On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:27:31 -0600, you wrote: >On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:55:34 -0400, Jose Marquez <jhereg69 at earthlink.net> >wrote: > >> I wonder what the sign that the Cycle has turned might be when there is >> a peaceful transition between Orca and Teckla... >> >> Jose > >Are there peaceful transitions between houses? Have there been times >when a ruler in a house dies and instead of his in-house heir taking >power, power has been transformed smoothly and without rancor? > >It's easy to imagine that all houses have fought (even if just >politically) to keep control just a while longer. IIRC, we have hints that Zerika II steps down and hands over the Orb to Norathar.