On Thu, 20 May 2004, Alexx Kay wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, 20 May 2004, John Klein wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 16 May 2004, Philip Hart wrote: > > > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > doo dee doo > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > > > , so we're looking at at least 20 lifespan-years in the past (or > > > substantially more, depending on how long Zerika's reign was - we don't > > > know when she stepped down). > > > > Alexx will correct us, but I was of the impression that Paarfi is writing > > about 300 years PI. > > "Summoned, I come." (Been too busy to take part in the actual arguments, > but a straightforward (and direct) question like this, I can handle.) > > The Phoenix Guards is submitted to the Imperial Library in 309 PI > (approximately 60 years after Issola). So, "300 years PI" is certainly > about when he *started* writing/publishing. > > Sometime after that (how much is unknown), Norathar takes the throne. At > some small-but-controversial number of years after that, FHYA comes out. > TVoA is published around 180 years into Norathar's reign, so probably > a bit over 500 years after the Interregnum ended. Unless Zerika held the > throne for a particularly long time after the publishing of TPG, which > we don't have any significant data on. Thanks, you know these things so I don't have to. I have to retreat to "more like 20 Earth-years than 10" (which I don't think really changes the argument, esp. the Sethra part). I assume Z gets out after 17**2 years, thanks in part to Vlad giving the J a whupping they won't forget.