This message was sent, too. --- Sean Whalen <stlatos at yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com