Dragaera

Cycle Progression

Mark A Mandel mam at theworld.com
Wed Mar 17 10:37:35 PST 2004

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Sean Whalen wrote:

#   Definitely not.  The Great Cycle of the Phoenix
#(the first Great Cycle) ended when Cherova abdicated
#in favor of Tortaalik.  She was Empress during the
#Reign of the Athyra, Cycle of the Athyra, Great Cycle
#of the Phoenix.  When Tortaalik became Emperor he
#began the Reign of the Phoenix, Cycle of the Phoenix,
#Great Cycle of the Dragon.
#
#   There are not two reigns of the Phoenix during a
#cycle, despite what the poem at the beginning of most
#books appears to some.  When the Phoenix is mentioned
#at the end it just indicates that it has turned to a
#new cycle, beginning just where the last began.  That
#is, the Phoenix is the first reign in a cycle, not the
#first and last.
#
#   This may be getting repetitive but Zerika IV is the
#first Empress (who came after the first Emperor) of
#the Reign of the (only one per cycle) Phoenix, Cycle
#of the Phoenix, Great Cycle of the Dragon.  Before her
#the only reborn Phoenix Emperor or Empress was Zerika
#I when the Empire was first created.

Textev for all this, please?

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