On Mar 23, 2004, at 16:02 , Sean Whalen wrote: > > --- Matthew Klahn <mklahn at mac.com> wrote: >> Sorry, small nitpick: >> >> On Mar 22, 2004, at 11:59 PM, Sean Whalen wrote: > >>> --- Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote: > > This line should be deleted. True, sorry. > Ascending? Is this term ever used or are you > describing what a Phoenix is like before becoming > decadent? Sorry, just using a descriptive term, not an official textev-supported term. You know, "Phoenix rise from ashes, gray.". Instead of "rising", I just picked "ascending" as a more pleasing term. > Yes, I did mean that every Phoenix Emperor has > become decadent before the end of his reign. Zerika I > and Zerika IV are the only ones who didn't and they're > called reborn Phoenixes. As far as I can remember all > the others are called decadent Phoenixes when > discussed, even if they weren't like that at the > beginning (the all-seeing eye of history, and all > that). Never picked up on the subtlety of the "reborn" and "decadent" terms. I figured "decadent" just referred to that particular stage of their reign. -- Matthew S. Klahn Software Architect, CodeTek Studios, Inc. http://www.codetek.com