> > > > > > ---------- 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. He's the Demon