--- bonham15 <bonham15 at cox.net> wrote: > i guess i'm understanding this whole cycle thing > differently.. > when that wheel turns the cycle turns, whether > humans will it or no. > events WILL make that emporer step down.. similarly > if the cycle hasn't > changed, no force in this world will make it so, as > adron found out. i've > seen nothing to indicate that multiple (insert house > here) people from the > same house can rule inside of one reign The Lyorn Heir in PotD says he's seen nothing indicating the Cycle had changed. Dragaera City dissolving into chaos seems like a good enough indication to me but I guess I would have been wrong. Since the Emperor died but the cycle hadn't necessarily turned there can be multiple ones per reign. Since it was possibly the Dragon's turn there don't need to be two Phoenix Emperors per cycle to be decadent and reborn. > i think lavode finding the poison was something the > cycle required to happen > because the cycle hasn't changed yet. certain metaphysical forces are at work to > ensure that the > emporer/ess rules as long as they are supposed to > and not one iota more, as > well as making sure they live long enough to make it > to that point. If the Cycle requires only one Emperor per reign and there is a minimum and maximum time limit then the conspiritors would have to be pretty stupid to try something against an Emperor ninety years into his reign. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com