Dragaera

Name similarities and pure speculation

Fri Jul 23 00:39:10 PDT 2004

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?)

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