On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 11:43:26PM -0700, Robert Sallade <zardoz at weirdness.com> wrote: > At 11:21 PM 7/22/04, bonham15 wrote: > >wouldn't the orb act as a repository of knowledge and culture as far as the > >empire is concerned? every citizen is mentally linked to it, so who is to > >say the orb doesn't act on societal cohesion on some sublevel? > Opinion: The orb is a conglomeration of all the personalities that have > merged with it over the course of the Empires existence. It would have the > same sort of influence as a trusted advisor on the Emperor/Empress. This > would only be within the court and would pertain only to matters of empire > management. > > AFAIK the orb only provides knowledge to the one merged with it. The "link" > is a means by which citizens can use sorcery by being a conduit to the > Great Sea of Chaos. No doubt this is the official line. I wonder if there are any Dragaereans who wear tinfoil hats? (As an aside... surely you didn't like that movie enough to make it your username?) -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org) Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/index.jsp Politics: http://www.triggerfinger.org/weblog/index.jsp