On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, M J wrote: > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Ken Padgett <kpadgett1 at cox.net> > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 13:08:06 -0500 > > >I was rereading Orca last night and I found on pg 118 (paperback > >edition) an interesting link to tEoDM > > > >p > >o > >s > >s > >i > >b > >l > >e > > > >s > >p > >o > >i > >l > >e > >r > > > > > >It seems that if Pel made it to Vlad's time, he didn't make it as Prime > >Minister. > > AHA! Yes, good pickup. > ... Pel better have made it alive. If Tazendra and Aerich both had to > die (WAH), then there ought to be a Pel around. Maybe he's retired and > off in the countryside collecting rare butterflies. The only way I can see Pel leaving such an influential post would be to take up a better one. E.g., Yendi Heir. Although the Y are so far along in the cycle that he would have little chance at the Orb. Note that according to the mininmum reign length theory, Zerika could retire after 289 years, which is about 40 years past _Issola_ according to Alexx (though he has Paarfi writing later in Z's reign than that). So possibly he stepped aside to better resume the post under Norathar. Perhaps the PM didn't have that much to do, or Pel found it better to work farther behind the scenes. Or perhaps he's decided to replace Trinagore and is studying under Sethra.