YA takes place "In the > Year of the Hawk, In the Turn of the Orca, In the Phase of > the Dragon, In the Reign of the Phoenix, In the Cycle of > the Phoenix, In the Great Cycle of the Dragon, Or, the > 532nd Year of the Reign of Tortaalik the Third", which > seems incorrect; the Great Cycle didn't turn until Zereka > returned with the Orb, after all. I've always assumed that the term "Great Cycle" was invented right before Tortaalik's reign, since they needed some way to distingush him from Zerika I. And that's exactly the sort of thing an Athyra Empress would enjoy arguning about. --KG