On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Joshua Kronengold wrote: > Scott Schultz writes: > >that's a sign that the Cycle has turned. By example from the Paarfiad, > > Which is fiction... Says who? > >was a pretty short one by Dragaeran standards. Despite this, the Orb moved > >to Adron once it had determined that the Emporer was dead beyond all recall. > >It didn't seek out the next Phoenix in line. It sought out the heir of the > >next House in line. > > However, what we've heard from Sethra on the subject contradicts > Paarfi on this matter directly. Paarfi made a guess based on the > historical evidence, and was wrong. Sethra wrote a history? (Actually I think she did - the Paarfiad.) Anyway, it's not correct that the previous reign was shorter than minimum - the White Goblet scandal did occur before 17**2 but that was hundreds of years past by the time of _FHYA_.