> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Schultz [mailto:scott at cjhunter.com] > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 11:09 AM > > Zerika is the first Reborn Phoenix. When the next Great Cycle rolls > around, > we can probably expect some other event as cataclysmic as the Interregnum > to > mark the occasion and to provide the opportunity for the Phoenix and, > symbolically, the Cycle, to rejuvenate itself and achieve the next stage > of > growth for the Empire. That's going to get tiresome in terms of re-building the palace every million years or so. Do you think they'll start the next new one early, so the Reborn Phoenix will have a nest ready to land in? :)