On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Sean Whalen wrote: [re Tortaalik. Radical snippage] > Allistar wants to get rid of him by forcing him to step down (in favor > of Noima or Allistar). > Illista hoped Tortaalik would resign and Noima or her husband would gain > the Orb. Textev? Note I'm not arguing that the interpretation you're presenting is entirely inconsistent with the Texts - but I don't see what problems it solves for which simpler answers are available. I sometimes write as if my rather more controversial Sethra-murdered-Tortaalik theory is ineluctable, though I can imagine that SKZB finds it laughable or asinine - but I think it _does_ explain certain features of the Paarfiad and is simpler.