On Mar 29, 2005, at 4:27 PM, Scott Schultz wrote: > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Joy Jennifer Nicholson wrote: > >> If the Cycle is stronger than the gods, then WHAT is the Cycle? Did >> it exist before the creation of the empire, but in another form? Is >> it like a law of physic? Is it sentient? > > > The Cycle is a fairly specific artifact/force of nature. It drives the > Empire. The existence of the Empire, in some mystical fashion, helps > protect > the world from incursions by the Jenoine. If you're not a citizen of > the > Empire then the Cycle has no hold upon you at all. To my mind, that > makes it > rather less than a law of the universe. If the Gods didn't create it > themselves, then it may be some piece of Jenoine technology that they > adapted to their own purposes. Ultimately, we have to shrug and say > "Too > little data." > Or as I like to say "Sometimes 'That's the way it is' is the best answer."